Community Nurse London

Overview

Trust Nurse Services is looking for enthusiastic and motivated Community Nurses to support our NHS clients in London. We are offering long-term contracts as well as Ad-Hoc shift work as well as competitive rates of pay and mileage.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating care for individuals with long-term conditions or complex health needs.
• Administering medication and supporting self-administration.
• Dressing and managing wounds.
• Providing Catheter Care in Clinics and within the individual's home.
• Providing Wound Care for housebound individuals after surgery.
• Supporting issues around continence.
• Cannulation / IV Therapy administration.
• Caring at end of life.

Experience and Qualifications

• 6 months experience working at a relevant level within the community in the UK.
• Has a full UK driving license and access to an insured car daily.
• Able to work within a diverse community of patients and healthcare professionals.
• Effective communication skills written, verbal and non-verbal with the ability to adapt communication for individuals with communication difficulties.
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
• Able to work autonomously, and ability to know when to seek appropriate advice/guidance from senior staff.
• Effective time management and caseload management.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of clinical outcomes measures and clinical audits.
• Experience with EMIS, undertaking assessments, and providing holistic care to elderly patients on DN caseload.
• Management of long-term conditions and palliative care.
• Aware of safeguarding adults.
• Search for health needs and work with the core and wider MDT to meet patient needs.

Over the years, we have built an excellent reputation with this Trust which has led us to become one of their main agency suppliers, meaning that we have access to the first choice of all agency shifts for our nurses to choose from.

Benefits

• Competitive rates of pay across regions.
• 24/7 available support services.
• Flexibility & choice of shifts.
• Ad hoc, temporary, contract and permanent positions are available.

To register, you must have the following

• Valid Registration with the NMC.
• Recent PMVA Training.
• A valid DBS is subscribed to the update service.
• Recent & relevant 6 months of experience within the NHS or Private Healthcare setting.
• Evidence of immunisations to MMR, Varicella, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis.

Our highly skilled & experienced Compliance Team can support you to fast-track your registration, making the process simple and straightforward.

Our offices are open 24/7, 365 days a year, meaning a member of the team is always on standby to assist you.

If you are a Community Nurse and would like to speak to a member of the team about the work available, please contact the Bookings Team at , alternatively apply, and a member of our team will be in touch within a matter of hours to assist.

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