Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy community nursing team as a band 6 Case Load Manager.
The Team is well established with experienced case load managers who will be eager to support and mentor if you are moving up from a band 5 post.
You will be responsible for the administrative and face to face care coordination of one or more GP Practices and the support, development and wellbeing of the junior staff assigned to them.
When coordinating you will allocate the teams patient visits, deal with referred tasks, support junior staff and stand in for the Team Leader when they are off duty.
This is a challenging but very rewarding position. For more information please call the Team Leader on 07788415583.
Main duties of the job
1. Act as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with and upholding the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practise for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors.
2. Manage a caseload of patients.
3. Assess physical and psycho-social needs, plan, manage, implement and evaluate individual programmes of patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way, which meets the needs of the patient and his/her carer(s).
4. Improve health outcomes using specialist nursing skills and knowledge.
5. Carry out complex nursing care and procedures.
6. Use a range of assessment tools pertinent to the patient's needs to inform the assessment and assess risk for both patients and staff.
7. Work unsupervised to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care of patients. Provide skilled nursing care for patients in their own homes or other appropriate settings eg. Clinics.
8. Plan ahead for potential scenarios to ensure anticipatory care needs are understood and met.
About us
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.
As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.
Job responsibilities
To have overall responsibility for managing planned programmes of care for patients in domiciliary and clinic settings. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to patients across the community/primary care interface in the most efficient and clinically effective way, in co-operation with other members of the health and social care teams, and voluntary and statutory agencies. To work with the team leader to allocate appropriate workloads to team members; both registered and non-registered staff. The post holder will work with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner. The post holder will be able to demonstrate their professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning/co-ordination, medicines management, and care and treatment delivery. To manage workers and resources efficiently and effectively under his/her control, to provide the highest possible standard of care for patients. To provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high-quality care and actively support the team leader in the management of the team.
Person Specification
Qualification and professional training
* Registered General Nurse educated to degree level (or equivalent)
* Current NMC registration
* Specialist Practitioner Qualification - District Nursing (or equivalent postgraduate modules) or equivalent level nursing qualification/experience
* Evidence of further recent study/professional development
* Independent non-medical prescriber or willing to undertake
* Teaching/Mentorship Qualification
* Clinical examination module (or willing to undertake)
* Clinical diagnostics module (or willing to undertake)
* Leadership Qualification - ILM level 6 or equivalent (or willing to work towards) or relevant experience
Knowledge & Experience
* Experience of managing a caseload/leadership within the community
* Knowledge and experience of managing patients with long term conditions
* Knowledge of tissue viability, including pressure and leg ulcer management
* Knowledge and experience of end of life care
* Knowledge and experience of community nursing conditions
* Awareness of Workforce Policies and Procedures
* Evidence/experience of teaching/mentoring
* Experience of Multi-disciplinary working
* Supervisory and/or undertaking clinical supervision experience
* Awareness of professional issues and developments.
* Understanding of national government initiatives in health and social care and how they impact on local services
* Experience of clinical assessment, analysis, planning, delivery and evaluation skills
* Ability to manage complex cases
* Experience of clinical audit
* Experience of day to day staff management e.g. case allocation
* Demonstrate application of clinical governance
* Knowledge of local services
Skills & Attributes
* All core community nursing competencies
* Evidence of self-management, organisation and time management skills
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Excellent communication skills, written and oral
* Demonstrates negotiation skills through working in partnership with others
* Ability to motivate staff
* Flexibility and adaptability with the capacity to respond positively to changing situations
* Ability to exercise initiative
* Ability to innovate
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
* Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet the needs of the service users and the service
* Ability to form positive working relationships with other services, agencies, and providers
* Demonstrable problem solving skills
Personal Qualities
* Access to a car for work purposes
* Dexterity for undertaking clinical skills and people moving
* Passion and drive to deliver person centred 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.
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
South Wirral CN Team based at Eastham Clinic
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