Job summary
Join the Integrated Care Homes Service and make a real difference to the lives of care home residents across Nottingham City.

We are seeking enthusiastic Registered Nurses with post-registration experience to deliver high-quality nursing care and clinical interventions within care home settings. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to work autonomously and as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, providing NHS services to individuals with a wide range of complex health needs.

Using your clinical expertise, you will assess, plan and deliver person-centred care that promotes independence, enhances quality of life and helps prevent avoidable hospital admissions. Every day brings the chance to make a meaningful impact while developing your skills in a community healthcare environment.

If you are looking for a role where you can build your confidence, expand your expertise and be part of an innovative service, we would love to hear from you.

To find out more, we encourage you to arrange a shadowing day with the team and experience the service first-hand.

Applications from student nurses who have successfully completed their management placement in a community setting may also be considered

Main duties of the job
The role of the Registered Nurse is to support the District Nurse in providing nursing interventions to patients whose home is within a residential care home. This includes insulin administration, wound care, continence care, palliative support and EOL care.

As a Registered Nurse within this integrated service facilitates the development of new skills and knowledge across all the elements of the service to enable a holistic approach to patient care, improving the patient outcomes.

You will work closely with patients, care home staff, families and colleagues across the wider health and care system, gaining valuable experience and broadening your clinical knowledge. We are committed to supporting your professional development through training, development opportunities and ongoing guidance from an experienced team.

About us
We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.

CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We are proud to be a forces-friendlyorganisation and are dedicated to supporting Veterans, Service Leavers, Reservists, andmilitary spouses/partners. We value the unique skills and contributions youbring.

CityCare is an equal opportunities employer. We are positive about employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in a different format please contact People Services on ncp.recruitment@nhs.net . CityCare is committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.

Job responsibilities

• To provide community nursing care to a wide variety of patients in residential homes across Nottingham City
• To work within the wider integrated care homes service providing holistic care to patients. This nursing care includes acute and chronic wound management, medication administration, catheter care, palliative care, long term conditions and self care.
• To provide holistic and individualised care to patients and carers as delegated by the Team Leader or deputy, working autonomously and as part of a team.
• To regularly take responsibility for care and workload management in the absence of the Team Leader or deputy with named support from another team
• To provide nursing care across a diverse population for patients who are living within a care home and are registered with a Nottingham City GP
• To participate actively in the services training strategy, including mandatory training and other identified necessary for this role
• To work across the Nottingham City Integrated Care Homes and Community Nursing Teams
• To supervise and support student nurses on placements with the community nursing teams.
• To supervise unregistered nurses who have a delegated caseload.
• Contribute to the public health agenda by raising awareness of health and well-being needs to individuals.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care to address peoples health and wellbeing needs.
• Implement the provision of evidence-based or best practice.
• Actively encourages patient and carer feedback about the service
• Maintain a high standard of care to patients and carers.
• Contribute to the continual improvement of the service.
• Maintain a professional image as outlined in NMC code of conduct.
• Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda and applies risk management systems
• Participate in relevant research and audit activity
• Regularly takes responsibility for the appropriate delegation of nursing care to team members.
• Develops effective working relationships with care home managers and care home staff
• Promote and maintain good practice in record keeping by self and the team to ensure NCCP and Professional standards are met.
• Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups in a wide variety of settings and situations in the Integrated Care Homes service and wider CityCare services.
• Liaise and interact with other agencies and disciplines
• To be responsible for the communication and effective feedback to the team leader or deputy
• Support effective team working both in the team and within the care homes
• To be responsible for the development of own knowledge and clinical practice and recognises ones own limitations.
• Act as a mentor to a variety of nursing students
• Participate in the development of other team members.
• Participate in the supervision framework as a supervisee and supervisor.
• Maintain a portfolio to demonstrate continuing professional development
• Contribute to the implementation of service developments.
• Participate in the Personal Development process and take responsibility for reaching agreed development objectives
• Attend mandatory training
• Utilise enhanced knowledge and skills to promote continuous service improvements
• Promote and maintain best practice that ensures the health safety and security of self, patients and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidelines of NCCP.
• Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times
• Practice in accordance with procedures and guidelines for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and Child Protection.
• In the absence of District Nurse Team Leader or deputy takes responsibility for the needs of patients and carers on the community nursing caseload and ensures that appropriate delegation and supervision of work is carried out in accordance to the skills and abilities of team member.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Post registration experience and completion of a community management placement.

Desirable

• Postgraduate experience in a primary care setting.
• Evidence of working in a team.

Qualifications
Essential

• RN qualification on part 1 or part 2 of the register

Desirable

• Mentor Qualification

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Up to date clinical knowledge including wound care, management of continence and palliative care.
• Understanding of equality and diversity
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective written skills
• Basic IT skills
• Able to work independently recognising own limitations.
• Motivated and resourceful
• Time management and organisation skills
• Teamwork skills
• Able to work under pressure
• Customer service skills
• Positive approach to change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.