Job summary
The Job vacancy is for a Specialist Nurse Practitioner within the Rapid Intervention Team/GP Home Visiting Service.
The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and flexible service providing unplanned and urgent care. The team support patients through acute episodes of ill health in their own homes as an alternative to hospital. They provide enhanced and complex care in a crisis then hand stable patients to Planned Care colleagues.The successful person should have excellent communication skills, strong decision making ability and clinical expertise, together with a drive and passion for improving the way healthcare is provided.
Desirable criteria to include Advanced Health Assessment and V300 Nurse Prescribing or already working towards.
The service will be operating a 24 hour service as part of new service initiatives including bank holidays therefore team members will be expected to work shifts on a set rolling rota basis. As this is a community based post a full UK driving license and access to a car is essential.
Main duties of the job
To deliver autonomous advanced level practice encompasses aspects of education, research and management but is firmly grounded in direct compassionate care provision or clinical work with patients, families, caseloads and populations.
Nurses working at an advanced level will promote public health and well-being using 'making every contact count' as an approach to change behaviour through interactions with individuals, carers and families to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
To be accountable for :
Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice
Enhancing the patient's experience
Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation's objectives
Efficient and effective use of resources
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description on the Trust website.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced Health Assessment
- Degree level study
Desirable
- MCs level study
- Evidence of professional updating in last 12 months
- V300 prescribing qualification
Experience/skills
Essential
- Relevant experience (i.e. specialist/nurse practitioner
- Community experience
Desirable
- Admission avoidance/rapid response experience
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
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address
Science Park
Glashier Drive
Wolverhampton
WV10 9RU