Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to be part of our well-established Community Nursing teams in Wokingham or Bracknell, as a Community Matron / Enhanced Community Nurse Practitioner.
The post holder will work full time within an integrated community nursing team to proactively manage a complex caseload of high-risk patients, applying advanced clinical skills, clinical reasoning and practising autonomously.
The post holder will promote shared decision making with individuals regarding their care plan and encourage proactive self-management of long-term conditions with the aim of avoiding crisis resulting in unplanned hospital admission.
The post holder will work be fully integrated into the locality community nursing team, working with other stake holders to manage complex patients, as well as the wider multi-disciplinary team in a variety of settings to improve health outcomes and quality of life for patients with multiple chronic diseases.
Main duties of the job
The role requires the applicant to take a lead role in managing patients with complex needs to avoid hospital admission and access services as required. The post holder will be a senior nurse supporting community nursing using established independent prescribing and advanced assessment skills, upskilling junior members of staff and supporting scheduled caseloads.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
1. Caring for and about you is our top priority
2. Committed to providing good quality, safe services
3. Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
4. Flexible working options to support work-life balance
5. 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
6. Generous NHS pension scheme
7. Excellent learning and career development opportunities
8. 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
9. Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
10. Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
11. Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
12. Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
13. Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for you to be considered for this role:
14. Able to use advanced assessment skills and expert knowledge to perform comprehensive assessments of physical, mental health and social care needs that addresses the combined impact of all of the patient's conditions in order to improve health outcomes and quality of exercise leadership and judgment to ensure good clinical practices and maintain high standards of care and review these at regular intervals.
15. Able to identify and plan preventative measures and anticipatory care needs.
16. Have a high level of clinical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Jo Murray on 07717 853161, wholl be delighted to are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
17. Must have IP Qualification
18. 1st Level degree
19. Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescriber Qualification
20. Registered Nurse (Adult)
21. Post-graduate Diploma or equivalent - (, Specialist Practitioner qualification)
Desirable
22. Leadership / Teaching qualification
Training
Essential
23. Evidence of relevant continual professional development
Previous Experience
Essential
24. 5 Years post registration experience
25. Experience of working in a variety of settings (hospital, primary and community)
26. Operational experience of supporting people with long term conditions
Desirable
27. Experience of leading change
28. Management experience
29. Experience of working as a change agent to improve patient care
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
30. Case Management skills
31. Advanced physical examination and assessment skills
32. Health coaching skills, or willingness to develop
33. Excellent organisational and leadership skills
34. Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate workload
35. Excellent problem-solving skills to identify and resolve clinical and whole system issues
36. Ability to interpret and analyse complex data from numerous sources, to inform decisions
37. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
38. Ability to effectively delegate activities to appropriate staff
39. Ability to effectively negotiate on patient management
40. Ability to engage and develop partnership working with all those involved in the management of long-term conditions
41. Ability to work as a member of a team
42. Ability to work unsupervised and manage own caseload
43. Ability to make clinical and administrative decisions
44. Ability to be goal and outcome focused when faced with opposition or when working under conditions of pressure
45. Ability to use IM&T support systems
46. Ability to translate best practice evidence and national policy into practice
47. Knowledge of current National Service Frameworks and the NHS England long-term conditions strategy
Additional Requirements
Essential
48. Ability to travel to, and work from multiple sites