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Job Overview
ICELS EQUIPMENT TRIAGE LEAD PRACTITIONER (Registered Nurse Band 6)
Part-Time position 15 hours per week on a fortnightly rota.
Job Overview
ICELS EQUIPMENT TRIAGE LEAD PRACTITIONER (Registered Nurse Band 6)
Part-Time position 15 hours per week on a fortnightly rota.
We are looking to recruit an experienced RN band 5 or above who is looking for part-time hours and a new challenge.
This post will have a key role in the delivery of the Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The ICELS plays a critical role in supporting health and social care services across LLR delivering care and support to the people of LLR including hospital discharge, crisis response to avoid hospital admission, end of life and palliative care, support to keep people independent and remain in their own homes. This is a very busy service supporting the wider health and social care economy across LLR. The service deals with in excess of 120,000 pieces of equipment to around 24,000 people each year. The delivery of the ICELS is contracted out to an external provider (Medequip).
Working as part of the wider ICELS Team who provide contract performance and quality assurance monitoring of the service provider, day to day operational management of the service, support for health and social care professionals and a clinical team consisting of two Occupational therapists, Lead Nurse, Triage Nurses and Technical Instructors who undertake active recall of equipment in the community and triage of orders placed by health and social care professionals.
The ICELS has an office at the Equipment Provider’s base in Glen Parva. The team works both remotely and at the office. The role will work on a two-week rota pattern Thursday/Friday, then Monday/Tuesday between 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Attendance at the office will be required for meetings, training and other matters that require face to face contacts.
Contact Details
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: LynnSpencer, Senior Nurse ICELS Manager for Active Recall Team & Equipment Triage, on 07917554002 or email:
Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
Main duties and requirements
The Postholder Will Take a Lead In Reviewing Orders Placed For Equipment To Ensure This Is Being Provided In Line With Policies And Procedures And Criteria For Equipment Provision. This Will Include
* Gatekeeping orders for:
o profiling beds and pressure care equipment
o care home orders
o some specialist items of equipment
o out of county requests
* Contact with prescribers to discuss orders and options that might be available
* Reviewing equipment in the community/care homes that is passed its recall date/review of orders authorised on short term loans and taking action to retrieve equipment where appropriate to do so
* Raising awareness for health and social care staff around the policies and procedures for the service and provision of equipment
* Providing daily operational support to the equipment provider to ensure effective and timely delivery of equipment.
What You Will Need
* RN experienced band 5 or above
* experience of working in the community and carrying out assessment for and review of equipment
* to be self-motivated and flexible
* to work autonomously with minimum supervision
* to be able to work under pressure
* to be able to have difficult conversations for example when challenging a request from another health or social care professional
* to be able to use MS word and excel to capture and produce data
* to work with health and social care staff across a range of organisations in LLR
* to carry out reviews of patients’ use of community equipment consistent with local policy as part of an ongoing equipment recall process according to agreed pathways to ensure that equipment is still appropriate for use by the patient/service user as originally assessed for and to recover equipment that is no longer required
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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