Community Sister/Charge Nurse

Job summary

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary health and care team the role holder will be part of our multi-disciplinary urgent community care team. You will provide high quality senior nursing support for people requiring an urgent community response, enabling them to be cared for in their own home thereby reducing avoidable admissions and supporting timely discharge from the acute and community bed setting. You will provide clinical leadership to the members of the Urgent Community Response Team. You will have responsibility for overall management of patients and caseloads. You will assess and make decisions regarding patient care and safety in a crisis situation as part of the Transfer of Care Hub. Support the Service Leads with supporting and leading the staff. This will include completing personal development reviews, sickness and absence monitoring and completing clinical audits as appropriate to the service.

Main duties of the job

Will utilise their clinical knowledge within the Transfer of Care Hub The Post Holder will assess the individuals care needs and coordinate any required support between other services. To be competent in the use of system one, meditech and sepia and to utilise these systems as an integral part of the daily workload. Act as an advocate for the patient and family, liaising with other professionals in primary and acute care as necessary. To promote good team working and an environment to enhance job satisfaction and ensure team members feel valued and empowered. Complete effective clinical triage for admissions avoidance and urgent response services including the virtual ward, 2 hour urgent response and step up and step down discharge to assess pathways Be involved in complex decision making and problem solving relating to clinical care and risk assessment on an ongoing basis e.g. patients with multiple and unusual care needs, complex discharge plans, resolution of complaints, first visit assessments

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Woodside Building

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

S60 2TY

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Woodside Building

Moorgate Road

Rotherham

S60 2TY

Employer's website

https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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