Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at COVID-19 Vaccination | How to access your vaccine in the Black Country and West Birmingham (blackcountryandwestbirmccg.nhs.uk ) where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant. The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community. As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.
RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM
Job overview
To be responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care, demonstrating evidence based/best practice. To adhere to Walsall healthcare NHS Trust policies, procedures and protocols in order to promote the quality of the patient experience in the community, ensuring the highest standard is received
The post holder will be responsible for providing evidence based high quality palliative and end of life care to patients with life limiting illnesses and support for their families
To hold continuing responsibility and accountability for the quality of patient care demonstrating evidence based/best practice. To adhere to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust policies, procedures and protocols in order to promote the quality of the patient experience in the community, ensuring the highest standard.
To provide professional support and mentoring to individual staff members and community place based teams, initiating continued professional development to help improve the care and management of palliative and end of life patients
To maintain effective channels of communication with the wider multi-professional team, to ensure co-ordinated patient care
To support implementation of the integrated care model within Walsall healthcare Trust and work in -partnership with key organisations, promoting patient care in the right place at the right time
Main duties of the job
To work as part of an integrated Community nursing team with a focus on case management for the frail elderly in their own home.
Using risk stratification identify patients who are vulnerable of hospital admission and implement a case management approach to maintain effective care and treatment in care environment
Work in partnership with home care staff, managers, Primary care, patients, relatives and the wider health and social care team to maintain high quality care, prevent avoidable patient harms, prevent avoidable hospital admission and reduce length of stay if acute intervention is required
Working for our organisation
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver advanced skills and expert knowledge to assess the physical and psycho – social needs of a defined client group with complex multiple long term conditions, instigating therapeutic treatments, including extended and supplementary prescribing, based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes
To deliver advanced skills and expert knowledge to identify subtle and unpredictable changes in condition.
To deliver advanced skills and expert knowledge to make both a comprehensive and focussed assessments
Work in partnership with GPs, consultants in Secondary care, Integrated community nursing team to ascertain diagnosis, develop care plans, interpret highly complex factors and situations and initiate follow up for people who are frail and elderly.
Negotiate and agree with Patient, Carers and other care professionals, individual roles and responsibilities with regard to actions to be taken and outcomes to be achieved, referring on to other services or professionals as appropriate
Challenge professional and organisational boundaries, identifying areas for skill/ knowledge development and apply these to practices to provide continuity and high quality patient centred health care
Person specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Extensive clinical experience /Case management experience
* Willingness to undertake Extended & Supplementary Nurse Prescribing Course
Knowledge
* Evidence of up-to-date based knowledge and skills, particularly in long term condition issues
* Working knowledge of the roles and values of Case Management
* Knowledge and experience of working between acute and Primary Care settings Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals
* Knowledge and experience of working between acute and Primary Care settings Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals
Experience
* Experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcomes
* Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multidisciplinary forum and with users and carers
* Ability to work in a changing, and stressful situations
Please note your application will be transferred from the NHS Jobs system to internal Walsall Healthcare Trac System. All correspondence will be sent via Trac
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
** Please Note that this post may be identified as suitable and a preference given for Internal at Risk Employees**
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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