Reports to: Registered Manager
Location: Based at our Watford office, with regular travel to service users' homes across Hertfordshire, London and surrounding areas.
Hours: Bank / Ad Hoc. Hours offered according to the needs of the service. There are no guaranteed hours.
Salary: £23.00 per hour.
Contract: Bank / Casual Worker Agreement.
About the Role
We are a growing, nurse-led domiciliary care provider committed to delivering safe, high-quality, person-centred care to adults and children within their own homes. We support people with a wide range of health and social care needs, including individuals requiring delegated healthcare interventions and complex clinical support.
We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our clinical team as a Bank Nurse Supervisor.
Working closely with the Registered Manager and Quality & Compliance Manager, you will provide specialist clinical support as required, ensuring delegated healthcare tasks are delivered safely, carers are appropriately trained and assessed, and service users receive high-quality, evidence-based care.
This is not a routine hands-on nursing role. Instead, you will provide professional clinical oversight, undertake nursing assessments, support complex care packages, assess staff competencies and contribute to the safe mobilisation of new services.
This flexible bank position is ideal for an experienced community or complex care nurse seeking additional work alongside an existing role or for someone who enjoys working on an ad hoc basis.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Assessment
· Undertake holistic nursing assessments for prospective and existing service users.
· Assess healthcare needs, clinical risks and delegated healthcare requirements.
· Develop, review and update person-centred clinical care plans.
· Complete risk assessments relating to clinical interventions.
· Review service users following significant changes in health needs.
· Participate in multidisciplinary reviews where appropriate.
· Liaise with GPs, community nursing teams, therapists, hospitals and commissioners.
Clinical Oversight
· Provide clinical advice and guidance to carers and the management team.
· Support the safe delivery of delegated healthcare tasks.
· Ensure clinical interventions are evidence-based and reflect current best practice.
· Escalate concerns regarding deteriorating health or unsafe practice.
· Promote safe clinical decision-making.
Clinical Training and Competency Assessment
Deliver training, supervision and competency assessments appropriate to the needs of the organisation, including (where applicable):
· Medication administration
· PEG and enteral feeding
· Buccal Midazolam administration
· Epilepsy awareness and seizure management
· Suction
· Oxygen therapy
· Catheter care
· Stoma care
· Bowel management
· Pressure area care
· Infection prevention and control
· Moving and handling (clinical aspects)
· Vital signs monitoring
· Basic life support
· Any other delegated healthcare tasks relevant to individual service users
Responsibilities include:
· Delivering practical and theoretical clinical training.
· Assessing staff competence.
· Supporting carers requiring additional supervision.
· Completing competency assessments and sign-offs.
· Maintaining accurate competency records.
· Reassessing competencies where required.
· Advising the Registered Manager where further training is needed.
Clinical Supervision
· Observe carers delivering delegated healthcare tasks.
· Provide coaching and constructive feedback.
· Promote reflective practice.
· Support staff development.
· Escalate concerns relating to unsafe practice.
Care Planning
· Develop and review clinical care plans.
· Ensure delegated healthcare tasks are appropriately documented.
· Review medication protocols where applicable.
· Support implementation of evidence-based practice.
· Ensure documentation remains accurate, contemporaneous and person-centred.
Clinical Governance
· Contribute to clinical audits where requested.
· Review clinical documentation.
· Support investigations relating to incidents, complaints and safeguarding where clinical input is required.
· Assist in the development and review of clinical policies and procedures.
· Contribute to maintaining high clinical standards across the organisation.
Service Development
· Support the safe mobilisation of new care packages requiring clinical oversight.
· Advise on clinical equipment and delegated healthcare interventions.
· Attend meetings with families, healthcare professionals and commissioners where clinical input is required.
· Contribute to continuous improvement of clinical practice.
General Responsibilities
· Practise in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code.
· Maintain current NMC registration and complete revalidation requirements.
· Work in accordance with CQC Fundamental Standards and relevant legislation.
· Maintain confidentiality and comply with GDPR requirements.
· Promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
· Maintain accurate and timely clinical records.
· Undertake any other duties reasonably required within the scope of the role.
Person Specification
Essential
· Registered Nurse (Adult or Children's) with current NMC registration.
· Minimum five years' post-registration nursing experience.
· At least three years' experience working within community healthcare, complex care, children's continuing care, Continuing Healthcare (CHC), case management or a comparable community-based clinical setting.
· Experience developing and reviewing clinical care plans.
· Experience delivering clinical training and/or assessing staff competencies.
· Excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
· Good understanding of delegated healthcare tasks within community settings.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Strong organisational and report-writing skills.
· Ability to work independently.
· Good IT skills.
· Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Desirable
· Experience within NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and/or Children's Continuing Care.
· Experience supporting CQC-regulated services.
· Recognised Train the Trainer, Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET) or equivalent teaching qualification.
· Assessor qualification (e.g. CAVA) or equivalent.
· Experience designing and delivering competency-based training programmes.
· Experience developing clinical policies and competency frameworks.
Personal Qualities
We are looking for someone who is:
· Compassionate and person-centred.
· Professional and approachable.
· Calm under pressure.
· Highly organised and reliable.
· Supportive and encouraging.
· An excellent communicator.
· Passionate about developing others.
· Committed to maintaining high clinical standards.
· Flexible and adaptable to changing service needs.
What We Offer
· Flexible bank working with no guaranteed hours.
· £23.00 per hour.
· Opportunity to work within a supportive nurse-led organisation.
· A varied and rewarding clinical role.
· Professional development and clinical support.
· Employer-funded support to obtain a recognised Train the Trainer, Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET) or equivalent teaching qualification following a period of satisfactory engagement and subject to service needs, where not already held.
· Opportunity for the role to develop into a regular part-time position as the organisation grows.
Important Information
This is a bank/casual worker role. Hours are offered according to the needs of the service and there is no obligation on the organisation to offer work, nor on the individual to accept work offered.
This role focuses on clinical assessment, reviews, clinical leadership, staff development and competency assessment
Appointment is subject to:
· Enhanced DBS check.
· Satisfactory references.
· Evidence of the right to work in the UK.
· Continued registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Pay: £23.00 per hour
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience developing and reviewing clinical care plans.
Education:
- Diploma of Higher Education (required)
Experience:
- nursing: 5 years (required)
- community or complex care or case management: 3 years (required)
- teaching and supervision of carers: 2 years (required)
- completing competency assessments for carers: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
- DBS certificate on the Update Service (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
