Community Staff Nurse – Central London

The Community Matrons Team support housebound patients with multiple health and social care needs to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and provide better health outcomes.

This role isMon-Fri 9am – 5pm across Westminster.

· Registered nurse or nurse associate

· Current NMC registration

· Experience of community health

· Experience of monitoring patients with complex conditions and identify deterioration

· Ability to undertake vital signs observations including urinalysis, weight, MUST scores

· Venepuncture skills

· Strong communication, administration and documentation skills

· Time management skills

· Knowledge and experience of using S1

· Ability to work independently and remotely from colleagues

· Ability to work across various locations in Westminster (this often requires walking with equipment in trolley bag)

We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.

Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people’s homes and local clinics, helping them to:
• stay well
• manage their own health with the right support
• avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.

We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.

Our vision: deliver great care closer to home.

Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence

This role will be working across the borough of Westminster. Supporting patients on the Community Matrons caseload with:

• Monitoring of vital signs and medication compliance
• Assisting in attending outpatient appointments (inc. escorting)
• Liaison with other health and social care providers
• Identification/signposting of signs of deterioration

This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Dec 2024