Community Clinic Nurse

Are you a Registered Nurse (Adult) with a passion for wound healing and leg ulcer diagnosis and treatment? Do you want to progress your nursing career with a supportive and encouraging team, delivering person centered care in a clinic and occasionally a home setting; utilising health coaching to support patient involvement in shared decision making.

Do you like the idea of forming longer term therapeutic relationships with patients and their families?

The PCH is a multidisciplinary team delivering health care to people in Great Yarmouth. The combined skills of the team mean they are able to respond to the changing needs of patients and support those who may have previously been admitted to hospital to remain at home. The leg ulcer clinic is a valuable asset within the PCH delivering specialised leg ulcer care to patients who are not housebound.

The clinic operates Monday to Friday 08:30- 16:30 excluding bank holidays.

This post is offered up to 37.5hours per week. We are able to support part time and flexible working arrangements.

Job description

We Listen, We Learn, We Lead

*Contribute to, support and promote ECCH's, strategic direction, values and culture in relation to proactive services. Contribute to, support and promote ECCH's, strategic direction, values and culture in relation to proactive services.

*Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and carers, respecting patient confidentiality with privacy and respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements.

*Communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information to patients, relatives or carers, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating and empathetic skills are required.

*To act as a resource for community nursing colleagues and other health professionals regarding leg ulcer management across the Primary Care Networks.

*To participate in teaching and clinical supervision of support workers and other provider staff as required.

*To provide mentorship to pre and post registration students.

*To contribute to the clinical governance agenda through participation in clinical risk assessment and management.

*To critically evaluate research findings, national guidelines and support the implementation of changes in clinical practice as appropriate.

*To participate in clinical trials as required.

*To make a positive contribution to excellent communications within the organisation.

Work Together, Achieve Together

*To contribute to the delivery of the Lower Limb Pathway, providing management of lower leg ulceration in a clinical setting within agreed time frames.

*To create an environment conducive to effective working, respecting and supporting staff to deliver high quality clinical services.

*To work with other members of the primary care home to deliver pro-active services.

*Flexibility to work across bases within the organisation if required.

*To work with colleagues to contribute in developing care pathways for patients with a range of healthcare needs.

My Accountability, My Responsibility

*To undertake continuous professional development as identified through appraisal and personal development planning.

*Ensure own compliance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct.

*Ensure a high standard of record keeping is achieved in line with ECCH and professional standards.

*To report any concerns via datix incident reporting system.

Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money

*To take responsibility for management of clinic resources.

*To contribute to the ongoing review of the wound care formulary and guidelines.

*All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role.

*Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word 'CARE'.

*These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.

*Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council. (NMC) Registered Nurse Level (Adult)
• *BSc in Nursing practice or equivalent

Desirable

• *Leg Ulcer Management Module at Degree level

Experience

Essential

• *The ability to work unsupervised.
• *Evidence of continuous professional development
• *The ability to demonstrate a comprehensive level of clinical knowledge and competence within the clinical sphere of practice
• *Evidence of experience in working to a case management approach

Desirable

• *Mentoring
• *Experience of working in a community setting

Additional Criteria

Essential

• SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
• *Excellent interpersonal skills
• *Excellent verbal and written skills
• *Ability to engage with patients to develop effective treatment plans
• *Ability to positively support and educate staff, patients and their carers

About the employer

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

Great Yarmouth and Northern Villages Primary Care Home is a multidisciplinary clinical team of health and social care professionals working in partnership with Primary Care, Social Services, social care providers, other specialist community health teams and voluntary sector providers to ensure patients are able to remain in their own homes whenever possible.