Job summary
KEY
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Manage Health Interventions
The post holder will have the responsibility for the
autonomous management of their own caseload of patients, providing a
comprehensive, specialist nursing service for clients with often complex health
and social needs. To liaise with and act
upon referrals from patients and members of the team within the organisation.
The post holder will have responsibility for health specific
clinical activity within outreach services which will include the monitoring of
standards of care and service, staff support, continuous professional development,
and supporting practice education.
The post holder will provide/coordinate crisis intervention
to patients.
You will work in partnership with General
Practitioners, Consultants, Nursing and Social Care colleagues to manage
patients with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic mental health conditions.
Main duties of the job
KEY
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Manage Health Interventions
Your role will include referring patients as
appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and
to other statutory and voluntary organisations. Providing and promoting
evidence based care in line with appropriate clinical guidelines and works
within clinical protocols, professional guidelines, codes of conduct and works
within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines.
You will challenge professional and organisational
boundaries, identify areas for skill/knowledge development and apply these to
practice to provide continuity and high quality patient health care for our
patient group.
Your role will include communicating highly sensitive
condition-related information to patients, relatives and carers, as well as
audit outcomes of care against standards and initiates changes as necessary.
There will be a necessity to provide street outreach
services as part of this role which will involve providing services for
patients in locations outside of the surgery environment.
About us
Bevan are a pioneering social enterprise established in 2011 and now widely regarded as being at the forefront of health and wellbeing services for highly vulnerable groups who face social barriers to accessing care. Bevan operate across West and North Yorkshire and our patients include:
- Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- People experiencing homelessness or who are insecurely housed
- Sex workers
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller groups
Many Bevan patients have complex needs, have experienced trauma and or have addiction and or mental health issues. We take a holistic approach to healthcare and our work is informed by the social determinants of health model pictured here.
We pride ourselves in a responsive and person led approach finding compassionate solutions for individuals that benefit both the individual and the system as a whole.
We are a social enterprise which enables us to respond to the needs of our patients in a responsive way and to evolve our services with the changing needs of the patients we serve. As a social enterprise any profits we make are invested back into services for our patients.
https://wearebevan.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Manage Health Interventions
The post holder will have the responsibility for the
autonomous management of their own caseload of patients, providing a
comprehensive, specialist nursing service for clients with often complex health
and social needs. To liaise with and act
upon referrals from patients and members of the team within the organisation.
The post holder will have responsibility for health specific
clinical activity within outreach services which will include the monitoring of
standards of care and service, staff support, continuous professional development,
and supporting practice education.
The post holder will provide/coordinate crisis intervention
to patients.
You will work in partnership with General
Practitioners, Consultants, Nursing and Social Care colleagues to manage
patients with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic mental health conditions.
Your role will include referring patients as
appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and
to other statutory and voluntary organisations. Providing and promoting
evidence based care in line with appropriate clinical guidelines and works
within clinical protocols, professional guidelines, codes of conduct and works
within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines.
You will challenge professional and organisational
boundaries, identify areas for skill/knowledge development and apply these to
practice to provide continuity and high quality patient health care for our
patient group.
Your role will include communicating highly sensitive
condition-related information to patients, relatives and carers, as well as
audit outcomes of care against standards and initiates changes as necessary.
There will be a necessity to provide street outreach
services as part of this role which will involve providing services for
patients in locations outside of the surgery environment.
2. Promote Health
Proactively work with the community and other
statutory and voluntary agencies empowering, enabling, encouraging and
supporting individuals, families and groups to address issues which affect
their health and social well-being.
Initiates and
carry out programmes of health screening.
3. Communication
Use developed communication, negotiation, conflict
management skills which require empathy, reassurance and promote informed
decision making to encourage good health outcomes for people who can experience
significant barriers to healthcare.
Keep accurate, contemporaneous documentation and care
plans in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, local and national
guidelines.
