Community Nurse

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced community or practice nurse, to join our already established Home Visiting and Care Home team. The nurse will provide home visits for housebound patients and care home residents within the PCN, these visits will include completing patients annual reviews for long term conditions (such as Diabetes), frailty assessments, and advanced care plans (including DNACPR status) to support both the practices QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) and the PCN Proactive Care contracts.

The post holder will be required to provide visits for patients in their own home who require updated observations and general reviews and assessments. The practitioner will also need to visit patients living in care homes. The clinician will be responsible for prioritising workload and will be required to take a comprehensive history and devise a comprehensive patient focused plan. This could include liaison with the GP, secondary care and community...