Community Staff Nurse - Out of Hours

You will be responsible for delivering immediate and continuing nursing care to patients within their own homes. You will prioritise, assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of nursing care to an agreed and expected high standard.

You will work as a key member of the team and contribute to the processes that promote patient safety and quality of care in line with clinical governance frameworks.

Gain competence in clinical skills to enable delivery of quality patient care within the service.

Take an active role in contributing to developing nursing practice.

Maintain effective communication internally and externally to the organisation., To take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating evidence-based care for patients.

To care for palliative care patients and there families in their own homes.

To provide ongoing nursing care and support to patients and carers, promoting the role of the nurse and clinical excellence.

To identify patients whose conditions become unstable and liaise with doctors and acute services appropriately.

To be responsible for documentation in line with current practice and policies.

To ensure that patients can make an informed choice about their current and future care needs. Ensure that care is patient centred, and confidentiality is maintained in line with Trust policy.

To prioritise own workload and work autonomously when necessary.

To provide support, guidance, and supervision to junior staff.

To assess the level of ongoing nursing needs for people who may need long term care.

To liaise with the patients GP to provide sufficient information for ongoing primary care to be provided safely and efficiently.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.