Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Beechwood Health Centre
Town Halifax
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 11/03/2025 23:59
Interview date 18/03/2025
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us.
Job overview
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are seeking an enthusiastic Quest Matron to join and lead the existing team to deliver care to patients closer to home and preventing unnecessary hospital admission across the care homes in Calderdale community.
The post holder will lead the team in an innovative and dynamic way to work with people in care homes to support them to receive high quality and advanced level of care in their own home. The post holder will lead the specialist service and undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care including specialist advice and ongoing support to the client group.
The post holder will contribute to the planning, monitoring and development of services whilst seeking to promote a culture of continuous improvement thus contributing to the achievement of CHFT’s values and objectives.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team across primary, community and acute services to establish an integrated and coordinated approach and provide ongoing specialist advice.
The post holder will be a highly experienced, knowledgeable and an educated team member who is able to work autonomously making high level decisions to treat health needs.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Main Tasks
1. To act as an autonomous practitioner and be responsible for leading and managing the team on a day-to-day basis.
2. Manage a caseload of patients with varying long-term conditions, providing patients and families with information on secondary prevention, education, advice and encouragement.
Clinical Duties will include
1. Provide high quality, comprehensive, holistic and timely assessments and treatments for patients and their families referred to the service using an assessment process to achieve patient focused care at all stages of their care including palliative stage. To include the prescribing and administration of appropriate medication within local and national guidelines.
Managerial Duties
1. To act as Deputy Team Leader for the Quest team, undertaking staff supervision and performance reviews.
Managing Self
1. Participate in regular supervision.
2. Attend all mandatory training.
3. Participate annually identifying, developing and agreeing your own development plan with your line manager using the Trust Appraisal.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
* Non Medical prescriber or working towards
* Teaching qualification
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Module at masters level in at least one long term condition
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
* Substantial/significant experience of caring for patients with complex long term conditions
* Recent relevant experience in end of life care
* Evidence of skills in assessment and management of patients with complex long term conditions and poly-pharmacy
* Experience of coordinating care pathways for patients with complex conditions
* Experience of multi-agency working
* Willing and able to participate in a competency work based training programme
* Expert clinical knowledge related long term conditions and disease management
* Problem solving and analytical skills
* Community experience
* Service development and or change management
* Experience of Lone working
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
* High level of presentation skills and delivery of training
* Leadership skills and excellent decision-making capabilities
* Awareness of CHFT values and vision
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Self-motivated and able to use own initiative
* Ability to organise and prioritise own and other’s workload
* Ability to work under pressure
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co-create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
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