Community Staff Nurse - Out of Hours Team

o Undertake responsibility for a delegated caseload under the supervision of the District Nursing Sister and in the absence of the District Nursing Sister, carrying out initial assessment of care needs and the provision and evaluation of individual patient programmes of care including prescribing equipment and the discharge of patients from the caseload.

o Assume delegated responsibility for holistic assessment and the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of care/ care packages, contributing to complex assessment/ care packages.

o To provide high quality palliative care to patients and their families, as required.

o Work with other health care colleagues, voluntary and statutory organisations to ensure that the holistic needs of patients are met wherever possible.

o Where the post holder is a non-medical prescriber, practice responsibly and maintain competence to effectively prescribe from the relevant Prescribing Formulary.

o To carry out clinical risk assessments within sphere of competence as required.

o Work as an effective team member to actively contribute to public health initiatives including health needs assessment and projects to meet needs identified.

o To promote health education and healthy lifestyles within the community, including use of motivational interviewing and negotiation skills where appropriate.

o To demonstrate the safe use of equipment prescribed by the District Nursing team.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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Qualifications

Essential: - First level registered nurse; - Diploma in health related area or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential: - Excellent communication both written and verbal; - Evidence of effective interpersonal skills; - Ability to problem solve and make clinical decisions

Experience

Essential: - Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working

Personal

Essential: - Flexible working - including ability to work as part of 24-hour district nursing service.; - Ability to comply with travel requirements of the post