Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The post holder will manage a caseload of registered patients within a team or team(s). The post holder will delegate the workload to the community nurses, healthcare assistants and nursing assistants as appropriate and as defined by the priority/acuity of the caseload and liaise with all health care professionals and other agencies within the wider community to ensure effective service delivery.

The post holder will work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator and will be responsible for the assessment of patient need.

The post holder will develop, deliver and evaluate programmes of care.

The post holder will support the care management of complex case and further support leadership and development within the team. The post holder will play a part in the mentoring pre and post registration students.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.
• Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.
• Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
• To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
• Work collaboratively with other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met.
• Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
• To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
• Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
• To identify skills and knowledge to address individuals training needs by undertaking personal development reviews and personal development plans within the KSF framework.
• To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
• Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template
• Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams

Managerial/Leadership

• Work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator in providing nursing services to patients registered within a defined GP Practice.
• Manage the night service caseload of patients.
• Delegate the workload to appropriate team members.
• Day to day responsibility for the designated caseload.
• To provide accurate timely information to the identified administrator regarding annual leave, expenses and study leave.
• To undertake back to work interviews and assist in the monitoring and reporting to District Nurse Coordinator general HR issues surrounding staff sickness, absentees.
• To report any concerns with regards to poor practice or concerns of staff members to the District Nurse Coordinator.
• Support the effective use of physical and financial resources. Ordering supplies and equipment.
• To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe, adhering to the Lone Worker policy.
• To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encourage clinical supervision.
• Supply required activity data related to patient care.

Full Job Description Attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN First level/RGN
• District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner qualification.

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• V300 NMP
• Clinical assessment qualification

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable community experience
• Experience of high level organisational skills

Desirable

• Audit & Research experience
• Recognised Management experience

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Able to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
• Wide range of clinical skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
• Able to demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
• Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students including SPQ students.
• Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
• Good IT skills

Desirable

• Tissue viability qualification
• Palliative care qualification
• Patient safety/PSIRF experience

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

Sponsorship

Essential

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)

Address

Grappenhall Clinic

Springfield Avenue

Grappenhall

Warrington

WA4 2NW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)