About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Community nurse to join our Cambridge North City team.
You will be working as part of a team which includes a Community Nursing Clinical Lead, Community Nurses (RN), and Healthcare Assistants. You will link closely with colleagues outside of CPFT including GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support excellent nursing care at home, reducing the necessity for acute hospital admission.
The successful candidate will need to have worked within a community nursing team or similar role - with community related continual professional development evidenced with completion or plan for completion of post graduate community related qualification.
The successful candidate will be supported and encouraged to develop their career within role.
Main duties of the job
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
To work as an autonomous practitioner with the integrated multi professional team To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of complex patients To be accountable for assessing interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making Provide support and education of peers, new staff, non registered staff, and students To supervise junior colleagues Accountable for the delegation of caseload To provide high standards of nursing intervention within a patients own home, this includes lone working , with access to specialist and advanced practitioners when required To provide support, guidance and leadership to a team of nurses and non registered team members
*DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work. To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines. To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills. To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate. To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting. Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately. Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and includingimmediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks. To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions. To contribute to and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Team and the new model of care.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications Essential
RGN Level 1 educated to degree level Evidence of professional development Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
Prescriber or willing to undertake Leadership qualification
Experience Essential
Multidisciplinary working experience Management experience Relevant and proven experience post registration in a variety of things
Desirable
Demonstrate application of clinical governance and experience of clinical supervision Experience in delivering training
Skills & Abilities Essential
The ability to respond to changing situations Ability to develop effective working relationships Ability to exercise initiative Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet the needs of the service Ability to innovate
Desirable
Extensive understanding of clinical supervision
Knowledge & Understanding Essential
Ability to work flexibly as part of a team Demonstrate problem solving Excellent communication skills Excellent documentation skills Excellent time Management and prioritisation Skills.
Physical requirements Essential
Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential. Manoeuvre patients using safe techniques in accordance with care plan
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address 15 Mowlem Close
Impington
Cambridge
CB24 9NA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)