Sanctuary Personnel
Job Title: Band 6 Senior District Nurse (RGN)
Location: Guernsey
Type: Permanent
Salary: £43,954 – £59,343 per annum
Job Summary:
Sanctuary Personnel is seeking a Specialist Nurse Practitioner to join our client’s multidisciplinary Adult Community Services team. The successful candidate will work closely with the District Nurse Team Lead to manage a defined caseload within a specific geographical area. This role involves supporting, leading, and managing a team of nurses to deliver high-quality patient care. As a Specialist Practitioner, you will provide clinical advice to the District Nursing Service and multidisciplinary community teams, ensuring effective inter-professional collaboration with other specialist nurses.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Oversee the assessment, development, implementation, and monitoring of health and social care, ensuring the highest standards of care and service delivery in home and clinical settings.
Assess, prescribe, and evaluate treatments independently or in partnership with other prescribers.
Collaborate with the District Nurse Team Lead to meet team and service objectives.
Act as an assessor and supervisor for students, and preceptor for newly qualified staff.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, carers, and the Health and Social Care Team, including statutory and voluntary agencies.
Manage patients with chronic diseases, utilizing the nursing process for planning, implementation, and evaluation of care programs within a multidisciplinary team.
Support, guide, and teach relatives/carers to provide adequate care between visits, promoting patient comfort and rehabilitation.
Assist the Team Lead in supervising and reviewing the practice of qualified and unqualified staff, including conducting appraisals for band 5 staff and below.
Ensure effective communication between hospital specialist staff and community nursing teams.
Adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Professional Conduct and local frameworks for professional practice.
Undertake nursing procedures as per the Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures.
Act as duty nurse for adult community services when required.
Demonstrate and support staff in remote mobile working.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Provide direction as a named assessor or supervisor, facilitating students and learners in completing approved competency programmes.
Act as a facilitator for nursing staff, offering opportunities to achieve learning contract objectives.
Manage the caseload and delegate work within the team.
Maintain and develop personal skills to promote evidence-based practice.
Supervise patients, offering professional advice and guidance as needed.
Recognise limitations and refer to experienced nurses or multidisciplinary team members when necessary.
Participate in the line management of the community nursing team, including organizing staff rotas and managing staffing levels, absence monitoring, and disciplinary procedures.
Clinical Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain skills required for advanced practice, including wound care, palliative care, venous sampling, and urinary catheterisation.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers to ensure understanding of conditions and treatments.
Provide care for chronically sick and terminally ill patients, offering advice and support to relatives in the home.
Promote patient independence and support carers in providing care between visits.
Undertake clinical assessments and patient needs assessments in all localities.
Prescribe in accordance with guidelines and within scope of practice and competence.
Professional Responsibilities:
Communicate complex patient-related information to ensure collaborative working with specialist nurses and the multidisciplinary team.
Evaluate work and practices through evidence-based projects and audits, supporting changes in clinical practice and new working methods.
Identify and address personal and professional development needs.
Adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct and local policies.
Act on potential vulnerable adult/child abuse according to local policy.
Provide specialist nursing advice to other professionals and agencies to promote best practice and appropriate care.
Organisational Responsibilities:
Support the Team Lead in prioritising work areas, balancing patient-related and professional demands.
Coordinate team workload, staff meetings, rotas, training days, and manage sickness and absences.
Respond effectively to unpredictable problems and issues within the service.
Manage personal time and workload effectively, overseeing a chronic patient caseload.
Managerial Responsibilities:
Conduct individual performance reviews and clinical supervision.
Participate in the recruitment and selection of new staff and future manpower planning.
Support the Team Lead in monitoring and evaluating clinical protocols, guidelines, and standards.
Deputize for the Team Lead in their absence.
Health and Safety:
Adapt to unpredictable, hazardous working environments.
Maximise personal and others’ safety when working as a lone practitioner.
Inform staff of new and revised policies, procedures, guidelines, and directives.
Report accidents and incidents appropriately and complete relevant documentation.
Follow safe moving and handling policies and participate in risk management strategies.
Revalidation:
Maintain effective registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) and adhere to revalidation requirements.
Manage revalidation requirements proactively, including maintaining a portfolio and seeking opportunities for reflection and professional growth.
Assist colleagues with revalidation, providing support and participating in professional discussions.
Escalate any issues related to revalidation requirements to a senior nurse or midwife promptly.
Key Criteria:
Minimum Qualifications:
Registered Nurse
Teaching/mentoring qualification or VQ Assessor’s Award
Specialist Nurse Practitioner qualification in District Nursing with V100, V150, or V300 Non-Medical Prescribing
Essential:
Specialist knowledge of older people acquired through training and experience
Valid driving licence
Ability to work with a range of health and social care professionals and autonomously
Flexibility and adaptability
Ability to work required hours, including on-call service
Dedication to improving community care services
Basic IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Word
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