Community Caseload Manager (Knutsford) - Band 6
The Knutsford District Nursing Team in East Cheshire NHS Trust is looking for an experienced Community Caseload Manager who has the enthusiasm and positive approach to join a multi-disciplinary team with a vision to deliver the right care, at the right time, to help improve the lives of our local residents.
Our Team is based at the Community Hospital in the leafy town of Knutsford. Our caseload consists of housebound patients and we cover a wide, semi-rural patch consisting of the market town and the surrounding countryside.
Ideally, the candidate must have excellent communication skills and have two years post-registration experience.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our innovative team to drive forward the expansion and modernisation of community nursing service with commitment to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan.
The successful candidate will work closely with the therapy team, ACPs and GPs within the centre and will hold their V150.
Travel is an essential part of this role. Please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide holistic, high quality, safe and skilled health and social care/support to patients, carers and their families.
2. To work closely with members of the integrated care team to provide rapid and planned expert professional assessment and treatment interventions for patients in their own homes or other community settings, putting patients at the centre of their care and enabling patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain in their own homes for as long as possible.
3. To be responsible/manage individual and team caseload of patients and carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care programmes.
4. To provide leadership and support across the care community team demonstrating emotional intelligence to recognise pressures of self and team.
About us
It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Specialist Nursing Practice (District Nursing) Degree or equivalent experience (and be willing to undertake/complete training within 2 years of commencing in post)
* Community Nurse Prescribing (V150)
* Mentor/Preceptor/998 or equivalent
* Management/leadership Qualification
* Working towards MSc in relevant subject
* Post registration qualifications eg palliative care, care of the elderly, wound care, continence or other relevant qualifications
* Clinical examination skills
Knowledge & Skills
* Demonstrable experience at band 5 with either community experience or transferable skills
* Evidence of clinical knowledge relevant to the post with knowledge of care planning
* Experience of teaching others
* Advocate of multidisciplinary working
* Knowledge and understanding of Adult protection issues and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
* Clear understanding of health and social care services
* Good understanding of current nursing workforce issues
* Understanding of Information Governance / Data Protection
* Professional knowledge awareness (NMC) standards
* Can demonstrate experience of assessment, care planning and care delivery
* Further relevant training eg palliative care, wound care, elderly care, diabetes
* Broad range of clinical skills including skills for assessing and interpreting acute and chronic patient conditions
* Ability to lead junior colleagues
* Band 6 level experience in relevant setting
* Management of a team
* Awareness of standardised assessments and outcome measures
* Awareness of relevant NSF's and NICE guidance Clinical supervision
* Undertake Continuing Health Care (CHC) assessment (SKILL)
* Competencies in a range of relevant skills
* Ability to forward plan to meet service needs
* Ability to deal with urgent/unpredictable issues appropriately and safely
Experience
* Ability to make appropriate decisions at all levels
* Ability to lead and manage a team
* Ability to organise the workload, able to delegate and prioritise
* Good knowledge of health and safety and risk management
* Relevant experience/placements to the role including assessment and management of long-term conditions, palliative care conditions and wound care
* Ability to manage time and caseload effectively
* Provision of support and direction to learner nurses, Health Care Support workers, Assistant Practitioners and new starters
Other Role Requirements
* Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
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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