Community Sister/Charge Nurse

Job summary

Full time permanent position.

As a Registered Nurse you will be responsible for supporting your Manager in ensuring that our service users needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. To provide quality care to patients that require 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.

The post holder will provide strong clinical leadership to the Urgent Community Response Team ensuring that the appropriate care is delivered to meet the individual needs in the community setting. To provide skilled nursing advice to support and care for patients in their own homes.

You will be responsible for providing clinical and managerial leadership to the Urgent Community Response Team. You will be required to complete Personal Development reviews, sickness reviews and the completion of rota's to ensure that the appropriate number of skilled staff are available to work.

Main duties of the job

To provide high level care to a patient with complex health care needs and their family in a crisis situation. This may include accessing support from the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team and community services to ensure the appropriate treatment and is available to allow the patient remain in their own home.

To work in the transfer of care hub to triage patient's onto the appropriate pathway utilising your assessment and clinical skills for effective clinical triage.

Utilise effective Clinical triage to support admission avoidance, the 2 hourly urgent response target and utilise the 'step up/down' model across the Virtual ward and Urgent Community Response pathways.

To promote a clinical environment that supports good team work.

To act as a mentor and preceptor to support the development of individuals staff members training. To utilise a range of communication methods. This will include electronic systems to share accurate, relevant, timely information with colleagues and other agencies.

To ensure high quality care is maintained at all times in the service. If areas of concern are identified then it is the post holders responsibility to address these with the Team/ Individual team members, and provide support and education for improvement.

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.

Certificates of Sponsorship

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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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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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