About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, well-motivated and flexible Junior Nurse Practitioner to join our Urgent Community Response Services across Sunderland within the Recovery at Home Team based at Leechmere.
The Recovery at Home is a nurse led service based in Sunderland, which delivers rapid assessment and treatment to patients in their own home with an acute illness and/or injury. The Team provides holistic care/intervention 24/7, with the intent to prevent admission/readmission to hospital. You must be dynamic, motivated, and enthusiastic with a flexible approach to working with relevant experience in an acute care or community environment.
The team consists of an extensive MDT which includes Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Health Care Assistants, Therapy Assistants/Exercise Practitioners and Administrative staff. The team also works closely alongside partner agencies including those from the local and voluntary sector.
Please note a Full UK Driving Licence is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
This role would involve assessing people in their own homes who are either acutely unwell or have recently been discharged from hospital and require enhanced intervention and short-term support for their physical and functional health needs to remain at home.
The service is fast paced, and you would be expected to see a wide range of patients with a variety of conditions.
This is a unique and rewarding role which will allow you to work with patients within their usual place of residence while developing your own clinical skills.
The service is committed to providing a sound environment for education and training to support the successful candidate within this role.
Staff will have access to pool cars for completion of patient visits.
The post holder will need to be proactive with their own learning and work to identified timescales.
About us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE.
- To provide care to people in their own homes to prevent admission/ readmission to hospital by providing rapid assessment of patients in the community over a 24-hour period.
- Undertake comprehensive holistic assessment of patients in both planned and unplanned situations, be able to prioritise clinical need, initiating investigations, determine a differential diagnosis and implement a plan of care reflecting evidence-based guidance.
- To maintain agreed standards of care, integrity, and dignity of all patients in an environment which is conducive to caring for those patients in their own homes.
- Undertake triage within the service determining clinical priority of calls, working with the coordinator ensure teams are dispatched to respond to the referral.
- Work collaboratively with multi professional teams to ensure practice is efficient, effective and evidence based.
- To develop his /her scope of professional practice to support the team to meet service requirements in accordance with professional guideline.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Degree in Nursing/ working towards completion
- Clinical Skills Certificate
- Teaching and assessing in clinical practice Mentorship experience / working towards
- Leadership qualification/training
Desirable
- Teaching Qualification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent inter-personal and communications skills
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Ability to delegate
- Good role model
- Flexible working Team worker
- Be able to organise workload, work autonomously and within a team Clear, concise, accountable record keeping/ report writing skills
- IT literate
Desirable
- IT Skills
- Phlebotomy and Cannulation Skills
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in acute care / practice
- Portfolio and evidence of continuous professional development with a willingness to extend skills and knowledge
- Multi- disciplinary/ multi-agency working
Desirable
- Community Experience
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to move and handle safely without causing harm to themselves or others
- Sitting at workstation using VDU for part of the day
- Car driver ( Manual) use team pool cars
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
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Independent Living Centre
Claymere Road
Leechmere Industrial Estate
SUNDERLAND
SR2 9TS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.stsft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)