Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the clinical beds team.
Our team provides holistic assessments to patients who require a period of rehabilitation and assessment prior going home after being discharged from hospital. We work closely as a multidisciplinary team alongside our partner services such as Adult social care and continuing health care to aid patients and families make long term decisions about their health and social care needs.
This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your skill set in a holistic manner working with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and mental health nurses along with supporting junior colleagues such as student nurses, assistant practitioners and rehabilitation support workers.
Main duties of the job
Your will work as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking comprehensive assessments to identify and meet the nursing needs for individuals under the care of the clinical beds team. You will be responsible for carrying out profession specific and holistic assessments, creating and evaluating care plans as required.
Alongside the multidisciplinary team the successful candidate with plan and develop goal focus rehabilitation/reablement programmes for adults with a wide variety of complex physical and mental health needs, while the individuals are having a period of assessment and/or rehabilitation with the aim to facilitate discharge into an appropriate setting
The ideal candidate will be an experience registered nurse with knowledge and experience of community services, you will need to be able to prioritise you workload, have excellent communication skills and be able to build therapeutic relations with our partner services such as adult social care and continuing health care.
For any questions relating to the post or to arrange an insight visit please contact: Frankee Young - Frances.young8@nhs.net 07917201684
About us
We are a
provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the
health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and
care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a
passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference
everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of
kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do,
guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently
deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add
social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to
make a difference in peoples lives.
CityCare value
the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications
from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or
Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented
within our organisation.
We are proud to be a forces-friendly
organisation and are dedicated to supporting Veterans, Service Leavers, Reservists, and
military spouses/partners. We value the unique skills and contributions you
bring.
CityCare is an
equal opportunities employer. We are positive about employing people with
disabilities. If you require your application in a different format please
contact People Services on 0115 8839418. CityCare is committed to the
protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, you will undertake comprehensive assessments to identify and meet the nursing needs for Individuals under the care of community beds as well as support with their general assessments and rehabilitation goals.]
- To carry out profession specific, and holistic, assessments, care plans and evaluation as required.
- To assist the multi-disciplinary team to plan and develop a goal focused rehabilitation/reablement programme for adults with a wide variety of complex physical and mental health needs while individuals are having a period of assessment and facilitate their discharge to an appropriate setting.
- To be responsible for continuing the ongoing development of high standards of clinical practice with evidence based focus.
- To work as required within the Community Beds team across our sites, liaising with patients, families and Social services to assessing individuals
Dimensions
- This post has no budgetary responsibility; however, the post holder is responsible for demonstrating cost consciousness.
- You will be required to work across different bases and community settings which may include a clients own home, community bed, nursing home or hospital.
- You will be responsible for a designated caseload of clients.
- You will be required to participate actively in City Cares training requirements.
- You will supervise, educate and assess the competency of junior staff, support staff and students.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership
- To support the Team Manager in implementing and evaluating targets and objectives to assist in the ongoing development of the whole service.
- To advise the Team Manager in relation to clinical needs of the client group.
- To take delegated responsibility for management duties as required
- To ensure the health & safety of self and others at all times in accordance with Health & Safety legislation and City Care policy and procedures.
- To use information technology on a daily basis and participate in identified data collection and statistics and to maintain clear, concise and timely records in line with the service policy.
- To demonstrate flexibility, prioritise effectively and time manage self, supporting others to do the same. Be able to delegate appropriately.
- To participate in the Lone Worker Tracking procedure as applies to the team.
- To act as duty clinician for the process of referrals
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required
Clinical Skills
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your work, including the management of clients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the clients.
- To gain valid informed consent and to identify through assessment clients who lack capacity. To work within a legal framework with clients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
- To undertake advanced comprehensive assessment and evaluation of adults presenting with a wide variety of complex physical and mental health needs, utilising a high level of investigative and analytical skills.
- To be responsible for carrying a client caseload and to provide highly specialist clinical reasoning in assessing, devising and evaluating individualised rehabilitation programmes with clients. Including completing Nursing care needs such as wound management, catheter care, stoma care management.
- To be responsible for coordinating the safe and timely discharge process from community beds.
- To risk assess, advise and where appropriate provide equipment including teaching clients / carers in its use.
- To provide highly specialist advice, education and mentorship to the other staff and colleagues within the Reablement team and other multi-professional teams around current best practice and evidence based practice regarding the clinical management of clients. To drive quality, clinical service improvement and clinical excellence.
