Community Staff Nurse - Out of Hours (Secondment)

at  Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

UK based applicants only.
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and community experienced nurse to join the Out of Hours Teams based at Norwich Community Hospital and St James’ King’s Lynn for a 12-month secondment.
The Out of Hours team is an Urgent Response Community Nursing Service working overnight in Norfolk and Waveney from 5:30pm-8am. Our Aim is to avoid admissions to the acute setting by providing urgent community nursing care.
We cover all areas in Norfolk and Waveney, in teams, every night with the coordination team based at Norwich Community Hospital. We work in partnership with East Coast Community Healthcare to deliver care across Great Yarmouth and Waveney.
Job Purpose
To contribute to the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care in order to prevent admission.
To provide an urgent and unplanned response within 2. 4 and 24 hours to patients that may require wound care, male, female or suprapubic catheter reinsertions, syringe driver initiation, stat doses of medication, palliative care assessments, bowel care and verification of death and more.
Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment. As part of this commitment we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing. The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.
We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ’Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
If you are aged 16-30 and not currently in education, employment or training, our colleagues at the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (supported by the Princes Trust), can provide application and interview coaching. To request this support please contact NWICB.Careers@nhs.net
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Key Areas of Responsibility
To respond to unplanned care and prevent admission to hospital.
To assess, prescribed and deliver care packages for patients, e.g. with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to Hospital.
To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
Engage with mobile working.

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