This role is part of the community nursing team visiting housebound patients in their own home. Using your clinical expertise, you will be responsible for the patient caseload, coordinating the team to ensure that care is delivered safely, effectively and as planned. You will have responsibility for undertaking or delegating the triage of new referrals, coordinating the care delivery and allocation of work to members of the team with the appropriate competencies. Taking responsibility as the senior clinician you will be a problem solver and decision-maker, assessing complex patients and planning their care needs.
Band 6 Health Care professionals (HCP) work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.
Band 6 HCPs Are Expected To:
* Keep the people who use our services safe through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
* Ensure the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures.
* Ensure the people that use our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with them.
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Band 6 HCPs work as part of a team and contribute to its success by being a role model, supervising more junior members of the team (Qualified and unqualified) and students to ensure they are working to the professional standards required and provide leadership within the team.
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that suits us both.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jacqueline Bailey Job title: Admin team lead Email address: jacqueline.bailey2@nhs.net
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