Overview
The post holder will be able to combine high level assessment to establish differential diagnosis and clinical decisions to initiate medical and/or nursing/therapy treatments, appropriately refer and lead the co-ordination of care from an integrated team perspective, working with partner agencies and key stakeholders.
Responsibilities
* To be a key driver for change to assist integrated care pathways/systems across HCRG services and system partners.
* To provide clinical and professional leadership within the acute care @home service supporting the wider community including Primary Care, Social Care, and all other provider organisations to deliver high standards of care to patients. Where appropriate this will be the avoidance of unnecessary admission to secondary care. To be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team working with a shared vision in partnership with each other.
* Draw on clinical knowledge to be a resource for the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) and give clinical advice.
* To work in alignment with Primary care around established practice populations and to facilitate the establishment of a shared vision between Primary care and the Community teams.
* Following annotation on the NMC register as an independent prescriber, work towards fulfilling the criteria to become initially a designated prescribing supervisor and subsequently a designated prescribing supervisor.
Qualifications
* Registered nurse
* Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300) or equivalent validated and accredited by NMC.
* Qualified to master's level or working towards the following Modules:
o Physical assessment and Clinical reasoning (PACR or equivalent)
o Frailty, Long term conditions or additional module
o Evidence of relevant up to date CPD
* Experience at senior level working in relevant field.
* Confident to undertake home visiting to assess and treat patients.
* Demonstrate clinical examination and assessment skills e.g. history taking, physical assessment.
* Significant experience of working with a multidisciplinary team; leadership experience and setting and monitoring standards of care.
* Experience within a wide range of patient/client care groups and effective networking with colleagues at all levels, including across professional and organisational boundaries.
* Community services experience.
* Ability to communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds and work flexibly and sensitively.
* Wide range of interpersonal and communication skills; advocate to service users.
* IT literacy.
* Undertake specific nursing tasks requiring precision and/or intense concentration.
* Undertaking complex nursing skills.
Benefits
* AFC Band 7 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)
* Plentiful on site-parking
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases and other offers
* Access to wages as you earn them to help cover emergencies
* Online and face to face support for mental and physical wellbeing, including career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and CPD through The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture with opportunities to share ideas and access to innovation funding
* High clinical and quality standards with many services rated as good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission
* On-site refreshments at your base location
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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