Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 NMC Registered Nurse to join our North Home First Service.
The North Home First Team covers the whole of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent and provides clinical support for patients in the community to either avoid potential hospital admissions or to support people to return home through the Discharge to Assess Pathway following a period of acute care in hospital.
The Home First Team prides themselves on the delivery of quality care to community patients, many with complex needs while actively promoting the philosophy of self-care and independence, offering the facilities of rehabilitation and assessment. The ethos of the team is to support people to remain in their own home and to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
The team also works to facilitate safe hospital discharges for patients leaving acute care and to offer them nursing support in their own home environment.
Main duties of the job
The service operates as a multi-disciplinary team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Rehabilitation Support Staff, with close links to Social Care.
You will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care whilst providing support to your peers and team leader and be an effective team member while working on your own initiative.
As part of this role, you will also be expected to:
* Work collaboratively and actively support and liaise with other health and social professionals and agencies.
* Act as a role model and motivate team members in working towards innovative and high standards of practice.
* Participate in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
* Facilitate the development of a positive and supportive team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict.
* Take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve service delivery, protocols, and guidelines.
* Triage referrals for the discharge to assess pathway in line with the referral criteria.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities, and in return for this, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression
* Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
* Options for flexible working
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI, and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
* Free car parking at all trust sites
* Free flu vaccinations every year
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job responsibilities
What we ask from you?
* Working in a multi-disciplinary team alongside Clinical and Operational Leadership to ensure high-quality care delivery to service users.
* Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers.
* Evaluate treatment plans and undertake discharge planning and promote self-care.
* Be responsible for an agreed caseload.
* Co-ordinate the work of the Team.
* Support development of skills and competencies in others.
Essential Qualifications and Training
* Nursing Registration with the NMC
* Degree in nursing (or equivalent)
* Mentorship/Assessor Qualification
* Community nursing experience
* Evidence of providing clinical information and advice to others
* Caseload management
For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current NMC registration
Experience
* Experience in MDT working
* Community nursing experience
* Evidence of providing clinical information and advice to others
* Caseload management
Qualifications and Training
* RGN Qualification
* Physical Health Assessment
* Nurse Prescribing
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills, Knowledge, and Attributes
* Working experience of professional practice across the Local Health Economy
* Working knowledge of policies and procedures relating to health and safety and risk assessments
* Clinical Skills
* Assessment skills and evaluation of safe discharge
* Proactive case management leading to timely discharge
* Ensure that all risks are assessed and appropriate action is taken and carried out in-line with Trust policy
* Collaborative multi-agency working
Personal Attributes
* Strong interpersonal and communication and leadership skills
* Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise
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.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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