30 hours per week.
Do you have a keen interest in Tissue Viability Management and want to work within a clinic setting promoting the Wellbeing Club social care model in accordance with the National Wound Care Strategy Programme recommendations?
Our core hours within our clinics are 08:30 - 17:00, including weekends and bank holidays.
The role requires positivity, excellent communication, leadership, and caseload management abilities. You will need to demonstrate integrity and initiative, sound clinical knowledge with evidence-based practice, and the ability to manage a team, approaching your work in a coordinated way.
We work integrated with a variety of the MDT: including our tissue viability team, lower limb specialist nurses, community teams, our social prescriber, and hold joint clinics with vascular & podiatry.
Focusing on tissue viability management, in particular lower limb management, pleural & peritoneal drains management & TNP, alongside catheterisation management.
If you have a keen interest & established competence in tissue viability, this role is for you.
We welcome you to make contact and have a conversation.
Operating out of 8 clinics across Plymouth & SHWD.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline.
Main duties of the job
We provide opportunity for continued learning/career progression; if this ignites your interest, we would like to hear from you.
As a Caseload holder, your role is vital in terms of coordinating people's care & delegating to your team.
You will be required to be an autonomous practitioner, provide holistic patient-centred care, champion patients, and demonstrate highly motivated leadership skills with the ability to influence/inspire others. The candidate must have the knowledge and confidence to have delicate conversations around advanced care planning in anticipation of end-of-life care including treatment escalation and have the skills required to make clinical decisions around resuscitation status based on the person's clinical presentation.
You will be required to undertake a robust induction, allocated a supervisor to support your learning to develop in your role.
We offer training in line with the required competencies for you to build on your past knowledge/experience/skills. You will be expected to undertake continued learning with accessibility to accredited courses.
You will be required to be competent/diagnose/investigate, have sound knowledge/judgement providing evidence-based wound management/pressure ulcer prevention, continence management, palliative & end-of-life care.
Have a full driving licence/the ability to travel across Plymouth.
All LWS staff are expected to be able/willing to work across a 7-day service.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we are guided by our values: kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability while empowering staff and those we serve.
We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.
We prioritise employee development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.
Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions, and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.
Job responsibilities
Be responsible for the provision of planned and unplanned care to patients and their carers in our clinics, one of which is held at a village hall.
Be able to respond to urgent referrals for patients, carers, and the multi-disciplinary team.
To triage and accept appropriate referrals directly from other disciplines, patients, carers, and members of the public and/or refer to other agencies where appropriate.
Be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, planning, organising & reviewing people's complex needs.
Ensure privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected for all patients and carers.
Undertake comprehensive risk assessments of all situations associated with the care of patients to ensure nurses and the carers' safety.
Assessments might include the provision of equipment ensuring it is used safely.
Be responsible for overseeing, monitoring of equipment and ensuring maintenance & repair.
To report and record all incidents and near misses relating to health, safety, security, fire, physical violence, aggression, and verbal abuse.
Maintain accurate records, which are confidential, up to date, legible, and that all care given has to be documented. These records may be paper or IT-based systems and must be maintained as specified in the Trust Policies, NMC guidelines, and Government directives. The post holder will be expected to oversee the standard of patients' records by audit or peer review and have a regular open discussion with team members.
The post holder is required to comply with all infection control policies and guidance, attend relevant updates, and report issues of concern to their immediate line manager. If no action or explanation is received, then it is the individual's responsibility to escalate to the Director of Operations or Chief Executive Office.
To monitor & maintain the health, safety, and security of self and others.
Be responsible for organising own time management on a daily basis in line with caseload demands, balancing patient needs with the non-clinical aspect of the role.
Act as a clinical advisor on health care issues within their area of expertise.
Undertake health promotion whenever possible to all age groups and also contribute to planned health promotion activities.
Nurse Prescriber and takes responsibility for prescribing in line with Non-medical Prescribing policy and within the Devon Formulary.
Identify community health needs and participate in new projects, research, and audit.
Promote self-care and be good with technology.
Act as a role model for other staff and students demonstrating high standards of practice and professional conduct.
Be involved with the development, implementation, and monitoring of standards.
Develop links with other professional and voluntary bodies to ensure maximum effectiveness of the service and patient care.
Work alongside the Community Matron for Long Term conditions and advance care practitioners if appropriate in monitoring complex health needs of the patients and reduce hospital admissions.
Ensure that work which is often unpredictable is prioritised and suitably delegated to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Implement, participate, and facilitate Clinical Supervision as per organizational Policy.
