Job summary
We seek dynamic nurses with amazing interpersonal skills to support the leads in the county wide Community Rapid Response & Intermediate Care Team. We are looking to recruit new team members who can proactively and effectively deliver a range of treatments, including IV therapy and all aspects of nursing care in the patient's own home environment.
The Community Rapid Response & Intermediate Care Team operates as a Virtual Ward across the county, managing patients with sub-acute conditions to aid their recovery from illness or injury within their own homes by preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and reducing length of hospital stay.
In order to respond to the healthcare needs of the local population, the teams operate 7 days a week ensuring the delivery of the service can respond to patients' needs as and when required. The shifts for the service are between 07.00am to 01.00am including weekend and bank holiday working as part of the rota. The successful candidates will be expected to work within these shift patterns. We can offer long and short shifts.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for experienced RN's with a passion for high quality nursing care and also experience in either acute medicine, Emergency Care or Community Nursing. The post holder will provide acute nursing assessment & interventions in patients' own homes and will ensure that patients are referred onwards as appropriate to community services once their care episode is complete. The vision of the service is the key to bridging the gap between hospital and community - bringing care closer to home and we also provide dedicated nurses into the front doors of both our acute hospitals in the county.
If you are innovative, talented and adaptable, and would like to be part of a growing and forward thinking community team then come and join us. The NHS is expanding in the Community.
To be considered You must have:-
- Excellent organisational ability
- Senior nurses band 6/7 excellent leadership skills
- Superb level of communication skills
- Able to flex to a changing environment for service improvement
- Good working knowledge of digital communication products
- Real interest in improving & delivering healthcare in the community.
- Clinical triage skills
- High level assessment, diagnostic and nursing clinical skills
- Prescribing
- Be capable of working under pressure across a variety of nursing treatments
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification
- State Registered Nurse
- Evidence of CPD including attendance at recent postgraduate learning events relevant to the clinical field of Intermediate Care
- Portfolio evidence of learning
Knowledge/Understanding
Essential
- Up to date with professional practice and research
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services including quality and audit
- Understanding of legal responsibilities
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trusts policies
- The ability to deal with difficult emotional and social circumstances, including patients who have been given poor prognosis
Desirable
- Membership of Interest Groups relevant to clinical interest
- Data analysis, identifies and uses appropriate analytical methods to ensure the successful analysis of data
Experience
Essential
- Specialist knowledge underpinned by broad experience in a wide range of specialisms to including Orthopaedics, Medical, Out-patients, older persons and community over a period of years
- Experience of working with a range of standardised tools to underpin nursing practice and demonstrate outcomes
- Working in a multi disciplinary setting
- Of being a student Practice Educator
- Recent NHS experience
- Relevant experience of working at Band 6 or equivalent level
Desirable
- Experience of Intermediate Care setting
- Previous experience of electronic patients notes systems
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
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Lotus House
Campbell Square
Northampton
NN1 3EB