Join to apply for the Community Matron - Surrey Downs H&C role at Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership.
This is an exciting and innovative role which will involve working alongside community GPs, paramedics, pharmacists, district nurses, adult social care, voluntary organisations, and community matrons to support the delivery of proactive healthcare and support to people living with frailty, multiple long-term conditions and/or complex needs to help them stay independent and healthy for as long as possible at home.
If you’re looking for an employer that is working to push beyond and remove traditional boundaries and barriers, bringing care to patients when and where they need it, and you want to work alongside motivated, passionate, and visionary colleagues, come and work for Surrey Downs Health and Care!
Key Responsibilities:
* Take clinical responsibility for the patient and work collaboratively with all professionals, carers, and relatives to gain a deep understanding of all aspects of the patient's physical, emotional, and social situation.
* Conduct physical examination and detailed history taking, diagnosis, and treatment planning.
* Develop a personalised care plan for the patient based on the full assessment of medical, nursing, and care needs, including preventative measures and anticipation of future health needs.
* Plan, implement, monitor, and review therapeutic interventions with individuals who have a long-term condition and their carers.
* Be competent or become competent in using the Comprehensive Geriatric assessment when assessing patients ensuring all patients over the age of 65 are Rockwood scored.
* Use relevant nursing assessment tools to ensure best practice is achieved.
* Use EMIS CM template to complete assessments.
* Be competent or become competent in advanced care planning on an individual basis with the patient and in the completion of a RESPECT form if relevant.
* Enable individuals with long-term conditions to manage their medicines and their conditions independently.
* Co-ordinate and review the delivery of care plans to meet the needs of individuals with long-term conditions or complex needs.
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services, and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Marie O'Connor Job title: Operational manager Email address: marie.oconnor1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07918477989
Ann Tuohy Clinical Lead 07506 733243
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Other
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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