About this role
Job summary
Would you like to work in a dynamic, flexible and forward-thinking team - ready to adapt and accommodate every eventuality to meet patients needs safely in the community? If so, Care Coordination is the team for you! Our drive and determination to meet the needs of our patients meant that we were HSJ award finalists in September 2022.
Are you seeking a new challenge or looking to work in a different care setting with exposure to new opportunities? We are offering an exciting position for a Band 6 Junior Sister to join the Care Coordination Team to work in our Hospital Inreach Service.
Main duties of the job
The Care Coordination Inreach Team work across our acute and community sites to help streamline patient discharges. The team visit the acute site daily (New Cross Hospital) attending a wide range of wards to identify patients who will need community support on discharge and take the lead with discharge planning for identified patients. Our aim is to achieve a safe, timely and seamless transition from hospital to home for our patients. Candidates must have a passion for service improvement and be motivated to promote, deliver and ensure success of the inreach service. Experience in service improvement and leadership is desirable as the post will involve the successful candidate working autonomously to implement, promote and deliver the inreach service with measurable set outcomes throughout the 12 months.
Applicants must be confident to promote safe and timely discharges into the community and lead with discharge planning (including liaising with MDT, patients and their families).
Candidates must have a UK driving license, business insurance and own a car they can use for work purposes. The post will require frequent travel across community sites and to New Cross and West Park Hospitals. Applicants must have a live NMC registration.
About us
We can offer:
Flexible working
A dedicated and robust 4 week super-numery induction
Support to enable you to be an autonomous and independent practitioner
Support so you can manage your own working day
The opportunity to be part of and lead with new and exciting developments in our inreach service
Support so that you are confident to bring new ideas forward and transfer your skills to our teams
Autonomy to lead on changes to improve and develop our inreach service
Support with funding for professional development
Technology to help support you to do your job along with support to develop skills in using technology and different web based applications
Exposure to complex case management of patients, including patients who are suitable for a D2A pathway
Professional advocacy sessions and regular supervision
An established team of experienced nurses to help you settle in and support your transition in becoming a valued member of our team
Job description Job responsibilities
A sound knowledge base of acute and community services will be required for this role, including knowledge of services available in the Wolverhampton area delivered by a variety of organisations. Holistic triage and assessment skills will also be essential so that ongoing care needs can be identified for patients.
Please see the attached job description for further details, and for informal visits and more information about this role please contact Service Delivery Manager Leanne Webb. Informal visits are encouraged and we look forwards to hearing from you soon.
Person Specification
score Essential
Driving licence/car
Registration Essential
NMC PIN
Leadership Essential
Leadership experience/qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address Wolverhampton Science Park
Glaisher Drive
Wolverhampton
WV10 9RU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)