Job summary
Our Urgent Care Service provides a two-hour response to patients in crisis at home. Our aim is to preventunnecessary hospital admission and facilitate early discharge from the acute hospitals. We also provideunscheduled care out-of-hours for patients who may be at the end of life, or experiencing an urgent need forhealthcare.We carry out detailed holistic assessments, developing personalised plans of care in collaboration withpatients and their carers. Our patients are complex, and require proactive risk management, in order to bemaintained safely at home. We maintain clinical oversight, and ensure all actions are completed appropriately.Nurses use a wide clinical skills base to provide hospital-level care at home. This includes IV therapy, end oflife symptom control and management via syringe driver, catheterisation skills, phlebotomy, woundmanagement, risk assessment, as well as general observations and fundamental nursing care.This service is providing nursing within patients' homes and covering West Kent. The ability to drive isessential to this post.
Main duties of the job
Registered Healthcare Professionals who work in all these services require a range of core skills as follows:Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care linked to packages of prescribed careThe development of integrated care programmes in partnership with the patientTo support in the supervision and development of all junior staff including Health Care Support Workers andStudentsTo actively work as a member of the multi-professional team to provide high quality care to patientsTo undertake a range of competent clinical interventions to support the outcomes of both individual and grouptherapyManage a caseload of patients on a daily basis consisting of patients with complex needs associated within aspecific speciality.Post holder needs a valid driving licence
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with relevant Professional body (1st Level Nurse/ NMC Degree in a health relevant subject or willingness to complete a degree (within 3 years of appointment)
Desirable
- Mentoring qualification equivalent
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of recent community/acute healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS Knowledge of up to date clinical practice
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential
- Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) Ability to organise own work Ability to cope with change Ability to use own initiative
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice. Ability to work under pressure Flexible and adaptable
ABILITY TO MANAGE
Essential
- Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda's for health under the guidance of the team lead / ward manager. Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures
DRIVING
Essential
- Current UK Driving Licence
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.
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Unit G
Maidstone
ME16 9NT