Job Summary
The Urgent Community Response Team aims to deliver holistic assessments and interventions to individuals who are at risk of hospital admission within their own home within 2 hours of referral to the service. The aim of the team is to enable people to stay at home, recover, and re-engage with the important aspects of their life and prevent admission to acute sectors.
The post holder will work in the Urgent Community Response Team and Virtual Wards to assist in the prevention of inappropriate hospital admissions and the facilitation of hospital discharge in line with the overall objectives of the service.
The post holder will ensure access to Urgent Health Assessments, provide and monitor short-term treatment programmes at home and ensure safe discharge or referral to long-term health and social care interventions.
You will be expected to work multi-professionally, support other team members' roles and contribute to the future development of the service providing professional advice and appropriate training to others where required.
To work in partnership with primary, secondary and other health and social care providers to ensure patients receive appropriate investigation, intervention and treatment with minimal avoidable delays, whilst improving the quality of care.
The post holder will be expected to work within a flexible working pattern over a 7-day week in the urgent community response team as required.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Carry out comprehensive holistic assessments of the care needs of people referred to the service seeking support and advice from senior colleagues in situations that are outside the post holder's sphere of competence.
2. With support where necessary from senior colleagues, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care designed to maintain the patient in his/her own home.
3. In situations where the patient cannot be maintained safely at home facilitate admission to the most appropriate setting.
4. Demonstrate, teach and supervise basic nursing care that families can safely provide between visits.
5. In conjunction with therapists, measure for and order special adaptations and equipment indicated by the assessment and plan of care.
6. Carry out a range of nursing interventions, to include cannulation and IV drug administration, working within the scope of professional practice.
7. Communicate effectively verbally and in writing with colleagues and stakeholders, utilising electronic methods of communication within the remit of the Data Protection Act ensuring clinical information is conveyed within a timeframe that ensures patient safety.
8. Ensure safe and effective clinical practice.
About Us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
* Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
* Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job Details
Date Posted: 13 February 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working Pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference Number: 304-9006904
Job Locations
Solihull Community Nursing, Friars Gate, 1011 Stratford Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4BN
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Relevant clinical qualification with current registration (e.g., RGN)
* Relevant Degree level qualification or equivalent experience.
* Minimum 4 years post-registration experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Mentorship qualification
Desirable
* Health assessment course
* Non-medical prescriber
Experience Essential
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting
* Experience of comprehensive clinical assessment of patients
* Experience of caring for patients who are acutely ill/require rehabilitation plan/end of life care
* Experience of effective caseload management
* Experience in line management and supervising junior staff
* Experience in facilitating professional development of other staff and ability to motivate others
* Experience in collection, collation and analysis of data for clinical audit and research
Additional Criteria Essential
* Demonstrate achievement of numeracy (including drug administration calculations) and literacy skills. Ability to read/write and speak, receive and understand instructions in English
* Good IT skills ability to record information electronically
* Competent in a range of clinical skills willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
* Competent in managing the care of a group of patients/shift management and clinical leadership relevant to the practice setting
* Professional appearance
* Displays genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
* Positive and enthusiastic attitude
* Ability to communicate articulately with others
* Caring and approachable
* Punctual
* Reliable
* Ability to work a varied shift pattern, including unsocial hours where required
* The applicant can describe why the Trust may deploy him/her to a different practice setting for a span of duty
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the post and be independently mobile, and as such it is essential for you to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer Name: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Solihull Community Nursing, Friars Gate, 1011 Stratford Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4BN
Employer's Website: https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm
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