The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEEICB) is seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated Appliance Nurse to join our friendly and innovative multidisciplinary Medicines Optimisation Team.
Working in a team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, senior appliance nurses, and dietitians, you will support the safe, high quality and cost-effective use of appliances. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and will build trusted relationships with GP practices, care homes, acute trusts, and community nursing teams, providing support, education, and training to improve quality of care for our local population.
Prior experience in a commissioning environment is not essential as you will be provided with close peer support and the training required to help you succeed in this varied and challenging role.
This is a full-time post, although applications for part-time working will be considered. We offer a mix of remote, office, and practice-based working, with no evenings, weekends or bank holidays. Salary is in accordance with the NHS AfC pay scale, and we offer NHS pension.
Main duties of the job
Work within organisational policy and professional/ethical guidelines and without supervision. This work will be self-directed but supported by other members of the ICB Medicines Optimisation Team, including Senior Appliance Nurses.
Work with a high level of autonomy, identifying the need for, developing, and initiating programmes of work aligned to their own portfolio and/or organisational priorities.
Work with system partners to identify opportunities for development and improvement in the prescribing and/or use of appliances in primary care settings. This will include - but is not limited to - wound care, continence, stoma, and lower limb care.
Work collaboratively with the ICB Quality Team to promote best practice in the use of appliances and support the development of systems and processes to share learning.
Actively participate in the development of an ICB Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) plan as it pertains to the provision and use of appliances and support its implementation at place and system levels.
Consider the whole patient pathway to identify the potential for additional savings to be achieved through admission avoidance, reduction in healthcare professional time etc.
Support medicines optimisation pharmacy technicians with switches relating to appliances.
About us
The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function is commonly referred to as commissioning. To do this, we work within a budget of around £1.5 billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with local government and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by how well our local health and care system as a whole is working, including the health outcomes of our communities.
The ICB has delegated some authority to the three health and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex to act on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas are addressed. The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, including those it has delegated. Local residents have a big role to play in the operation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of our communities to help shape our decision-making.
Job responsibilities
To support SNEE ICB’s commitment to commissioning services that are both safe and effective in meeting the needs of the local population, ensuring that pathways in which appliances are used deliver cost-effective use of resources and improved patient outcomes and experience.
To support system-wide integration, working with wider health and care professionals to ensure that the use of appliances in health and care settings is joined up.
To support the implementation of appliance-related strategies across the three Alliances to:
1. Reduce avoidable harm
2. Avoid waste
3. Improve cost-effective use of appliances.
To improve the health of the population by optimising the use of appliances under the guidance of senior appliance nurses.
To promote the safe, evidence-based and cost-effective use of appliances by:
1. Providing up to date, unbiased information about treatments and care pathways
2. Developing local guidelines and care pathways to optimise the use of appliances
3. Supporting other health and care providers to deliver medicines optimisation in a way that is high quality, efficient, safe, well led, timely and responsive, effective and equitable.
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Person Specification
Communication Skills
* Able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
* Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
* Excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence.
* Able to present information to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds.
* Able to disseminate information accurately and to facilitate collaborative working across organisational barriers.
* Able to resolve conflict and overcome barriers in order to have difficult conversations and/or challenge unwanted behaviours.
Other
* Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision.
* Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
* An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
* Able to use Visual Display Unit equipment for prolonged periods of time and on most working days.
* Able to concentrate for prolonged periods of time.
* Able to work in a variety of environments, to include own home, office, GP practices and care homes.
* Able to travel routinely and independently across Suffolk and North East Essex (and occasionally further afield) as required.
Knowledge, Training & Experience
* Professional knowledge acquired through degree in adult nursing.
* Registered with the NMC as a nurse.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Experience of working in health or social care.
* Experience of using critical appraisal skills to aid decision making.
* Experience of planning, developing, and implementing change impacting beyond own area of work.
* Experience of delivering contentious information in a hostile environment.
* Experience of influencing a wide range of stakeholders.
* Experience of training/presenting.
* Experience of analysing complex data.
* Specialist knowledge in all clinical areas relating to the use of appliances in primary care.
* Knowledge of the NHS structure and commissioning arrangements.
* Knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing primary and secondary care.
* Experience of working in a GP practice.
* Experience of working with care homes.
* Experience of writing reports for clinicians and/or non-clinical staff.
* Experience in using sources of prescribing data e.g. ePACT2, OpenPrescribing.
* Knowledge acquired through non-medical prescribing qualification.
* NOTE: This role does not entail prescribing.
Analytical & Planning Skills
* Able to use a keyboard to enter clinical, prescribing, or financial data with a very high degree of accuracy.
* Able to apply highly developed specialist knowledge when undertaking the review of patient records and complex prescribing patterns.
* Able to document clinical information and recommendations accurately using nationally approved coding.
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft:
1. Outlook
2. Word
3. Excel
4. PowerPoint
1. Highly proficient in the use of:
1. SystmOne
2. Able to interrogate and interpret complex clinical, financial, prescribing and potentially sensitive or contentious data.
3. Able to concentrate for prolonged periods of time, when clinical/financial accuracy is paramount.
4. Able to create clinical and/or financial audits and interpret the results.
5. Has led a change project with tangible outcomes.
6. Skills for project management.
7. Previous experience in project management and planning.
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.
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