Job summary Maternity Cover Post for 12 Months This job opportunity seeks passionate and community-oriented individuals to join the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team as Band 7 Community Matrons. The position emphasises admission avoidance through rapid response assessments and hospital-at-home interventions, providing patients with alternatives to hospital admission. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with the Virtual Ward, Integrated Front Door, and Home-Based Intermediate Care multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to deliver effective interventions. Oversee patient care, ensuring a holistic approach to meeting the needs of patients within their homes. Support from a broad team, including Consultants, GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), and the Integrated Care Service (iCares), which spans across Sandwell Community. Contribute to rehabilitation, case management, and admission avoidance strategies. This role presents an exciting chance to utilise your leadership and clinical expertise in shaping the future of our evolving community services. With a focus on integrated care, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring patients receive comprehensive support in the comfort of their homes. If you are creative, community-focused, and ready to make a significant impact on patient care, we encourage you to apply Please note this role will primarily be based at the Sandwell Council House. Main duties of the job Main Responsibilities: Caseload Management: Maintain ongoing responsibility for a caseload of patients requiring complex chronic disease management, ensuring continuity and quality of care. Cross-Sector Collaboration: Operate across both primary and secondary care services, bridging the gap between different levels of healthcare to provide comprehensive patient support. Admission Avoidance: Actively work within healthcare services to facilitate admission avoidance, implementing strategies to manage patient conditions effectively at home or in the community. DVT Service Involvement: Provide care and interventions within the Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) service, ensuring timely assessment and management of patients. Non-Medical Prescribing: Utilise non-medical prescribing skills to manage and prescribe medication for patients, enhancing treatment options and ensuring timely therapeutic interventions. Avoiding Unnecessary Hospital Admissions: Implement strategies to manage patient conditions effectively in the community, reducing the need for hospital admissions whenever possible. This role requires a combination of clinical expertise, leadership skills, and a proactive approach to patient care, aimed at delivering high-quality services and supporting the evolving needs of the community. About us Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from a first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). This will be applicable to your role on a rotational basis, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives Date posted 06 November 2024 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum Contract Fixed term Duration 12 months Working pattern Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working Reference number 381-CT-6733166 Job locations SWB NHS Trust West Bromwich B71 4HJ Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails. Please note this role will primarily be based at the Sandwell Council House. Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails. Please note this role will primarily be based at the Sandwell Council House. Person Specification Other Essential UK Driving Licence and Access to Own Vechicle for Work Purposes Qualifications Essential Health related Degree Health related Diploma or equivalent NMC First Level Registered Nurse of Health Professions Council Registered Practitioner Registered Independent/Supplementary Prescriber or willing to work towards qualification Post basic accredited qualification relevant to Long Term Condition (LTC) management or experience of working with patients with a LTC Experience Essential Relevant experience in care of patients with long Term Conditions Community Nursing experience Community Nursing experience Experience of service development Experience of working across traditional health and social care boundaries Experience of team working Experience of providing care to patients in their own home Experience of assessing, planning and evaluating episodes of patient care Experience of conflict management Experience of working in diverse communities Experience of managing a caseload Leadership Essential Organise and prioritise own and team workload Line manage and deploy staff effectively to meet service needs Able to respond to interruptions in work patterns in response to service needs and Trust discharge deadlines and in response to bleeps. Able to cope working in a stressful, hostile or highly emotive environment with patients and carers of patients presenting with disabilities, chronic or terminal conditions, including those with limited recovery potential. Able to deal sensitively with patients with high levels of anxiety/aggression caused by pain, dementia, sedation, limited mobility or who are unable to accept rehabilitation outcomes. Able to deal with situations involving conflict and dispute and disciplinary matters Person Specification Other Essential UK Driving Licence and Access to Own Vechicle for Work Purposes Qualifications Essential Health related Degree Health related Diploma or equivalent NMC First Level Registered Nurse of Health Professions Council Registered Practitioner Registered Independent/Supplementary Prescriber or willing to work towards qualification Post basic accredited qualification relevant to Long Term Condition (LTC) management or experience of working with patients with a LTC Experience Essential Relevant experience in care of patients with long Term Conditions Community Nursing experience Community Nursing experience Experience of service development Experience of working across traditional health and social care boundaries Experience of team working Experience of providing care to patients in their own home Experience of assessing, planning and evaluating episodes of patient care Experience of conflict management Experience of working in diverse communities Experience of managing a caseload Leadership Essential Organise and prioritise own and team workload Line manage and deploy staff effectively to meet service needs Able to respond to interruptions in work patterns in response to service needs and Trust discharge deadlines and in response to bleeps. Able to cope working in a stressful, hostile or highly emotive environment with patients and carers of patients presenting with disabilities, chronic or terminal conditions, including those with limited recovery potential. Able to deal sensitively with patients with high levels of anxiety/aggression caused by pain, dementia, sedation, limited mobility or who are unable to accept rehabilitation outcomes. Able to deal with situations involving conflict and dispute and disciplinary matters 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Address SWB NHS Trust West Bromwich B71 4HJ Employer's website https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)