Job summary
Nottingham CityCare
are looking for a Community Matron to join our Neighbourhood Teams within
Community Nursing within Nottingham City (working 22.5 hours per week over 3 days one of which has to include a Friday).
Our Community Matrons
are an integral part of our community nursing teams providing clinical expertise
and knowledge to our patients. Providing
support to community services for management of complex conditions and
supporting our communities to stay and be managed at home.
You will be part
of the wider community nursing team, working alongside other specialists nurses, GPs , secondary care, social services and the voluntary sector.
If you are
interested in the post please contact Charlene Johal, Lead Matron on 07971
323264 if you require any further information.
Main duties of the job
As a community matron you are a point of contact for care, support or as advanced nurse practitioners providing a variety of tasks and responsibilities, including:
- Carrying out physical examinations.
- Deciding on and carrying out treatment, including the prescribing medicines, or refer patients to an appropriate specialist.
- Using their expert knowledge and clinical judgment to identify the potential diagnosis and where appropriate make a final diagnosis.
- Using their extensive practice experience to plan and provide skilled and competent care that meets patients' health and social care needs, involving other members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
- Ensuring the provision of continuity of care, including follow-up visits.
- Assessing and evaluating, with patients, the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and make changes as needed.
- Working independently, although often as part the neighbourhood / district nursing team.
- Providing leadership.
- Making sure that each patient's treatment and care is based on best practice.
- Seeing patients in their own home.
- Working as part of multi-professional and multi-agency teams.
- Providing supervision, education and support to members of the community nursing team.
Independent prescriber desirable or willingness to complete the course.
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.
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 Human Resources on 0115 8839418. CityCare is committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- Have a clinical role, with responsibility for planning, managing and co-ordinating the care of people with highly complex needs and long term conditions within a defined caseload.
- Use caseload management techniques to reduced unplanned hospital admissions caused by poor control of long term conditions.
- Develop advanced skills and competencies in prescribing, health assessment, medicines management, leadership and case management.
- Work collaboratively across Primary, Secondary, Social Care and the Voluntary sector to establish a whole systems approach to managing Health and Social care for the designated patient group.
- Take a lead role in clinical practice and strategic development for Nursing and Primary Health Care teams.
Dimensions
- Managing an active caseload of complex patients with a variety of long term conditions from the registered population and clinically working with the wider community nursing team.
- Networking and liaising with GP Practices and a variety of professionals across Health and Social care boundaries, Statutory and Voluntary organisations, patient and carers.
- Spending a minimum of 75% of time on clinical activity.
- Working with the neighbourhood team to meet the demands/needs of the service.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
- Using expert knowledge, advanced nursing and autonomous decision making skills manage a caseload of patients in the defined client group.
- Comprehensively assess, review and evaluate the needs of both patients and their carers to improve their physical and psychological wellbeing whilst reducing acute exacerbation of underlying conditions and need for hospitalisation.
- Work in partnership with patients, carers, GPs, consultants, other health professionals and social care as appropriate to instigate diagnostic testing and therapeutic treatments, ascertain diagnosis, develop, initiate and implement proactive care plans.
- To develop advanced specialist clinical skills to undertake interventions consistent with evidenced based practice in line with national and local policy.
- Use knowledge of medicines and prescribing skills to influence the reduction of risk and complications associated with medication and polypharmacy. To work closely with prescribing advisors and pharmacies as appropriate. To be responsible for the promotion of best practice that ensures the health, safety and security of self, patients and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidance of the organisation.
- Practice in accordance with the procedures and guidelines for the protection of vulnerable adults and child protection
- Ensure that confidentially is protected at all times.
- Any other duties that may be reasonably required to support the needs of the service.
Professional
- Actively engage in clinical supervision.
- Maintain a personal development plan and professional portfolio.
- Participate in the PDR review process to identify training and development needs.
- Remain updated and ensure that clinical practice is evidence based.
- To be flexible within the role, working at different bases when necessary.
Managerial and Leadership
- Establish clinical credibility to influence professional and organisational boundaries acting as a role model for clinical excellence.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other practitioners to lead and developments in professional practice ensuring that care practices, delivery and service development are evidence based.
