Senior Community Nurse
- Teddington, Greater London
- £44,485-52,521 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Qualified RGN (Registered General Nurse - Adult) with current registration with NMC - Part1.
- Relevant post registration study at diploma/degree level and relevant CPD e.g. palliative care, tissue viability
- Diploma or BSc (Hons) Community Health (DN)
- Clinical Assessment Skills
- Nurse Prescriber V150 (willing to undertake)
- Mentorship Preceptorship or equivalent (willing to undertake)
- Specialist Practice Teacher/ Teaching Qualification
- Understanding of the impact of Mental Health e.g. dementia, depression, on the management of medical and long term conditions
- Professional standards including confidentiality, clinical governance and NMC guidelines
- Infection prevention and control standards
- Risk assessment and management
- Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understanding of current legislation and its implications for this role, including performance indicators and targets
- Understanding of both the Health and Social Care agenda
- Experience in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating patients in their own homes
- Experience in problem solving and supporting other team members
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of mentoring students
- Experience of Multidisciplinary team work
- Experience of managing resources to stay within the service budget
- Experience of audit evaluation
- Ability to manage the day to day running of the team, use initiative and delegate tasks to appropriately trained staff
- Ability to lead by example, both clinically and managerially, being consistent and fair to all staff in every aspect of work
- IT literate with ability to use databases and other software packages
- Ability to work under pressure, balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Core clinical skills medicines management including IV, venepuncture, continence, chronic disease management, palliative care, wound management
- Holistic assessment, core clinical, clinical reasoning and care planning skills to proactively manage patient care
- Able to produce well written and timely clinical records and service reports
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Ability to travel to multiple sites; car driver
- Ability to undertake a shift system
- Has a positive attitude to change and is prepared to work flexibly to meet the need of people and the service
- Demonstrates high ethical and professional standards
- Qualified RGN (Registered General Nurse - Adult) with current registration with NMC - Part1.
- Relevant post registration study at diploma/degree level and relevant CPD e.g. palliative care, tissue viability
- Diploma or BSc (Hons) Community Health (DN)
- Clinical Assessment Skills
- Nurse Prescriber V150 (willing to undertake)
- Mentorship Preceptorship or equivalent (willing to undertake)
- Specialist Practice Teacher/ Teaching Qualification
- Understanding of the impact of Mental Health e.g. dementia, depression, on the management of medical and long term conditions
- Professional standards including confidentiality, clinical governance and NMC guidelines
- Infection prevention and control standards
- Risk assessment and management
- Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Understanding of current legislation and its implications for this role, including performance indicators and targets
- Understanding of both the Health and Social Care agenda
- Experience in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating patients in their own homes
- Experience in problem solving and supporting other team members
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of mentoring students
- Experience of Multidisciplinary team work
- Experience of managing resources to stay within the service budget
- Experience of audit evaluation
- Ability to manage the day to day running of the team, use initiative and delegate tasks to appropriately trained staff
- Ability to lead by example, both clinically and managerially, being consistent and fair to all staff in every aspect of work
- IT literate with ability to use databases and other software packages
- Ability to work under pressure, balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Core clinical skills medicines management including IV, venepuncture, continence, chronic disease management, palliative care, wound management
- Holistic assessment, core clinical, clinical reasoning and care planning skills to proactively manage patient care
- Able to produce well written and timely clinical records and service reports
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Ability to travel to multiple sites; car driver
- Ability to undertake a shift system
- Has a positive attitude to change and is prepared to work flexibly to meet the need of people and the service
- Demonstrates high ethical and professional standards