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Job overview

We are recruiting for a skilled Night Nurse to join our Urgent Care Service in East Kent. 

Urgent Care Services provides short term health, therapy and care support to enable service users to remain in the community / home environment. 

Care provided at night includes End of life care, catheter care and other urgent care that is unplanned and cannot wait until the following day. This care is provided by a night nursing team.

Home is nationally evidenced to be the best place to recover and regain independence. Enablement and rehabilitation will be the priority focus with active participation from service users in order to achieve maximum independence.

We are working with East Kent Hospitals University Trust, who are leading on developing a virtual ward for people with acute respiratory infections, such as a chest infection, or with an underlying condition, like COPD, to be cared for at home.

Patients who agree to be discharged earlier from hospital, will be monitored at home using technology, such as apps, wearables or other medical devices remotely – and supported by a consultant, specialist GP or advanced practitioner. What technology will be used is still being scoped as we co-design the wards with patients and colleagues during the months ahead.

Main duties of the job

The East Kent Night Nursing service provides care for patients overnight with an urgent clinical need such as end of life symptom management, verification of expected death or urinary catheter issues. Referrals are received from NHS111, ambulance service, out of hours GP and directly from patients and relatives via our Local Referral Unit.

We are looking to recruit an experienced band 5 practitioner to the service primarily based in Ashford.

It is essential that you are comfortable with lone working and possess the relevant skills and knowledge to work independently with minimal supervision. A full valid UK driving licence and access to a car is essential.

Additional Working Pattern: 31.5 hours per week - 3 x 10.5 nights a week

Working for our organisation

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

 

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

 

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

 

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