Community Staff Nurse Out of Hours

The OOH role focuses on promoting patient safety, health

and wellbeing through timely assessment and intervention in response to urgent

and priority clinical needs. The postholder undertakes comprehensive

assessments of Priority 1 callouts, identifies changing or deteriorating health

needs, delivers appropriate nursing interventions and evaluates outcomes. They

work autonomously and without direct supervision, demonstrating clinical

competence, professional accountability and adherence to NMC standards, while

maintaining accurate and contemporaneous records.

The postholder works collaboratively with the wider

multidisciplinary team, patients, relatives, carers and relevant health and

social care services to ensure safe and effective care. The role does not

involve holding a caseload or undertaking planned chronic disease management;

instead, it is focused on responding to urgent and unpredictable OOH demand,

prioritising patients according to clinical need, managing potentially complex

or challenging situations, and escalating concerns appropriately. Effective communication,

sound clinical judgement and the ability to work independently are essential to

maintaining patient safety and continuity of care across the OOH service.

Job Purpose

The post holder actively supports the District

Nursing team by undertaking responsibility for a delegated caseload.

Undertakes the assessment, planning and

evaluation of patients care needs.

Liaises with the District Nurse to ensure information sharing in relation to patient

care / changes to care plan and the continuity of care and reviewing of

complex care packages.

Mentoring, Teaching and Assessing.

Liaises with all health care professionals and

other agencies to ensure effective service delivery.

Duties and

To

promote the health and wellbeing within the family unit and community as a

whole.

Perform

comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs as the named nurse.

Plan, assess and evaluate programmes of care

according to changing health needs under the direction of the District Nurse.

To

support the team leader in the co-ordination of complex and continuing care

packages.

Maintain

accurate records in accordance with NMC.

Attend

a multi-disciplinary case conference as the named nurse if appropriate.

To

communicate and collaborate with other members of the PHCT, voluntary and

statutory organisations to support individual patient care.

To

establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and

carers in complex and potentially challenging situations.

To

competently perform clinical skills related to the post.

To be

professionally responsible for a delegated caseload under the supervision of

the District Nurse.

To

assess health needs at individual, practice and community level.

To

undertake chronic disease management reviews using appropriate template.

To work without direct supervision

Managerial

To access support from the District Nurse

Coordinator or District Nurse within the group for the day-to-day workload in

the absence of the teams designated District Nurse.

Please see attached Full Job Description.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

Right to Work

Relationships

Skills and Knowledge

Experience

Qualifications

Job Specific Requirements