About the role
Salary: £32073.00 to £39043.00
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 5 Nurses to join our team and work as part of urgent community response working in patient's homes across West Suffolk to deliver high quality nursing care.
Triage, assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, mainly unplanned to include palliative and end of life care, catheter care and wound care.You will need to be able to drive to patient's homes and have access to your own car.Following holistic assessment, devise an individualised, evidence-based plan of care for each patient, modifying it as required.Assess patients' holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers.Have a good understanding of palliative and end of life care, including symptom control and independent management of syringe pumps and end of life medication.Use tactful and persuasive skills to gain the patient's co-operation in their care management plan.Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, hospice, other health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated.Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate.To be competent to deliver IV therapy.
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