Out of Hours Community Nurse - South Glos

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual, patient-centred interventions drawing on a wide range of specialist knowledge gained from practical experience and specific training.
• Be competent in a broad range of clinical skills including catheterisation, pain management, wound care, end of life care and IV medication after specific training and more.
• Actively use and promote shared decision-making, empowering people to improve self-management of their long-term condition while working collaboratively with our teams and system partners
• Supervise colleagues including; peers, students and unregistered workforce in nursing competencies, helping us shape our existing service and contribute to the future design and delivery.

Essential

• BSc or equivalent experience in adult nursing
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning

Essential

• Effective communication skills written, verbal and no-verbal
• Able to adapt communication for individuals with communication difficulties
• Able to function effectively as a team member
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions
• Able to work autonomously, and ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff
• Good problem solving skills
• Effective time management and caseload management
• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Competent IT skills

Desirable

• Up to date knowledge of Evidence Based Practice, local and national standards
• Experience of the application of health, safety and risk management policies
• Working with a range of professionals in Health or Social Care
• Community work (either student of post graduate) demonstrating a broad range of clinical undergraduate experience