Main area Matron Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Wednesday - Friday 9am to 5pm) Job ref 395-HV729-24-A
Employer NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's Health & Wellbeing Hub Town Romford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata (plus HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 12/02/2025 23:59
Deputy Community Matron
Band 6
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
NELFT is committed to meeting the needs of modern healthcare and providing the best possible services to its patients. The successful candidate will need a minimum of 5 years post registration experience, be able to function as an autonomous practitioner with advanced clinical assessment skills and a good knowledge of long term conditions. It is also important that the candidate can demonstrate flexibility, good communication skills, an ability to work as a team member as well line manage the Assistant Practitioners within the team.
The post holder will work as a case manager and will be involved in delivering integration, working with GPs, Social Services, Care Coordinators and the Community Nursing/Therapy Services. You will be providing case-management, care co-ordination and support, to patients in their own homes to avoid unnecessary hospital admission, reduce hospital stay and maintain health and well-being for the patients.
Main duties of the job
This post requires that you work flexibly across all Localities in Havering within the Integrated Community Team.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current NMC Registration Registered Nurse (RN)
* Nurse/Prescriber/Non-Medical Prescriber
* Evidence of professional up-dating
* Academic ability to study at degree level
Experience
* Has experience of team working that will assist the individual to manage an effective team
* 3 years post registration experience
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
* Awareness of the content and application in practice of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
* A good range of clinical skills, including assessment
Skills
* Good organisation skills and ability to prioritise and work in a self-directed way
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
* Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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