Main area: Continuing Healthcare Fast Track Nurse Practitioner
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 137-6508382
Employer: NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: County Hall
Town: Norwich
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/09/2024 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our local population. We are accountable for the performance and finances of the NHS across Norfolk and Waveney – a total budget of £2 billion a year.
The organisation works with local people, health and care professionals, and partner organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of our population.
We believe strongly in creating a workplace built on teamwork, whilst allowing individuals to grow and develop in their own roles. Our main offices are based at 8th Floor of Norfolk County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2UE; however, we have local offices for the East and West of the region, therefore travel across the Norfolk and Waveney footprint as well as out of county is required according to where our stakeholders are situated.
Our three ICS goals are:
* To make sure that people can live as healthy a life as possible.
* To make sure that you only have to tell your story once.
* To make Norfolk and Waveney the best place to work in health and care.
If you are someone who enjoys making a difference and would like to help people in Norfolk and Waveney live longer, healthier, and happier lives, then we would love to hear from you.
Job overview
Norfolk and Waveney ICB are excited to offer this opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with a specific interest in compassionate end-of-life care. You will be required to assess and evaluate patient conditions in accordance with the National framework for NHS Continuing healthcare, fast track pathway.
You will arrange personalised care, which will require close monitoring, and will be working closely with individuals and their families during a difficult time in their lives.
Main duties of the job
* The successful candidate will join the Continuing Healthcare Fast Track team, working with autonomy and holding responsibility for managing and prioritising your own workload against the needs of patients and the service requirements.
* You will be required to receive, triage, and accept referrals from appropriate clinicians for patients with a rapidly deteriorating condition who may be entering the terminal phase.
* You will manage an individual caseload, supporting patients and their families with high-quality, safe, and compassionate care, commissioning appropriate packages of care for patients referred for NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track in accordance with Norfolk and Waveney ICB's policies.
* You will act as a specialist resource for colleagues and other multi-disciplinary team members to advise on Fast Track completion and appropriateness, supporting colleagues with education, clinical work, audit, and service development work.
* You will need to be an effective communicator to share sensitive condition-related information successfully with patients, providers, and carers in a timely and understandable manner, using different communication methods to clarify understanding.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to integrated working with a wide range of partner agencies and individuals, including our local NHS Acute and Provider Trusts, GPs, County Councils, the voluntary sector, and of course our patients. Our aim is to ensure we commission the right integrated services, enabling us to improve the experience of patient care and ensuring the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes for the Norfolk & Waveney community.
The organisation has a hybrid working system, with staff working from home and in the office when necessary.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
* A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
* Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
* Problem-solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
* Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
* Ability to take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of options.
* Previous experience in a similar role in the public sector.
* Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
Hybrid Working
The ICB operates a flexible approach to working. It is expected that the majority of our staff will work from a combination of home and office (where possible). For staff designated in a hybrid role, they should have a safe and suitable place to work with Broadband access and space for a desk, chair, and monitors.
Your application
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
We are unable to accept CVs as part of an application. Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification on their application will be shortlisted for this job. Be mindful that any offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks e.g. health, identity, right to work, qualifications, registration, and references.
To ensure diverse representation at all levels across the workforce and to understand the differing needs of our stakeholders, Norfolk and Waveney ICB is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and to addressing any imbalance of opportunity or disadvantage that an individual with a protected characteristic could face. We would strongly encourage applications from candidates from under-represented backgrounds.
Applicants with a disability need only meet the essential criteria to be invited to interview. We will also make any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process providing that you inform us of any special requirements.
Further information
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
Arden & GEM CSU administer this account on behalf of the ICB; you may receive communications from both the CSU and the ICB during your recruitment.
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