Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 382-FICC115-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Matron Central Neighbourhood Team
NHS AfC: Band 7
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
We are looking for a highly skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our Matron Team.
The successful candidate will work with Central Neighbourhood Team to support the residents in this area. This is a permanent full time position, part time will be considered.
It is the expectation that the successful applicant has achieved non medical prescriber V300 certificate.
Main duties of the job
To support residents in their own home who are acutely unwell , providing same day response to enable patients to stay at home and prevent hospital admissions where safe to do so. There is potential for case management where you will have responsibility for planning, managing and coordinating the care of those with highly complex needs and long term conditions .
A primary objective will be to work collaboratively with patients in their own homes, the acute hospital and community teams to ensure that residents receive the right care, at the right time in the right place.
We are looking for someone with excellent leadership, organisational and communication skills, and a strong quality improvement focus- as well as the ability to analyse and interpret data.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- A highly skilled senior member of the integrated Neighbourhood team supporting patients within their own homes.
- The post holder will have a clinical role with responsibility for same day assessments using extended skills and independent prescribing to support patients at home. Planning, managing and co-ordinating the care of patients under your care.
Please see job description and person specification for full details
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level Registered General Nurse – currently registered with the NMC or HCPC registration.
- Educated to Degree or diploma level or equivalent experience.
- Up-to-date evidence of continuing engagement in professional development and of reflective practice in a professional portfolio.
- Non-medical Prescribing qualification – V300
- Consultation and Physical examination
- Prescribing Ability to work within PGDs
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development in chronic disease management, specifically Diabetes and COPD
- Advanced communication module
- Ability to be able to complete DNACPR when required
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge in community care and frameworks
- Effective communicator able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
- Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
- Evidence of managing staff and multidisciplinary teams
- Evidence of relevant involvement in meeting the trust clinical governance objectives
- Be able to demonstrate the skill to integrate teams from a variety of backgrounds to integrate the social and health agenda
- Experience of clinical assessment and care planning.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing clinical advice within a care home setting
- Evidence of working in a senior position within a long-term condition field
- Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
- Computer literacy
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Good clinical knowledge
- Work as part of the multidisciplinary Team
- Dependable
- Able to prioritize work to tight deadlines and work under pressure
- Identify trends for analysis
- Able to work on own initiative
- Influence and motivate others
- Must be able to demonstrate the need for confidentiality
- Ability to gain the confidence and credibility of a range of professionals
- Ability to be challenged and respond calmly
- Actively manage gaps in rotas due to annual leave / sickness etc
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in partnership with a range of health and social care professionals
- Awareness of the national and local NHS priorities
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical knowledge of end of life, mental health, dementia, falls and fractures
- Excellent knowledge of adult safeguarding legislation, including MCA, DOLS, best interests’ decisions, advanced care planning.
- Ensures that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of general practice systems
Other
Essential criteria
- Clearly spoken
- Assertive
- Confident decision maker
- Ability to safely delegate
- Able to take responsibility for own actions
- Problem solving skills and ability to deal with conflict
- Able to work under pressure
- Enthusiasm
- Demonstrable commitment to professional development
- Flexible and mature approach to working
- Access to a suitable vehicle to be used within your role
Desirable criteria
- Enthusiastic about working with people
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- James Earle
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 955518
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