An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Matron to join our dynamic Haltwhistle Community Nursing team in Northumberland. The Community Matron will be responsible for identifying vulnerable patients who are at risk and those frequently admitted to hospital by proactive case management, working with Specialist Nurses, medical colleagues, Palliative Care, Intermediate Care, Social Care, and AHPs. The aim is to reduce admissions and improve quality of life. They will provide support into the care homes.
Northumbria Health Care Trust is committed to lifelong learning and offers support to enhance your knowledge and skills, to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables, and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
Main duties of the job
* The Community Matron undertakes advanced clinical assessment, identifying needs, planning, case management, and coordinating care for patients with highly complex needs and co-existing long-term conditions, working in partnership with other professionals and agencies to improve patient outcomes.
* The post-holder will provide clinical leadership for staff within the Community Nursing service, supporting the development of staff roles with regular training and supervision, and will contribute to the assessment of competence for registered and non-registered staff.
Job responsibilities
* To clinically supervise and demonstrate specialist community healthcare knowledge and skills to develop the skill set of community nursing staff, students, patients, and carers within a cluster of community teams.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership where team members are supported to work and develop clinical practice across all localities acting as joint supervisors to all Nurse Practitioners where needed.
* The post-holder will undertake advanced clinical assessment, needs identification, planning, case management, and coordination of care for individuals with highly complex needs and co-existing long-term conditions.
* The post-holder will work towards advanced professional practice including advanced clinical skills, medicines management, leadership, supporting self-care management, and forge interagency and partnership working to improve outcomes for patients with co-existing long-term conditions.
* In addition, the post-holder will work proactively to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and facilitate earlier discharge from hospital for patients identified through multi-disciplinary team meetings, high-risk patient programmes, or proactive care management.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables, and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse 1st level
* First level degree in health-related subject
* Advanced Physical Assessment and history taking qualification
* Independent Prescribing qualification or an ability to achieve this within 2 years of appointment.
* Registered mentor
Desirable
* Relevant and additional post-registration eg Advanced/Specialist qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
* Specialist knowledge and experience in Community Care to Master's level equivalent or evidence that works at a Masters level equivalent
* Significant post-registration experience preferably with some experience in a community setting or clear understanding of Primary and community care
* In-depth experience in the management of individuals with long-term conditions
* Evidence of being an innovative practitioner
* Policy drivers in the NHS
* An understanding of Clinical Governance and evidence-based practice
* Ensuring the delivery of 'Compassion in Practice' - Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Vision and Strategy, incorporating the 6C's.
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Haltwhistle Health Centre
Greencroft Avenue
Haltwhistle
NE49 9AP
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