Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 24/10/2024
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The Combined Community and Acute Care group are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic Nurse Advisors to work on a part-time or full-time basis. This role is varied, ensuring robust procedures are in place to deliver high standards of clinical care and safety. The role is fundamental in offering a wide choice of referral routes to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, reduce duplication for service users ensuring value for money. The post will involve working with a range of colleagues in primary and secondary health, social care, and the voluntary sector.
Applicants must be a Registered Nurse and will have relevant post-registration experience in primary care and be able to evidence knowledge of specialist long-term condition management. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, plus the ability to critically analyse and prioritise workload, are required. A flexible approach to this role is necessary as the SPA will be developing into a 24-hour service, and the post holder will be required to work a variety of shifts including weekends and Bank Holidays.
SPA will provide a comprehensive induction programme which will support you in delivering timely and clinically effective advice and assessments.
Main duties of the job
The nurse advisor will contribute to the delivery of high-quality nursing care through receiving and responding to callers accessing the SPA line. They will assess health care needs and ensure referral to the appropriate health care provider in accordance with clinical need and signpost to social and voluntary sector. The nurse advisor will take responsibility for the delivery of the service during a defined period on duty.
To work within Primary Care and interface services to provide high-quality evidenced-based support and advice to patients, carers, families, and staff across the interface pathway. Work as an autonomous practitioner and provide a holistic approach to deliver a high standard of clinical expertise in the process of telephone triage assessment, planning treatment education, and advice given to patients, carers, and other health and social care professionals. Ongoing responsibilities for the implementation, evaluation, and reassessment of patient’s needs are required.
This role supports the team leader by supervising and leading the staff within the single point of access in their absence, promoting positive staff behaviour and facilitating the delivery of treatment to individuals, groups, and communities. To maintain PROUD values and behaviours within the service delivery.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of its staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
Please note this advertisement is for permanent full-time and part-time opportunities.
Working pattern: Includes weekends, bank holidays, and unsociable hours.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current registration
* Educated to post-graduate level (academic level 6) or demonstrable knowledge, training, and experience.
* Specialist training experience, courses at diploma level.
* Telephone triage
Experience
* Previous Primary care or community experience
* Relevant extensive post-registration experience.
* Broad understanding of Sheffield community services
* Knowledge of specialist long-term condition management
* Knowledge of the management of acute episodes of illness
* Line management experience and knowledge of Human Resources processes
* Patient assessment skills and experience.
* Adult protection
* Enhanced verbal articulation, listening, and interpersonal skills.
* Enhanced decision-making skills.
* IT literate.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Able to prioritise and delegate.
* Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
* Knowledge of SystmOne
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
For further information and an informal discussion or visit please contact Jonathan Wood, Clinical Team Leader on 0114 2266566.
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