Develop effective communication links with other
professionals and agencies across all boundaries, at all levels of the
organisation including users, carers, social care and the voluntary sector to
insure effective delivery of care that provides the best outcome possible for
service users.
To listen and empathise with the needs of individuals
interfacing with the service adjusting communication styles accordingly. Work
effectively with interpreters.
4. Training
To maintain competencies and professional development
by regularly attending appropriate up dates and workshops to ensure a high
standard of quality care is delivered.
5. Manage/Lead
Self/Others
Work collaboratively and in partnership with other
practitioners on care practices, delivery and service development.
Plan and deliver
own clinics.
Act as a role model for staff within the team and
provide effective leadership across the organisation.
Research and facilitate change in practice designed to
improve clinical outcomes and meet the needs of patients and care givers that
are consistent with local/national standards and current research.
Work
collaboratively as a team member to achieve the objectives of the team.
To recognise ethical and legal issues which have
implications for nursing practice and clinical governance and contribute to the
implementation of systems to ensure clinical governance processes.
Partake in
clinical supervision for own development.
Actively
participate in clinical and practice meetings.
Act as mentor
for nurses, HCAs and other professionals.
Lead on setting
standards and promotes best practice around mental health.
Act with honesty and integrity at all times and acts
as a positive ambassador for Bevan Healthcare, understanding the Community
Benefit Society model and ethos.
Undertake appropriate
mandatory training.
Participate in networking and sharing practice events
with other nurses within the locality.
Work within the guidelines and protocols of the
Nursing and Midwifery Council, foster an empowering attitude with colleagues.
Lead and manage projects as appropriate including
outreach services.
6. Educator
Provide expert advice on educational opportunities
relating to specialist knowledge and skills in clinical practice at an
individual, team and organisational level to facilitate and ensure the
development and support of both standard and advanced nursing practice.
Assist with the recognition, assessment and
development of the learning needs of colleagues, participating in the creation,
delivery and evaluation of learning opportunities that fulfil these
requirements.
7. Management and
Use of Information
Obtain, analyse,
share and use current information for decision making.
Use information
as a basis to raise standards of practice and service delivery.
Participate in
research and clinical audit projects/QOF/KPPIs.
Foster a culture
of lifelong learning to colleagues and students.
8. Research and
Development
Regular involvement in research/evaluation and/or
development work which may be as part of one or more formal research programmes
or activities.
Identifies,
applies and disseminates research findings relating to clinical practice.
Support
practitioners to undertake audit within service specific areas.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Degree in relevant subject (or willing to work towards)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Mentor qualification
- Independent prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate the application of evidenced based practice
- Able to demonstrate a depth and breadth of current issues and policies within the NHS and inclusion healthcare and have the ability to translate into practice
- High level of clinical skills and competency relevant to the role
- Understanding and experience of interagency working and adult/child safeguarding
Desirable
- Evidence of research being published
- Public health experience
- Experience of working with vulnerable migrants, homeless and other vulnerable groups
- Experience of teaching/mentoring students/groups
- Experience in research, audit and benchmarking
- Experience of clinical governance and risk assessment
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate highly complex, highly sensitive and/or contentious information, including where there are barriers to understanding
- Demonstrate high level of self-awareness i.e. strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills
- IT skills
- Able to communicate with a wide range of people at all levels of the organisation
Desirable
- Experience of working with interpreters
Deposition/Personal
Essential
- Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and development of others
- Flexibility, commitment and adaptability. Can demonstrate an ability to value others opinions
- Committed to the social enterprise model of business and patient care
Desirable
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities
Mental & Emotional Effort
Essential
- Frequent periods of concentration. Work pattern unpredictable and multi-tasking required
- Occasional requirement for prolonged concentration
- Occasionally required to work outside normal working hours and across other sites within the organisation
- Able to deal with exposure to distressing circumstances, or highly emotional events
- Able to cope with exposure to aggressive behaviour
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Bevan Community Benefit Society
Address
14-16 Piccadilly
Bradford
BD1 3LS