We are excited to offer a Community Specialist Practitioner post to join our growing Hospital at Home team. The successful candidate will work closely and collaboratively with our award-winning Integrated Care team, GPs, and other providers to support a range of patients with complex needs to remain in their own home, avoiding hospital admission where possible following agreed pathways to manage acute illness and manage long-term conditions.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be an excellent communicator and work well both individually and within a team. You will be patient-focused and have the ability to undertake clinical assessments to arrive at a differential diagnosis, start, plan, and evaluate care. You will also have organizational and time management skills and be able to demonstrate leadership skills across the inter-professional team.
To work as part of the Integrated Community Care team to prevent inappropriate hospital admission and have the capability to provide assessment and treatment of patients.
To deliver a high standard of patient care using an evidence-based framework within East & North Hertfordshire. The post holder will work autonomously to provide a comprehensive, advanced assessment and care package to the patients and families, utilizing support services and liaising with other agencies to ensure the complex needs of this client group are met. To provide advanced nursing assessment, diagnostic, prescribing, care and treatment, marshalling resources, overseeing the quality of care from all agencies and coordinating acute, primary, and social care ensuring that the focus of care remains at home and in the community where possible.
About us
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.
We put our patients, their families, and carers at the center of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring, and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.
We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now.
You've made a great decision to apply to join HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post carries continuing responsibility for pro-active management of a caseload consisting of identified high-intensity users with complex needs. The post holder will work autonomously to provide a comprehensive, advanced assessment and care package to the patients and families, utilizing support services and liaising with other agencies to ensure the complex needs of this client group are met. To provide advanced nursing assessment, diagnostic, prescribing, care and treatment, case management, and anticipatory care for patients with complex LTCs, marshalling resources, overseeing the quality of care from all agencies and coordinating acute, primary, and social care ensuring that the focus of care remains at home and in the community where possible.
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
* RN First Level Nurse/AHP.
* Community Nursing Qualification or equivalent post-registration advanced AHP qualification.
* Specialist Practitioner or equivalent AHP.
* Independent Nurse Prescriber - mandatory to pass and practice.
* Demonstrates a high level of relevant clinical experience.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
* Extensive experience working with older people.
* Continuing professional knowledge and development.
* Experience of teaching and mentorship.
* Change management and leadership skills.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multi-disciplinary forum and with users and carers.
* Demonstrate competence in 'top to toe' assessment.
* Demonstrate competence in safe medicines prescribing.
* Demonstrate competence in phlebotomy.
* Demonstrate competence in administration of intravenous therapy.
Other
Essential
* Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Address
QVM Hospital
School Lane
Welwyn
AL6 9PW
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