Community Nursing Sister

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

30 hours per week
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload exercising a high level of clinical judgement, discretion and decision making. The post holder is responsible for the caseload management and leadership of a team of community nurses. You will play a key role in demonstrating innovative practice, service improvement and maintaining the continued development of team members and learners in the clinical environment.
Prescribe and be responsible for the provision of nursing care by his/her nursing team within the patient’s own home, clinic or other appropriate setting during the day.
Ensure the delivery of prescribed care through effective case management and effective delegation and organisation of work to the nursing team on the current shift.
Ensure that a holistic, systematic approach to care is undertaken by the nursing team and regularly reassess the patients on the caseload.
Undertake holistic patient assessment and reassessment; develop appropriate individual care plans for patients. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients.
To practice as a Community Nurse Prescriber, maintaining competence in line with NMP policy and prescribing within own sphere of competence if appropriate.
Promote effective evidence based clinical practice, appraise standards of current practice, identify poor professional practice and take action to address it.
To provide care in a manner that at all times reflects The Code (2015) professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives. NMC (2015)
To undertake caseload audit in relation to capacity and demand of the service.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

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