The Community Matron is a pivotal member of the Primary Health Care Team and develops professional relationships with medical colleagues, other health professionals, Social Services, voluntary agencies, secondary care hospitals, community hospitals and liaison staff, to enhance the service and care pathway provided to patients who have complex needs and their families due to the presence of complex care. You will work independently, exploring all avenues to support patients with complex needs and chronic disease, including forming effective communication networks across organisations to achieve patient-focused goals.
To provide holistic nursing assessment, high-quality care, support, and information to patients and carers with the aim of maintaining patients in their own homes, enabling them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of care. To actively participate in the planning and discharge of complex patients from secondary to primary care. To provide specialist clinical advice to the multi-disciplinary team.
You will work towards setting up, implementing, and evaluating the Community Matron role supporting patients with complex needs. This will inform and develop Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust's provider service management approach to the care of complex patients and support people to remain in their own home.
Main duties of the job
* Anticipate care needs and collaborate with key stakeholders to develop appropriate care plans, referring on to other services or professionals as appropriate.
* Carry out specialist and shared complex nursing assessments, including CHC, medication review, prescribing, and palliative care. Work as an autonomous practitioner in the planning and implementation of nursing treatment plans.
* Provide initial and ongoing assessment of nursing needs of patients and carers in the community. When planning a program of care, consider physical, social, emotional, and cultural factors, using suitably qualified staff to facilitate the agreed level of care.
* Build on a network that can be used to streamline care pathways for the caseload of patients.
About us
The Newton Abbot Intermediate Care Team and Community nursing team are based at Sherborne House. The Community Nurse team is also based at Tower House Surgery in Chudleigh. We cover a large geographical patch covering the practice population of nine GP surgeries.
A busy but friendly and supportive team, we are committed to staff development through education and training, helping staff realize their potential in topics of interest to them and encouraging career pathways in Community Nursing.
We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and building relationships within the communities we are part of.
Job responsibilities
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person Specification
Essential
* Qualified Registered Nurse Level 1
* BSc in Nursing / Health Studies
* Independent/supplementary prescriber or committed to undertake this course within 2 years of commencement to post
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Evidence of a range of clinical skills
Desirable
* Mentorship qualification/skills and/or experience or committed to undertake appropriate training
* Previous community experience/experience of lone working/DNSPQ
* Evidence of engagement with research projects
* Evidence of disease-specific study e.g., COPD/Diabetes/Heart Failure
Employer details
Employer name
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sherbourne House
Kingsteignton Road
Newton Abbot
TQ12 2PF
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