- Take an active leading role in the development, implementation and evaluation of protocols and polices consistent with national Standards and research evidence to support the development of community nursing.
- Initiate the interpretation of research findings, national and local policy, assessing the implications for profession in collaboration with service managers.
- Encourage and support innovation, extensive networking and sharing expertise.
- Provide professional support and advice to colleagues and senior managers within the organisation.
- Contribute to the workforce and local delivery planning processes.
- Advise on professional standards and contribute to the Clinical Governance of the organisation.
- Demonstrate and promote advanced clinical skills to ensure patients and carers receive the best practice possible care and outcomes through clinically effective practice across the community nursing service.
- Share expertise with the inter-professional team to promote the development of nurses and their nursing profession.
- Actively participate in the development of teaching and communication strategies addressing the learning need of colleagues, patients and carers.
Research and Development
- Champion the roles and values of the case management programme at all levels of the organisation and to a verity of health and social care professions.
- Continually evaluate and audit the quality and effectiveness of the practice of self and others, selecting and applying a wide range of valid and reliable approaches and methods that are appropriate to the needs and context.
- Contribute to the wider development of practice by participating in research, audit local and national presentation, networks and publications.
- Assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of education programmes for primary care workers to provide the necessary knowledge and skills for effective management of long terms conditions.
- Educate and empower patients and carers to identify early signs of change of condition, provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills to gain independence and make informed choices to safely manage their condition.
- Participate in the future training of health students and staff and other professional groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- Have a clinical role, with responsibility for planning, managing and co-ordinating the care of people with highly complex needs and long term conditions within a defined caseload.
- Use caseload management techniques to reduced unplanned hospital admissions caused by poor control of long term conditions.
- Develop advanced skills and competencies in prescribing, health assessment, medicines management, leadership and case management.
- Work collaboratively across Primary, Secondary, Social Care and the Voluntary sector to establish a whole systems approach to managing Health and Social care for the designated patient group.
- Take a lead role in clinical practice and strategic development for Nursing and Primary Health Care teams.
Dimensions
- Managing an active caseload of complex patients with a variety of long term conditions from the registered population and clinically working with the wider community nursing team.
- Networking and liaising with GP Practices and a variety of professionals across Health and Social care boundaries, Statutory and Voluntary organisations, patient and carers.
- Spending a minimum of 75% of time on clinical activity.
- Working with the neighbourhood team to meet the demands/needs of the service.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
- Using expert knowledge, advanced nursing and autonomous decision making skills manage a caseload of patients in the defined client group.
- Comprehensively assess, review and evaluate the needs of both patients and their carers to improve their physical and psychological wellbeing whilst reducing acute exacerbation of underlying conditions and need for hospitalisation.
- Work in partnership with patients, carers, GPs, consultants, other health professionals and social care as appropriate to instigate diagnostic testing and therapeutic treatments, ascertain diagnosis, develop, initiate and implement proactive care plans.
- To develop advanced specialist clinical skills to undertake interventions consistent with evidenced based practice in line with national and local policy.
- Use knowledge of medicines and prescribing skills to influence the reduction of risk and complications associated with medication and polypharmacy. To work closely with prescribing advisors and pharmacies as appropriate. To be responsible for the promotion of best practice that ensures the health, safety and security of self, patients and colleagues in accordance with the policies procedures and guidance of the organisation.
- Practice in accordance with the procedures and guidelines for the protection of vulnerable adults and child protection
- Ensure that confidentially is protected at all times.
- Any other duties that may be reasonably required to support the needs of the service.
Professional
- Actively engage in clinical supervision.
- Maintain a personal development plan and professional portfolio.
- Participate in the PDR review process to identify training and development needs.
- Remain updated and ensure that clinical practice is evidence based.
- To be flexible within the role, working at different bases when necessary.
Managerial and Leadership
- Establish clinical credibility to influence professional and organisational boundaries acting as a role model for clinical excellence.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other practitioners to lead and developments in professional practice ensuring that care practices, delivery and service development are evidence based.
- Take an active leading role in the development, implementation and evaluation of protocols and polices consistent with national Standards and research evidence to support the development of community nursing.
