Job summary
Are you lookingfor a new challenge that will develop your clinical, leadership andteam-working skills?
We are looking for highly skilled, enthusiastic,self-motivated senior nurse to join our Community Matron Team based atClarendon, Hebburn.
The role of the Community Matron is an essential part ofthe Integrated Community Team - working closely with GPs in the locality.
We want to recruit senior clinicians who are able tosupport and empower patients to manage their long term conditions whilstworking to achieve realistic goals that are patient-led.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within the Community MatronTeam to proactively manage, co-ordinate and support an identified caseload ofpatients with multiple complex long-term conditions, with responsibility forensuring all health and social care needs are met to improve health outcomes,functional status and quality of life, ensure integration of all elements ofcare, increase patient choice and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitaland reduce the stay of necessary hospital admission.
The Community Matron Team core hours are Mon- Fri08:30-5pm.
You will be anexcellent communicator and work well both individually and within a team. Youwill be patient focused and have the ability to undertake clinical assessmentsto arrive at a differential diagnoses; start, plan and evaluate care. You willalso have organisational and time management skills. You will demonstrateleadership skills across the inter-professional team.
About us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Matron will:
Proactively manage high risk patients with complex long-term conditions, deliver high quality care in partnership with the patient, carer, and other agencies in order to maintain independence, maximise quality of life, reduce the risk of avoidable hospital admission, and enable patients to die with dignity in their preferred place of care.
Manage their own workload which will be a subgroup of the main integrated team caseload.
Act as a support for advice, treatment, and management to the other caseload holders in the integrated team.
Undertake comprehensive assessments of health and wellbeing, recognising the early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness and injuries based upon the understanding of the chronic disease, the disease process, current evidence and practice standards.
Manage care at the interface between Community, Acute and Primary Care services, preventing avoidable admissions and facilitating discharge. This is achieved through acting both as a care co-ordinator to complex patients at high risk and by providing clinical leadership to the wider integrated team in managing the needs of the services caseload
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. First Degree in a nursing related subject
2. Advanced clinical skills
3. Extended and supplementary prescriber
4. Teaching qualification or evidence of teaching experience
Desirable
5. Masters in health / leadership related subject
6. Advanced / Specialist post registration qualification
7. Accredited disease management course
8. Advanced communication skills training
Experience
Essential
9. Minimum of 2 years clinical experience within a community setting as a Clinical Practitioner in the management of patients with chronic, or Long-Term Conditions or a minimum of 2 years in secondary care as a senior clinician in an acute setting (Accident & Emergency / Medical Admissions).
10. Evidence of autonomous working.
Desirable
11. Leadership role
12. Complex caseload management
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
13. Leadership skills
14. Evidence of ongoing professional development, willingness to
15. maintain and extend skills and knowledge, and an ability to share
16. and influence the scope and reach of the Integrated Care Team
17. Excellent inter-personal and communication skills in order to forge
18. relationships with colleagues and others for the benefit of patient
19. care and caseload co-ordination.
20. Expert assessment, analytical, interpretation and clinical decision making skills.
21. Phlebotomy skills
Desirable
22. Chronic disease management skills
23. Caseload management skills
Physical skills
Essential
24. Able to move and handle safety without causing harm to themselves
25. or others