Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Matron to join our busy team on a permanent full time basis.
The post holder will be required to provide clinical case management to a group of patients who meet the Trust identified criteria, who have long term conditions and other complex medical and social problems.
They will develop the clinical case management role and function across health and social care organisations.
The primary function of the role is to maximise the patient's health, clinically assess and treat patients in a defined group and reduce risks that contribute to ill health, thereby reducing unnecessary admissions to acute services, reducing demand on GP time and facilitating the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and timely high quality care to patients.
This post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions, subject to experience, competency and suitability.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to provide clinical case management to a group of patients who meet the Trust identified criteria, who have long term conditions and other complex medical and social problems.
They will develop the clinical case management role and function across health and social care organisations.
The primary function of the role is to maximise the patient's health, clinically assess and treat patients in a defined group and reduce risks that contribute to ill health, thereby reducing unnecessary admissions to acute services, reducing demand on GP time, and facilitating the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated, and timely high-quality care to patients.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.
The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation. These principles will recognise the need to:
1. Promote safe practices
2. Value the aims of service users
3. Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
4. Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
1. Maximise independence by supporting people with long term conditions and highly complex needs to remain in their own homes as appropriate, by utilising and commissioning available resources.
2. Undertake clinical assessment and diagnosis and provide treatment for patients within the defined group.
3. Link with existing services to facilitate early discharge from hospital and prevent re-admission.
4. Develop Partnerships and joint working within the local health and social care economy.
5. Work collaboratively across organisation boundaries to support the effective and co-ordinated provision of social care and health care services.
6. Be aware of and adhere to, the Professional bodies Standards for administration of Medicines Act 1992, and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
7. Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the Case Management role is focused on meeting the needs of service users, thus promoting continuity of high quality patient centred health and social care.
8. Acts as an advocate and champion for patients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenges attitudes and behaviour.
9. Act as a role model so that patients receive the most effective care possible through:
10. Encouraging optimum management of long term conditions to ensure that the patient is functioning at the most independent level possible.
11. Acting in patients interests at all times.
12. Make, implement and communicate changes to clinical practice as necessary in relation to case management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
1. Clinical masters degree or current masters studies or working towards.
2. Prescribing qualification at V300 level 7.
3. Clinical examination and diagnostics qualification at masters level.
Knowledge & Experience
1. Management / clinical leadership experience.
2. Experience of working with patients with long term conditions.
3. Experience of successful multi agency working, including an understanding / experience of working in a social care environment.
4. Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
5. Experience of initiating and implementing and developing clinical care / protocols.
6. Experience in primary / community care setting of practising advanced clinical skills.
7. Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care.
8. Understanding of factors which contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational policy.
9. Understanding of how other agencies work (i.e., housing, social services, independent sector).
10. Experience of practising advanced clinical skills.
11. Understanding of case load management.
Skills
1. Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients / carers and colleagues.
2. Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse work load.
3. Excellent interpersonal skills, including negotiating, influencing and presentation.
4. Ability to understand and analyse complex data.
5. Self management and motivational skills.
6. Confidence to challenge traditional practice and persistence to address difficult issues.
7. Networking knowledge and understanding local services.
8. Report writing and research skills.
9. Venepuncture.
10. Palliative and end of life care skills.
Other
1. The ability to travel independently across the borough.
2. The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
3. Ability undertake physical care.
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.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum pro rata.
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