- Initiate the interpretation of research findings, national and local policy, assessing the implications for profession in collaboration with service managers.
- Encourage and support innovation, extensive networking and sharing expertise.
- Provide professional support and advice to colleagues and senior managers within the organisation.
- Contribute to the workforce and local delivery planning processes.
- Advise on professional standards and contribute to the Clinical Governance of the organisation.
- Demonstrate and promote advanced clinical skills to ensure patients and carers receive the best practice possible care and outcomes through clinically effective practice across the community nursing service.
- Share expertise with the inter-professional team to promote the development of nurses and their nursing profession.
- Actively participate in the development of teaching and communication strategies addressing the learning need of colleagues, patients and carers.
Research and Development
- Champion the roles and values of the case management programme at all levels of the organisation and to a verity of health and social care professions.
- Continually evaluate and audit the quality and effectiveness of the practice of self and others, selecting and applying a wide range of valid and reliable approaches and methods that are appropriate to the needs and context.
- Contribute to the wider development of practice by participating in research, audit local and national presentation, networks and publications.
- Assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of education programmes for primary care workers to provide the necessary knowledge and skills for effective management of long terms conditions.
- Educate and empower patients and carers to identify early signs of change of condition, provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills to gain independence and make informed choices to safely manage their condition.
- Participate in the future training of health students and staff and other professional groups.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients long term conditions
- Up to date Professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of reflective practice and ongoing professional development
- Competent in physical examination and history taking, diagnosis and treatment planning
- Organisational skills
- Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multi-disciplinary forums and with users and carers
- Experience of teaching and dissemination of knowledge to enhance the skills of others
- Evidence of using IT systems
- Evidence of the ability to champion issues of vulnerable people
- Evidence of the ability to perform effectively in a changing, stressful situation
- Effective presentation skills
- Evidence of effective leadership influencing and initiating service developments and orchestrating change
Desirable
- Clinical Leadership training
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked and base within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to work out of hours
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations.
- To participate in and fulfil the requirements of the Directors on-call arrangements.
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 Registered General Nurse with extensive post registration experience.
- Evidence of post registration study/qualification
Desirable
- Completion of non-medical prescribing course (V300)
- Relevant Honours degree
- Working towards Master qualification
- Teaching/assessing/mentor qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience
- Evidence of Teaching and assessing in clinical knowledge
- Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
- Evidence of effective team working
- Experience of working between primary and secondary care settings
- Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals/organisations
- Evidence in implementing change to promote high quality health outcomes
- Experience of managing long term conditions
- Evidence of managing care at the end of life
- Evidence of supporting self-managed care
- Evidence of participation in research/audit activity
Desirable
- Community based or Primary Care experience
- Evidence of leading or managing a team
- Evidence of Innovative practice
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients long term conditions
- Up to date Professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of reflective practice and ongoing professional development
- Competent in physical examination and history taking, diagnosis and treatment planning
- Organisational skills
- Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multi-disciplinary forums and with users and carers
- Experience of teaching and dissemination of knowledge to enhance the skills of others
- Evidence of using IT systems
- Evidence of the ability to champion issues of vulnerable people
- Evidence of the ability to perform effectively in a changing, stressful situation
- Effective presentation skills
- Evidence of effective leadership influencing and initiating service developments and orchestrating change
Desirable
- Clinical Leadership training
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to be flexible over hours worked and base within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to work out of hours
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations.
- To participate in and fulfil the requirements of the Directors on-call arrangements.
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 Registered General Nurse with extensive post registration experience.
- Evidence of post registration study/qualification
Desirable
- Completion of non-medical prescribing course (V300)
- Relevant Honours degree
- Working towards Master qualification
- Teaching/assessing/mentor qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience
- Evidence of Teaching and assessing in clinical knowledge
- Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
- Evidence of effective team working
- Experience of working between primary and secondary care settings
- Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals/organisations
- Evidence in implementing change to promote high quality health outcomes
- Experience of managing long term conditions
- Evidence of managing care at the end of life
- Evidence of supporting self-managed care
- Evidence of participation in research/audit activity
Desirable
- Community based or Primary Care experience
- Evidence of leading or managing a team
- Evidence of Innovative practice
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