- To be responsible for own continuing professional development keeping abreast of new trends and developments. Attend relevant conferences and training courses, supporting junior staff to do the same. Incorporate new developments into clinical practice.
- To participate in the supervision framework as a supervisee and a supervisor, including the appraisal process. To be able to set own objectives and evaluate own learning and that of more junior staff.
- To be a clinical educator for undergraduate students on University placements, supervising, educating and measuring their performance against the standards set by the degree level qualification.
- To undertake CityCares Holistic Worker Framework competencies.
Professional
- To work to your Code of Professional Conduct.
- To maintain a high standard of care to clients and carers including accurate and detailed documentation.
- To be responsible for own Continuing Professional Development maintaining an up to date portfolio.
- To facilitate and carry out 1:1 and group education and training to colleagues and junior staff to improve knowledge and practice.
- To contribute to Clinical Governance agenda and apply Risk Management strategies.
- To contribute to implementation of service development and change as appropriate.
Policy
- To be actively involved in Clinical Governance, implement policies and proposing practice changes.
- To comply with organisations Lone Working Policy and local team guidelines at all times when working alone.
Planning and Organisation
- To be responsible for own time and caseload management.
- To liaise effectively with other professionals and agencies to enhance rehabilitation within the boundaries of Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC and Social Care.
- To use information technology on a daily basis to record information and statistics, to aid communication and produce reports.
- To ensure the Health and Safety of staff and clients at all times in accordance with Health and Safety legislation, Trust policy and procedures.
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required.
Training
- To comply with and complete statutory and mandatory training in line with Nottingham CityCare Partnership policy.
- To attend training events as appropriate to support your continuing professional development.
- To maintain a continuing professional development portfolio identifying learning objectives.
- To actively participate in your own supervision, annual performance review and personal development plan.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, you will undertake comprehensive assessments to identify and meet the nursing needs for Individuals under the care of community beds as well as support with their general assessments and rehabilitation goals.]
- To carry out profession specific, and holistic, assessments, care plans and evaluation as required.
- To assist the multi-disciplinary team to plan and develop a goal focused rehabilitation/reablement programme for adults with a wide variety of complex physical and mental health needs while individuals are having a period of assessment and facilitate their discharge to an appropriate setting.
- To be responsible for continuing the ongoing development of high standards of clinical practice with evidence based focus.
- To work as required within the Community Beds team across our sites, liaising with patients, families and Social services to assessing individuals
Dimensions
- This post has no budgetary responsibility; however, the post holder is responsible for demonstrating cost consciousness.
- You will be required to work across different bases and community settings which may include a clients own home, community bed, nursing home or hospital.
- You will be responsible for a designated caseload of clients.
- You will be required to participate actively in City Cares training requirements.
- You will supervise, educate and assess the competency of junior staff, support staff and students.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership
- To support the Team Manager in implementing and evaluating targets and objectives to assist in the ongoing development of the whole service.
- To advise the Team Manager in relation to clinical needs of the client group.
- To take delegated responsibility for management duties as required
- To ensure the health & safety of self and others at all times in accordance with Health & Safety legislation and City Care policy and procedures.
- To use information technology on a daily basis and participate in identified data collection and statistics and to maintain clear, concise and timely records in line with the service policy.
- To demonstrate flexibility, prioritise effectively and time manage self, supporting others to do the same. Be able to delegate appropriately.
- To participate in the Lone Worker Tracking procedure as applies to the team.
- To act as duty clinician for the process of referrals
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required
Clinical Skills
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your work, including the management of clients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the clients.
- To gain valid informed consent and to identify through assessment clients who lack capacity. To work within a legal framework with clients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
- To undertake advanced comprehensive assessment and evaluation of adults presenting with a wide variety of complex physical and mental health needs, utilising a high level of investigative and analytical skills.
- To be responsible for carrying a client caseload and to provide highly specialist clinical reasoning in assessing, devising and evaluating individualised rehabilitation programmes with clients. Including completing Nursing care needs such as wound management, catheter care, stoma care management.
- To be responsible for coordinating the safe and timely discharge process from community beds.
- To risk assess, advise and where appropriate provide equipment including teaching clients / carers in its use.
- To provide highly specialist advice, education and mentorship to the other staff and colleagues within the Reablement team and other multi-professional teams around current best practice and evidence based practice regarding the clinical management of clients. To drive quality, clinical service improvement and clinical excellence.
