About this role
Job summary
Urgent Community Response Senior Nurse - Band 7 - 37.5 hours Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Out of Hospital, Urgent Community Services for a Senior Nurse Practitioner , Permanent post
Within Out of Hospital, Urgent Community Services sits Urgent Community Response (UCR), Hospital at Home(HaH), Neighbourhood ACP's and Stockport Integrated Care Co-ordination (SICC). As a Senior Nurse Practitioner, you will primarily work within UCR and HaH
Our UCR/HaH is an evolving service delivering acute assessment, management and monitoring within the community setting and we are looking for a dynamic forward thinking individual to join the team.
The post holder will work collaboratively within the multi disciplinary team to offer holistic high level clinical assessments and reviews for patients who may be in a crisis situation.
Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role
Main duties of the job
Urgent Community Response is a service operating a multidisciplinary approach, supporting patients in their own home for 72 hrs and so preventing ED attendance and unnecessary hospital admissions. The team is made up of Senior Therapists, Senior Nurses, Social Workers, Nurse Associate, Community Pharmacist and Senior Support Workers.
o The role of the Senior Nurse is to work collaboratively with other team members offering holistic high level clinical assessments and reviews for patients who may be in a crisis situation. There is a strong element of "See and Treat" management within the nursing role in the community setting. of care to prevent hospital admission
o Demonstrate a high level of judgement, discretion and decision making within the assessment process with an aim to reduce hospital attendance/admission
o Develop and deliver educational/training programmes and act as a specialist resource for staff and colleagues to improve standards and quality of care.
o Monitor and improve standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence based practice, learning and development and the provision of skilled clinical leadership
o Support the service lead with service improvement development
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
o NHS pension scheme membership
o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
o NHS Staff discounts
o Cycle to work scheme
oSalary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
o Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to keep accurate and legible patient records.
- Able to work under pressure and prioritise work load
- Able to work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team and understand team dynamics
- Evidence of dealing with Complex Clinical situations in the Hospital/ Community setting
- Demonstrates planning and organisational skills to deploy staffing resource.
- Familiar with Standard Computer operating programmes
- Demonstrate problem solving and analytical skills
- Maintained development of leadership skills and the ability to change practice
- Able to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Evidence of clinical expertise within own sphere of practise
- Demonstrate leadership qualities
- Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role
Desirable
- Ability to implement research/undertake audit recommendations
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of Government legislation and guidance pertaining to the role
- Knowledge of Trust policies and procedures
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Knowledge of the current health economy pressures and local/government driven initiatives and strategies.
- Experience of managing a team and day to day workload.
- Experience of making autonomous decisions
- Experience of responding to sudden and unplanned changes in medical conditions
Desirable
- Has specialist knowledge of a broad range of medical conditions and treatments within sphere of responsibility.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Working within a Community setting.
- Experience working within "Rapid/Crisis Response" situations
- Experience of working with patients with long term conditions.
- Experience in the management of Human and financial resources including unexpected fluctuations in workload and/or workload
Education & Qualification
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Degree qualification or experience to demonstrate level of working
- Prescribing Qualification NMP V300 or ability to work towards
Desirable
- Urgent care / emergency room experience or educational qualification
- Community Specialist Practitioner or equivalent 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
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Floor 1 Kingsgate House
Wellington Road North
Stockport
SK4 1LW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)