Community Staff Nurse

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for dedicated Community Staff Nurses to join the Adult Community Nursing Service delivering services to patients in their own homes in one of our 4 local neighbourhoods.

The aim of our service is to enable patients to stay at home longer and leave hospitals faster maximising their potential for independence and wellbeing. To succeed in this goal, our community teams work closely with members of the wider multi-disciplinary teams to plan and deliver complex care.

As a Community Staff Nurse, you will be able to work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability where the work you do makes a real difference to your patients and those important to them, in line with our trust values.

Job Responsibilities:

• The two shift patterns for the role: 08.00-16.00 and 12.00-20.00, with two weekends on rota
• A driving license and access to a vehicle is necessary for this role.

Person Specification: Qualifications and Training:

• Registered Nurse - Adult on the Nursing and Midwifery Register
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• To meet the numeracy literacy and clinical competency requirements of the role

Experience:

• Experience of communicating and working in partnership with other professionals and agencies

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of current reforms and developments in community care
• Understands the importance of promoting self care and rehabilitation for the housebound patient
• Knowledge and awareness of principles of audit, research and clinical governance
• Understands the value of timely record keeping and accurate recording of nursing interventions

Skills and Attributes:

• Ability to develop SMART care plans to deliver quality nursing care to patients
• Ability to deliver a broad range of practical nursing tasks to monitor and manage patients' conditions
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to use own initiative, work autonomously as well as in a team