Bank B5 Community Nurse

Job description
Job Purpose
• To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the Community Nurse Team Lead and Deputy Team Lead to patients in a variety of community settings.
• The post holder will undertake community nursing duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person centred approach. This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long term care institutions. In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self- care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team in order to facilitate patient choice and independence
• To effectively communicate complex and sensitive patient information to colleagues within the district nursing service and to multi-disciplinary team members involved with patient care.
• To be aware of, and act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and other professional Guidelines.
• To provide care to people with long term conditions undertaking reviews in accordance with the individual patient care plan and with support of more experienced colleagues as required.
• Undertake nutritional assessments and advice and support patients with their nutritional needs. For example PEG feeds.
• To identify and record new problems and other relevant information reporting back to the DN Team Lead as appropriate.

We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
• stay well
• manage their own health with the right support
• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shanelle Green Job title: Bank Recruitment Business Partner Email address: shanelle.green@nhs.net Telephone number: 0203+378322