An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Central neighbourhood integrated community team based at Whitegate HC.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to the 445,000 population of the Fylde coast health economy and the estimated 11 million visitors to the seaside town of Blackpool. With patients and families at the heart of all we do, we are committed to creating a culture that empowers our staff and inspires us all to deliver first class clinical care. We form a central part of the Healthier Fylde Coast Integrated Care Partnership and our progressive approach to partnership working in the area provides an enviable opportunity to redesign and deliver services that meet the challenges of today’s health system.
As a community nurse you will gain a unique set of skills. As a team we will support you to gain these skills by providing appropriate extra training.
We will also provide the following to ensure your transition to a new area / team is as smooth as possible by:
• Robust induction period
• Buddy/Mentor
• Preceptorship programme
• Protected supernumerary time
• Clinical 1 to 1 and supervision sessions with Clinical Lead
• In House and external training provision.
The main duties of the role are to provide holistic, patient centred, evidence based care to individuals in their own home setting. This will include:
• Administration of medications
• Care of the elderly
• Palliative care and assessment of needs
• Syringe driver management
• Central line care
• PEG care
• Wound care
• Drain management
• Venous & arterial leg ulcer care
• Catheter & nephrostomy care
• Holistic assessments and risk bundles
• Observations
• Venepuncture
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to the 445,000 population of the Fylde coast health economy and the estimated 11 million visitors to the seaside town of Blackpool. With patients and families at the heart of all we do, we are committed to creating a culture that empowers our staff and inspires us all to deliver first class clinical care. We form a central part of the Healthier Fylde Coast Integrated Care Partnership and our progressive approach to partnership working in the area provides an enviable opportunity to redesign and deliver services that meet the challenges of today’s health system.
We are not underestimating the challenges facing today’s health system but believe there are the foundations here in Blackpool to deliver truly excellent, integrated services that can make a major impact on the lives of the thousands of people we serve.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the individual requirements of patients and carers referred to District Nursing
Provide a high standard of evidence based nursing care to patients in the Community.
Use a high level of communication skills with patients and their families, including those with English as a second language or learning disabilities, to communicate condition-related
Actively seek to promote health both individually and to patients and carers.
Administer drugs within NMC guidelines.
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Nov 2024
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