Participate in an annual appraisal of their work in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) where the job description will be reviewed and objectives set. In line with the annual development plan, the post holder will be expected to undertake any training or development required to fulfil their role.
Be conversant and adhere to the vulnerable adult and child protection procedures & Organizational policies.
Support the Team Manager regarding equity of workload throughout the larger Team & deputise in his/her absence.
To demonstrate awareness of resources, providing cost-effective and quality-controlled usage of products.
To have a working knowledge of statutory and non-statutory funding and the legislation/guidance that underpins these funding streams, ensuring service users meet the eligibility criteria when advocating for/utilising services on the service users' behalf (e.g. Care Act eligibility, Housing legislation etc).
Be an authorised signatory and sign off the supplies and expenses. These include off duty, staff overtime, annual leave, bank nurses, and the procurement of supplies for the team.
Exercise a duty of care in relation to the use of the organisation's equipment and resources in a cost-effective manner.
To be responsible for overseeing and monitoring and authorising of equipment and ensuring maintenance and repair.
Track stock levels and ensure the supply levels are sufficient to meet the demands of the service.
Maintain effective working relationships with the multidisciplinary team and deliver a cost-effective quality service to patients/carers within a defined geographical area.
To contribute to resource governance through knowledge and appropriate prescribing decisions.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
* Up-to-date knowledge of current practice within the area specified in job purpose.
* Knowledge of national and local frameworks and strategies.
* Ability to translate best practice evidence and national policies in practice.
* Background and development knowledge of Government Policies and changes in Primary Care.
* Understanding of NICE guidance.
* The post holder will have experience undertaking Incident Investigations.
* Attention to detail.
* Highly motivated with ability to influence and inspire others.
* Outcomes focused.
* Ability to act as a champion for patients/carers and their interests, ensuring the patients' voice has an impact on service developments.
Desirable
* Evidence of continued recent academic and clinical development.
* Knowledge of service development.
* Previous primary care/community experience.
Experience
Essential
* Relevant post-registered experience.
* Able to demonstrate Clinical Management skills appropriate to the role.
* Proven relevant experience of Leadership.
* Experience in leading and development of new pathways of care and delivering best practice.
* Experience in managing sensitive issues and overcoming obstacles in communication.
Desirable
* Experience and working knowledge of community setting desirable.
* Management/Leadership qualification.
* Experience of influencing change in the workplace.
Specific Skills
Essential
* Good time management.
* Autonomous practitioner with the ability to work unsupervised.
* Ability to assess and treat patients using evidence-based practice.
* Ability to work alongside clinicians to support and enhance quality of patient care.
* Excellent interpersonal skills in Leadership, coordination, and management skills.
* Delegation skills.
* IT Literate.
* Highly motivated with ability to influence and inspire others.
* Ability to act as a champion for patients and carers and their interests, ensuring the patients' voice has an impact on service developments.
Desirable
* Flexible/Adaptable /Team player.
* Evidence of using initiative to put innovation into practice.
Skills
Essential
* Evidence of recent study.
* To be able to respond to urgent calls in different parts of the city.
* Evidence of Good multi-agency liaison skills.
* Good time management.
* Delegation skills.
* Ability to assess and treat patients using evidence-based practice.
* IT literate.
* Ability to work with difficult and complex situations.
* Flexible/Adaptable.
* Team player.
* Ability to act as a role model.
* Ability to motivate others.
* Non-judgemental.
* Ability to travel across Plymouth.
* Full Driving Licence.
* The post holder will need to travel and attend to service users based across Plymouth and other geographical areas. Full and valid driving license and access to a car for work purposes is required. We will consider reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act for those with a disability who are successful for the post.
Desirable
* Evidence of using initiative to put innovation into practice.
* Management of change.
* Clinical Supervision training.
Additional Requirements
Essential
* Familiar and committed to the principles and values of the NHS.
* Demonstrate commitment to focus on quality, promote high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
* Creates and fosters a culture of openness, honesty, integrity, and inclusiveness.
* Ability to work flexibly, demonstrating commitment to partnership working.
* Ability to travel across Plymouth and other geographical areas.
Desirable
* Values diversity and difference.
Qualifications
Essential
* 1st Level Nurse Registration (degree or diploma).
* NMC Registration.
* Current Registered Nurse with relevant registered experience.
* Experience of mentoring.
Desirable
* Recognised teaching qualification mentorship or equivalent.
* Leadership experience/qualifications.
* NMP prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake.
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