An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinical nurse as a Community Matron to work within the Kings Lynn and Coastal PCN’s.
This rewarding post will be aligned to General Practice, and the successful candidate will work closely with GPs to identify and case manage complex patients, aiming to enhance their health and quality of life. The role focuses on avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitating early discharge when patients have been hospitalised.
Close collaboration with other Health and Social Care Services is essential. The candidate must have excellent communication skills and the ability to organise and prioritise their caseload based on patient and service needs.
Enquiries are welcomed.
The role involves providing advanced intensive case management and clinical nursing care to patients with long-term conditions who are high users of primary and secondary care. Please see the job description for more information.
Join an organisation awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest rating, and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to receive this accolade.
* Assess and provide advanced interventions for patients with long-term conditions to improve quality of life and independence.
* Work within an integrated team to facilitate early hospital discharge and prevent unnecessary admissions.
* Collaborate with healthcare professionals and statutory/non-statutory agencies to deliver seamless, integrated services.
* Provide a 7-day, 365-days-a-year service between 8 am and 5 pm.
* Develop services for complex case management.
* Proactively identify high-intensity users of healthcare and those at high risk of unplanned hospital admission.
* Educate and support multidisciplinary teams in intensive case management.
* Manage a caseload of patients with complex and unstable health needs.
* Create systems to support intensive case management across the health system.
* Refer patients to appropriate agencies to enable proactive management, prevent hospital admissions, support early discharge, and reduce GP contact.
* Be accountable for the management and intervention of a defined patient caseload.
* Actively work with GPs and agencies to 'case find' patients using population health data.
* Be an advocate for people with long-term conditions.
* Practise as a non-medical prescriber within the Trust’s policies and your scope of competency.
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