Clinical Nurse Specialist, Homeless Care Team
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an existing UHD multidisciplinary team, working on the Poole and Bournemouth sites, but also undertaking outreach to review patients in the community.
The aim of the service is to care for patients accessing UHD services who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and who may also have mental health, alcohol and drug misuse issues. The role will also involve the care of patients undergoing treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C across Dorset as part of the Dorset Hepatitis C Elimination Programme. This will involve working with partners in the community and on a mobile clinical van.
The service aims to enable patients to receive the best care that can be provided through improving staff education, acute care delivery and pathways to community services.
You will be someone who enjoys the challenges this type of work represents and has a passion for caring for this patient group. Someone who is used to multi-agency, multi-disciplinary working in partnership with many agencies and organizations and is confident to see patients in hospital at the bedside, at the front door in the emergency and acute admission departments, as well as in the community. The community work will include seeing patients in their own homes, hostels, etc. with appropriate support, risk assessments, and safeguards in place.
This post requires an active UK NMC Registration
Base Location: Bournemouth
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a nurse with experience of working with this patient group. Our ideal candidate would have experience of working in the community as well as in the secondary care, hospital setting.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Other requirements specific to the role
Personal Attributes
* Highly motivated.
Interpersonal Skills
* Organisation and planning skills
* Ability to prioritise effectively
* Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
Knowledge
* Developments in care of people experiencing homelessness and patients with liver disease including Hepatitis C initiatives and treatments at national and local levels
Qualifications
* NMC registered Nurse (RMN/RGN)
* 1st level degree or working towards.
* Non Medical Prescriber
Experience
* Demonstrable experience within relevant specialties
* IT literacy using a range of current and relevant packages
* Retrieve relevant investigation results
* Teaching and presentation skills
* Counselling skills including Motivational Interviewing
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata, per annum
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