Job Title | Band 6 District Nurse |
Location | Bicester & Kidlington |
Job Type | Locum |
Speciality | District Nurse |
Rates | Competitive Depending on experience |
Description
We are currently looking for a Locum Band 6 District Nurse.
Responsibilities:-
- Community nursing role, being able to work independently in patient’s house yet work closely with the local team.
- You will need to have good communication skills, to establish rapport with patients, families and staff to be able to clinically review and plan care for not only first visits but ongoing care also.
- Clinical skills needed include, wound dressings, leg dressings and if possible, compression bandaging, pressure area care, catheter care including female, male and suprapubic, injections, insulin administration and monitoring, end of life medication administration, injections and syringe drivers, PIC line care and any other care that has been reviewed action planned and education in place to support.
- You will be an integral part of the team and will be expected to take part in patient discussions, reviews etc. Training may be provided for upskilling if required for the care of the patients in the are you are working.
- You will need to be able to recognise, escalate and support safeguarding concerns and discussion to ensure the safety of patients and staff.
- You will need to be flexible with your daily routine and be able to support urgent patients coming onto the case load as needed in liaison with the co-ordinator