Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (24/7 Service over 7 days, 365 days a year)
- Job ref
- 407-COMMUNITY-6493905
- Employer
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blakenhall Village Centre
- Town
- Walsall
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Urgent Community Response Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant. The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community. As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.
RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM
Job overview
Community - Urgent Community Response
Band 7 Clinical Nurse Post
The unplanned urgent community response model of care is well established within Walsall with a fully integrated domiciliary service and excellent relationships with Social Services and the Acute Sector.
The post holder will be expected to co-ordinate care and navigate the patient through pathways across the primary, secondary care interface, including the prevention of unnecessary admissions through a 2 hour national targeted response.
PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen to develop your role as an urgent community response nurse meeting demands of the New Ambition for Older People–Standard 7 high level of performance indicators preventing hospital admission and expediting hospital discharge from front line service areas.
The post holder will work as part of one of our unplanned, front door services and proactively manage a caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to prevent hospital admissions and improve patient health outcomes for a limited period of time.
Working autonomously, the post holder will have continuing responsibility for proactively monitoring and managing patients on the caseload and will be required to support and collaborate with the wider nursing team with regards to the community caseload.
Working for our organisation
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.
We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.
Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be part of a Multi-disciplinary, multi- Agency Team and have responsibility for a varied caseload of clients in their own homes across the borough, working under the direction of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner Lead within the UCR Team. You will be working predominantly with Older People’s Services to develop and support this client group to remain in their homes with enhanced services. You will need to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service across 7 days and be able to work effectively with partnership agencies such as the acute, WMAS and GP’S.
Successful applicants will be asked to apply for a Disclosure (Criminal Record Check)
The Trust is committed to operate flexible working practices wherever possible.
WALSALL IS AN NHS TRUST COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES WE OPERATE A NO SMOKING POLICY
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- RGN first level Nurse
- First Level Degree or equivalent experience
- Extensive Clinical Experience
- Experience in Primary/ Community Care Nursing
Essential
Essential criteria
- V300 Non-medical prescribing
- Community Nursing Qualification/ or relevant experience in a community setting
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of working between acute and Primary Care settings
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
- Fiona Micheli
- Job title
- UCR- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01922 602920
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