- To be responsible for own continuing professional development keeping abreast of new trends and developments. Attend relevant conferences and training courses, supporting junior staff to do the same. Incorporate new developments into clinical practice.
- To participate in the supervision framework as a supervisee and a supervisor, including the appraisal process. To be able to set own objectives and evaluate own learning and that of more junior staff.
- To be a clinical educator for undergraduate students on University placements, supervising, educating and measuring their performance against the standards set by the degree level qualification.
- To undertake CityCares Holistic Worker Framework competencies.
Professional
- To work to your Code of Professional Conduct.
- To maintain a high standard of care to clients and carers including accurate and detailed documentation.
- To be responsible for own Continuing Professional Development maintaining an up to date portfolio.
- To facilitate and carry out 1:1 and group education and training to colleagues and junior staff to improve knowledge and practice.
- To contribute to Clinical Governance agenda and apply Risk Management strategies.
- To contribute to implementation of service development and change as appropriate.
Policy
- To be actively involved in Clinical Governance, implement policies and proposing practice changes.
- To comply with organisations Lone Working Policy and local team guidelines at all times when working alone.
Planning and Organisation
- To be responsible for own time and caseload management.
- To liaise effectively with other professionals and agencies to enhance rehabilitation within the boundaries of Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC and Social Care.
- To use information technology on a daily basis to record information and statistics, to aid communication and produce reports.
- To ensure the Health and Safety of staff and clients at all times in accordance with Health and Safety legislation, Trust policy and procedures.
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required.
Training
- To comply with and complete statutory and mandatory training in line with Nottingham CityCare Partnership policy.
- To attend training events as appropriate to support your continuing professional development.
- To maintain a continuing professional development portfolio identifying learning objectives.
- To actively participate in your own supervision, annual performance review and personal development plan.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of wide range of approaches in the management of complex long term conditions.
- Evidence of achievement of appropriate competencies for clinical grade.
- Models of supervision
- Evidence of continuing professional development based on best practice.
- Awareness of current local and national developments in health and social care
- Ability to carryout comprehensive assessments and the development and evaluation of treatment plans
- Able to work independently recognising own limitations
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to relate well to all groups of people and to create and maintain
- effective working relationships within the team and externally
- Skills supervising junior staff and students.
- Ability to assess and manage risk.
- Prioritisation and time management skills.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
Desirable
- Highly developed leadership and change management
- Evidence of audit/organisational projects.
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of rehabilitation with adults
- Community experience
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
- Experience of supervising junior, unqualified staff and students
- Experience of managing change
Desirable
- Experience working within intermediate care services
- Experience of working with clients with mental health needs
Special Requirements
Essential
- Willingness to complete CityCare holistic competency training.
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service (0800-2200 7 days)
- Full driving licence, business insurance and access to a vehicle or the ability to travel between locations and any CityCare base (please note this will include travel during out of hours shifts such as evenings and weekend)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- NMC registration
Desirable
- Dual Registered RGN/RMN
- Evidence of further Professional Development
- Leadership qualification
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of wide range of approaches in the management of complex long term conditions.
- Evidence of achievement of appropriate competencies for clinical grade.
- Models of supervision
- Evidence of continuing professional development based on best practice.
- Awareness of current local and national developments in health and social care
- Ability to carryout comprehensive assessments and the development and evaluation of treatment plans
- Able to work independently recognising own limitations
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to relate well to all groups of people and to create and maintain
- effective working relationships within the team and externally
- Skills supervising junior staff and students.
- Ability to assess and manage risk.
- Prioritisation and time management skills.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
Desirable
- Highly developed leadership and change management
- Evidence of audit/organisational projects.
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of rehabilitation with adults
- Community experience
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
- Experience of supervising junior, unqualified staff and students
- Experience of managing change
Desirable
- Experience working within intermediate care services
- Experience of working with clients with mental health needs
Special Requirements
Essential
- Willingness to complete CityCare holistic competency training.
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service (0800-2200 7 days)
- Full driving licence, business insurance and access to a vehicle or the ability to travel between locations and any CityCare base (please note this will include travel during out of hours shifts such as evenings and weekend)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- NMC registration
Desirable
- Dual Registered RGN/RMN
- Evidence of further Professional Development
- Leadership qualification
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 (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (opens in a new window).
