Job overview

The Community Ambulatory service offers Intravenous Administration and wound care borough wide for residents of Hillingdon. Referrals are mainly from local hospitals and the service operates 7 days a week (IV clinic at weekend only). The clinics are based at Oak Farm clinic, Northwood health centre and The Warren clinic in Hillingdon. The main base when not assigned to clinic is Beaufort House in Uxbridge.   

Band 6 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 6 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

·       keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments

·       ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures

·       ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

 The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Main duties of the job

Patient Safety 

Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

·       Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible

·       Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary

·       Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services

·       Promote areas for practice development, devising guidelines and procedures to support the delivery of care

·       Being open and transparent about their own practice

·       Supervising the work of others

·       Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made

·       Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement

·       Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records

·       Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

·       To ensure appropriate supplies and equipment are in place and maintained in line with best practice in relation to client care and review as per local policy.

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct. 

Working for our organisation

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience. 

It is the aim of the Trust to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, marital/partnership status, race, religion, age, creed, colour, ethnic origin, disability, part time working status and real or suspected HIV/AIDS status and is not placed at a disadvantage by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. To this end the Trust has a Valuing Diversity in the Workplace Policy and it is for each employee to contribute to its success. As a member of staff at CNWL you have a personal responsibility to ensure and to support equality and value diversity. This means that you ensure that you do not discriminate, harass or bully or contribute to discrimination, harassment or bullying of a colleague, visitors or service users or condone discrimination, harassment or bullying by others. In addition, if you are a team leader, manager or director, you have a personal responsibility to promote and develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.