Nights Senior Community NurseNHS
Job summary
Do you want to develop your career within a clinically led organisation at the forefront of the revolution in adult community nursing?Are you passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and experience?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our night community nursing service as a Band 6 nurse, working as part of a highly skilled workforce that is central to providing safe, responsive, and compassionate care out of hours.
Working overnight, you will deliver essential nursing care to patients in their own homes and care homes, helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting patients to remain safely in their preferred place of care.
You will work autonomously whilst being part of a wider multidisciplinary team, responding to urgent and planned care needs across the community during night hours.
This is a unique chance to advance your career in a forward-thinking community service while making a real difference to patients when they need it most.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities;
Deliver skilled nursing care to patients in the community during night hours
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care independently
Manage complex and urgent clinical situations safely and effectively
Administer medications, including IV therapies, in line with policy
Provide palliative and end-of-life care with compassion and sensitivity
Support patients, families, and carers during overnight periods
Work collaboratively with GP out-of-hours services, ambulance services, and other partners
Act as a role model and support junior staff when required
Undertake clinical skills including wound care, catheterisation, end of life care, syringe drivers and venepuncture.
Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Job description
Communication
Communicates effectively with patients, carers, and all members of the multidisciplinary team
Maintains accurate and legible documentation and clinical records in line with professional and organisational requirements this includes contemporary paper records and electronic clinical record system, EMIS
Maintains strong working relationships and communicates effectively with OOH GPs, social services, acute / community hospital colleagues, Hospice
Communicates effectively with others involved in patient to enable a timely response to patients needs
Actively contributes to the team, working groups and team meetings
Patient Care / Safety / Quality
Ensures high quality and effective assessment, treatment, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care to patients and carers within their own home setting
Responsible for the effective triaging of referrals and prioritising of work in line with clinical/patient need across Guildford and Waverley
Escalates any deviation from the care plan or change in condition to the District Nurse / OOH GP accordingly
Responsible for the correct use of aids and equipment supplied for patients and carers and for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to patients
Undertake all aspects of medicines management related activities in accordance within the companys medicines policies to ensure the safe, legal and appropriate use of medicines
Responsible for recognising the needs of the Night service, identifying risk, and making rapid autonomous decisions, escalating to the Team Lead / Service Development Manager as required
Participates in risk assessment and promotes the safety and well-being of patients, staff and any other persons and ensures a safe work environment
Service Development
Actively involved in the development and implementation of adult community nursing service developments and initiatives
Participates in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working / clinical practice from audit findings, recommendations, and action plans
Promoting and supports the implementation of innovation and technology within the workplace
Actively participates in and contributes to meetings and working groups that inform the adult community nursing service and nursing profession
Acts as a link nurse for defined area e.g. tissue viability, end of life, diabetes, infection prevention and control
Leadership and Management
Responsible for the ordering and lean stock management of dressings and other equipment
Ensures that all complaints, untoward incidents, accidents, and areas of clinical risk are identified and reported to the District Nurse and on the electronic incident reporting system (DATIX) in accordance with policy
Monitors and orders stock levels and equipment in line with budget and lean / efficient principles
Responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection prevention and control and safety are maintained
Acts as a role model for all 6Cs
Development of self and others
Accountable for own professional actions in line with the NMC code and local policy and guidelines
Recognises own limitations in the provision of clinical care and urgency of patients needs, referring to other health care professionals accordingly and is accountable for his/her own actions often without direct supervision
Keeps up to date with professional nursing and regulatory requirements, health care developments, clinical evidence, National Service Frameworks for practice, national and local policies, and guidelines to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post
Responsible for the self-development of skills and competencies through participation in learning and development activities and continuing professional development to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post
Responsible for completing all own mandatory training within required time frames and for ensuring this is completed for other team members
Participates in own annual appraisal and objective setting each year
Access regular 1-1 meetings with line manager
Accesses, participates, encourages, and facilitates regular clinical supervision and peer review
Responsible for supervising and appraising team members through annual appraisals, mid-year reviews and within team to develop meaningful and achievable personal development plans and objectives for individuals
Undertakes supervisor (mentor) training and updates to ensure skills are available to facilitate the teaching and learning experiences for all students, colleagues, visitors, and employees
Supporting induction, competency achievement, supervision and mentoring of new team members and supporting pre-registration student nurses
About us
The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working. Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.
With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community. We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.
We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team. We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors. We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.