Senior Nurse

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high-quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Band 6- Registered Nurse

Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team

Band 6: £35,392 - £42,618

37.5 Hours per week across 7 days including 1 in 4 weekends.

Permanent

The Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team is a dynamic and multi-skilled team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and Assistant Practitioners.

We also work in alignment with social services and recovery hub, private sector nursing and residential homes.

Our purpose is to support a safe and timely hospital discharge of people who are medically fit, and no longer need hospital care, to a place more suitable to the persons needs.

Main duties of the job

Assessments and care provision can then be tailored to support people to regain strengths and skills so that they can live as independently as possible. We also aim to avoid admission for patients in A&E and Frailty departments who require intervention to allow them to be discharged home.

The main priority of the team is to consider home first with ongoing community interventions, if required

The ITOC model aims to support better outcomes for people leaving hospital by:

• Reducing the time people spend in hospital when they no longer need acute care preventing hospital acquired infections and deconditioning (the loss of strength and independence)
• Assessing people in a more appropriate environment than the hospital giving a more accurate indication of their strengths and needs
• Providing multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans, and if necessary short-term care and support, to help people gain and re-gain independence, preventing or reducing need for longer term care.
• The model also enables the urgent care system to prioritise acute hospital care for those people who need it.

The ITOC teamwork in partnership with individuals and families to identify their own needs and short-term goals, recognising that person-centred care planning and intervention is key to the person accomplishing the outcomes they want to achieve.

About us

There are two teams within the service: The Hospital Discharge Team identify people who have onward care needs and then make necessary arrangements for discharge to one of the two pathways within the Recovery hub service; Home First and Bedded Pathway.

This role is perfect for a nurse for a passion for discharges, working across the acute trusts and the community(car driver is essential).There is opportunity to develop additional skills such as therapy competencies.

For more information, please see the Job Description and Person Specification orcontact Gill Clarke Clinical Nurse Lead gillian.clarke@locala.org.uk 07763 563366.

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.