About this role
Job summary
An opportunity for a Senior Nurse to join the Community Assessment Unit (CAU) at Gosport War Memorial Hospital and the Urgent Care Response (UCR) team in the community.
The post is a 30 hour-per-week substantive post covering the Fareham and Gosport Area, with the understanding that support will be provided to Petersfield CAU.
You will be working within the outpatient CAU clinic setting at Gosport War Memorial Hospital and in the community setting where you will be responding to the urgent care needs of service users in their own homes.
This is an excellent opportunity if you enjoy having varied work experience and want to broaden your knowledge and skills in both a clinic and community setting. This role is critical to preventing hospital admissions as part of the Ageing Well agenda and monitoring patients in their own home as part of the UCR virtual ward.
As the role will be delivered in patients' homes and clinic-based settings, you will be working closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and motivated professional with excellent clinical and communication skills, who can work autonomously within the scope of practice as a registered practitioner.
This position involves a proportionate amount of time driving when carrying out UCR visits, therefore you will need to be a car owner and have access to a vehicle for work with the correct level of insurance.
Main duties of the job
* To work independently within the team and to be responsible for the Community Assessment Unit caseload and prioritising effectively, to ensure timely assessment and discharge.
* Carry out all aspects of patient care, treatments and procedures within agreed policies and procedures of the Trust.
* Take on a specific area of interest/project/link role and act as a resource for the team to develop.
* Deputise and support the Clinical Manager, ensuring smooth and safe running of the Unit.
* Participate in the appraisal system.
* Address poor performance as it occurs and manage and report any serious incidents of misconduct.
* Effectively manage staff absence according to trust policy.
* Ensure newly appointed staff are fully inducted and documentation completed.
* Ensure effective and safe skill mix when completing the three-monthly electronic roster.
* Assist in the first line treatment and referral of patients with complex medical conditions under the frailty model.
* Give and receive regular reports on the progress of patients, immediately acting on any changes in the patients' condition and reporting them to the relevant health care professional.
* Work with medical staff and other members of the health care team to ensure that treatments are carried out within agreed policies.
* Receive patients and their relatives in a calm, courteous and reassuring manner, participate in providing information and support.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Upholding all standards as identified by the NMC including the Code of Professional conduct, Documentation and Medicines Management or equivalent according to job title. The post holder will work as an active member of the Community Frailty Team for the Fareham and Gosport Community Assessment Unit and provide a high quality, efficient and effective service to patients.
To assist in the delivery of effective and timely assessments for patients who are within the speciality of frailty. To work alongside Consultant Geriatricians, GPs with Specialist Interest, Nurses, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists to provide a high standard of individualised nursing care in accordance with agreed policies and utilising an evidence-based approach. To be responsible for the assessment of patients' needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of planned treatment.
The post holder will be a Registered clinician and will continue to develop their role through the acquisition of further skills, knowledge, and competencies to be determined by the needs of the patients, the service, and the team.
The primary role of the Senior Community Nurse is to provide strong holistic leadership to the team and support the Community Matron. To include day to day leadership responsibilities, development and creative leadership, responsive leadership, enabling the team to achieve a 'well led' culture.
The community teams in conjunction with a wide range of clinical colleagues and specifically, GP's, Practice Nurses and Social Care professionals, will lead and facilitate a patient or client focused, co-ordinated case management approach across primary and secondary care for people who are most vulnerable to, and at high risk of repeat admissions to hospital
The candidate will participate in and influence efforts across health and social services to shape multi-disciplinary pathways designed to support patient choice, improve quality of life, promote self-management and assure early intervention through the proactive provision of care in or as close to the patients own home as possible. The candidate will work across the caseload and the single point of access or (equivalent), using their clinical skills to identify the needs of patients and the correct services to liaise with
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
BSc Nursing or RN currently registered with NMC. Post registration qualification or University Degree Teaching and assessing qualification ENB 998 or equivalent/mentorship qualification - PETALS Management/Leadership Qualification/development programme Hold a valid driving licence and have access to a car with appropriate business insurance
Desirable
Masters degree or equivalent experience gained by undertaking on-going personal development and training. History Taking and Physical Assessment Course or a willingness to work towards this in the future.
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.
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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Gosport War Memorial Hospital
Bury Road
Gosport
Hampshire
PO12 3PW
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)