Senior Community Nurse

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Senior Community Nurse within an integrated community team based at Far North Neighbourhood, Thornton Cleveleys. The advertised role is a permanent position. This appealing role will enable the successful person to support the integrated leadership and management of staff and the caseload within the community to meet the needs of the population.

Interested applicants will need to be registered nurses who have relevant nursing qualifications to degree level, specialist post registration education and leadership training or equivalent experience. A minimum of two years post registration is required.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for the successful candidate to be able to:

• assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for a defined district nursing caseload
• ensure that the care needs of the caseload are met by effective management and appropriate delegation of work to other members of the team
• work in partnership with the primary health care team, liaise and cooperate with everyone involved in holistic patient care
• be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge, advanced analytical and practical skills, and the ability to communicate in a non-judgemental, empathetic way with patients, carers and other professionals
• Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and support staff development

The post holder will need to have good communication skills both written and verbal, have evidence of ongoing professional development and be able to work independently.

If you would like to work in a forward thinking area where your opinions and clinical judgements are valued, then this could be the job for you.

Working for our organisation

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

As one of the United Kingdom's largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents - it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assess, plan and evaluate the individual requirements of patients and carers referred to the District Nursing team. Diagnose specific conditions including venous insufficiency, skin conditions, fungal infections, constipation; recognise uncontrolled symptoms - especially in palliative care, and implement treatment regimes using prescribing when appropriate.

To provide and document a high standard of evidence based nursing care to patients in the Community.

To delegate work to members of the Nursing Team, taking into account Scope of Professional Practice, and nursing skill mix. To manage the caseload, triage visits and complete senior reviews within the community setting.

To work within NMC. Guidelines relating to Code of Conduct, Confidentiality, Accountability and Scope of Professional Practice.

To facilitate effective communication, written, verbal and electronic, whilst acting as the patients advocate. Be able to communicate empathetically, sensitive potentially controversial, and/or distressing information to patients and their carers, e.g. relating to patients entering the end stage of life

When applying for this position, it is essential that you read the job description and person specification. Please use the supporting information space to demonstrate your ability to undertake this role, drawing on your skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note, people reviewing your application will be seeking evidence that you meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

In line with the Department of Health guidelines, the Trust operates a strict smoke free policy.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• Registered General Nurse
• Relevant nursing qualifications at degree level
• Evidence of continuing Professional Development
• V100/V150 Nurse Prescriber
• Specialist post registration education or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Leadership training or equivalent experience
• V300 Prescriber
• Assessor/Mentor Qualification

SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES

Essential criteria

• Ability to identify high risk patients
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of current NHS and Social Care systems and drivers
• Understanding of clinical governance standards and drivers
• Organisational ability
• Time management
• IT Skills
• Ability to promote multi professional working
• Ability to delegate
• Adaptable/flexible
• Courage to explore new ways of working and the ability to adapt to change
• Enthusiastic/Motivator
• Non-judgemental/empathetic approach
• Car owner/driver or suitable alternative transport arrangements to enable you to undertaker your job

Desirable criteria

• Teaching experience/qualification
• Supporting others with lifelong learning

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience in Community Nursing (Minimum 2 years
• Up-to-date specialist clinical knowledge
• Experience in the management of complex/long-term patient care
• Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
• Experience in working collaboratively with other disciplines/partners
• Advanced clinical skills
• Evidence of being a proactive practitioner
• Experience of self-care and self-management
• Proactive leader/decision maker
• Ability to analyse/assess situations

Desirable criteria

• Advanced clinical skills
• Ability to undertake RNCC
• Experience of managing a team
• Management qualification
• Experience of undertaking appraisals

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Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.

If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £22.00, Standard DBS check £22.00 and Enhanced DBS check £42.00.

You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £13. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.

Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.

DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.

By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.

The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.

Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.

Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.

Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Senior Nurse Job Description (PDF, 496.3KB)
• Senior Nurse Person Spec (PDF, 504.6KB)
• Conditions Of Service (PDF, 306.1KB)
• Applicants Booklet (PDF, 786.3KB)
• Guidance on Pre-Employment Checks (PDF, 64.2KB)
• Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 43.2KB)
• Application Guide Booklet (PDF, 511.1KB)