Community Nurse - Surrey Downs Health and Care

Full job description
Work as part of the team undertaking lead responsibilities as negotiated and agreed with District Nurse Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times Assess individual care needs, implement and evaluate holistic programmes of care Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers Take every opportunity to promote health and wellbeing of the patient Develop effective communication and liaison systems Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to SDHC procedures Facilitate/undertake training and professional updating for team and students Act as an assessor and mentor to qualified and unqualified staff Maintain, develop and monitor standards of evidence based nursing care Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines Support/mentor team members and participate in clinical supervision activities Work without direct supervision and to maintain close liaison with the senior team member, deputising as required Be responsible and maintain timely patient care Be responsible for maintain data entry and other record keeping To work in co-operation and partnership with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the patient Be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals Participate in the SDHC Clinical Governance Strategy Participate in the SDHC Risk Management Strategy Undertake any such other duties which may be required from time to time as are consistent with the post Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines Staff are employed to work within SDHC localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs Please see attached our Band 5 Job Description & Person Specifications for further details about this role.

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