Main area Community Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (service covers 8-8 7 days per week) Job ref 319-7062419KD
Site Victoria Therapy Centre Town North Shields Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/04/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you :
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Matron to join our dynamic Community Nursing teams in North Shields locality. The Community Matron will be responsible for identification of vulnerable patients who are at risk and also those frequently admitted to hospital by proactive case management working with Specialist Nurses, medical colleagues, Palliative Care, Intermediate Care, Social Care and AHPs, the aim is to reduce admissions and improve quality of life. They will provide support into the care homes.
Northumbria Health care Trust are committed to lifelong learning and offer support to enhance your knowledge and skills, to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
Main duties of the job
* The Community Matron undertakes advanced clinical assessment, identifying needs, planning, case management and coordinating of care for patients with highly complex needs and co-existing long term conditions, working in partnership with other professionals and agencies to improve patient outcomes.
* The post holder will provide clinical leadership for staff within the Community Nursing service, supporting the development of staff roles with regular training and supervision and will contribute to the assessment of competence for registered and non-registered staff.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To clinically supervise and demonstrate specialist community healthcare knowledge and skills to develop the skill set of community nursing staff, students, patients and carers within a cluster of community teams.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership where team members are supported to work and develop clinical practice across all localities acting as joint supervisors to all Nurse Practitioners where needed.
* The post-holder will undertake advanced clinical assessment, needs identification, planning, case management and co-ordination of care for individuals with highly complex needs and co-existing long-term conditions.
* The post-holder will work towards advanced professional practice including advanced clinical skills, medicines management, leadership, supporting self-care management and forge interagency and partnership working to improve outcomes for patients with co-existing long-term conditions.
* In addition, the post-holder will work proactively to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and facilitate earlier discharge from hospital for patients identified through multi-disciplinary team meetings, high risk patient programmes or proactive care management.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse 1st level
* First level degree in health-related subject
* Advanced Physical Assessment and history taking qualification
* Registered mentor
* Relevant and additional post registration eg Advanced / Specialist qualification
Experience and Knowledge
* Specialist knowledge and experience in Community Care to Master’s level equivalent or evidence that works at a Masters level equivalent
* Significant post –registration experience preferably with some experience in a community setting or clear understanding of Primary and community care
* In depth experience in the management of individuals with long term conditions
* Evidence of being an innovative practitioner
* Policy drivers in the NHS
* An understanding of Clinical Governance and evidenced based practice
* Ensuring the delivery of ‘Compassion in Practice’ - Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Vision and Strategy, incorporating the 6C’s.
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Other Requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
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.
Name Lyndsey WILKINSON Job title Clinical Neighbourhood Matron Email address Lyndsey.Wilkinson@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk Telephone number 07500552961
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