Main area Community Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Secondment: 12 months (Or Fixed term contract) Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
30 hours per week (Service covers 8-8 7 days per week) Job ref 319-7038383IO
Site Northumbria Way Town Cramlington Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/03/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you :
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Matron to join our dynamic Northumbria Way Community Nursing team in Northumberland; the Community Matron will be responsible for identification of vulnerable patients who are at risk and also those frequently admitted to hospital by proactive case management working with Specialist Nurses, medical colleagues, Palliative Care, Intermediate Care, Social Care and Allied Health Professionals. The aim is to reduce admissions and improve quality of life. They will provide support into the care homes.
Northumbria Healthcare Trust are committed to lifelong learning and offer support to enhance your knowledge and skills, to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
* The Community Matron undertakes advanced clinical assessment, identifying needs, planning, case management and coordinating of care for patients with highly complex needs and co-existing long term conditions.
* The post holder will provide clinical leadership for staff within the Community Nursing service, supporting the development of staff roles with regular training and supervision and will contribute to the assessment of competence for registered and non registered staff.
Person specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
* Registered Nurse 1st level
* First level degree in health-related subject
* Advanced Physical Assessment and history taking qualification
* Independent Prescribing qualification or an ability to achieve this within 2 years of appointment.
* Registered mentor
* Relevant and additional post registration e.g. Advanced / Specialist qualification
Experience and knowledge
* Specialist knowledge and experience in Community Care to Master’s level equivalent or evidence that works at a Masters level equivalent
* Significant post –registration experience preferably with some experience in a community setting or clear understanding of Primary and community care
* In depth experience in the management of individuals with long term conditions
* Evidence of being an innovative practitioner
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Other requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
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