Job summary
We are recruiting a Band 6 clinician to work within our integrated UCR (urgent community response) and NHS@HOME services based at our North Swindon community base. As part of this role the post holder will have a dual role undertaking home visits to assess and treat patients in their own home as well as working closely within our integrated discharge team based within the navigation hub at Great Western Hospital to facilitate the safe transfer of patients back into their home environment to continue their treatment. Supporting patients at home is our priority, optimising care and achieving positive outcomes for their ongoing health, wellbeing and independence. A requirement of this role is to have completed the physical assessment and clinical reasoning course at level 3 or 4 and have excellent communication skills. We provide a wide range of professional development opportunities to enable you to enhance your knowledge and skill. We aspire to being a fully integrated service, fully supportive of career progression and collaborative working.
Main duties of the job
Integral to this role will be the requirement to work flexibly within the navigation hub as well as undertaking home visits as part of our wider multidisciplinary team, as is the requirement to work autonomously and independently providing safe and effective care and treatment. We provide our services between the hours of 8am and 22.00 hours across a 7 day service working alongside our community nursing team, specialist community services such as community IV team, end of life nurses, community COPD and community therapy teams.
You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident in developing and maintaining positive relationships with consultants, GP'S, nurses, therapists and specialist services. We are looking for a clinician who has achieved their physical assessment and clinical reasoning course (PACR), teaching and assessing qualification and ideally has community experience in assessing and treating patients within their own home. We are committed to supporting staff with professional development to extend their skills and knowledge.
About us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Service - We will put our patients firstTeamwork - We will work togetherAmbition - We will aspire to provide the best serviceRespect - We will act with integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To work as an autonomous practitioner managing and prioritising care needs through clinical assessment for patients with complex physical, mental and social care needs.2. Work closely with the ward-based discharge coordinators, inpatient therapy teams and social care teams to facilitate an early discharge where possible.3. Work with the clinical assessors and discharge coordinators to identify patients with complex health and social care needs who could be treated at home in the community.4. To work closely with the multidisciplinary teams such as the ambulance service, emergency department, front door therapy team, ACPs, specialist community services, and community nursing, promoting and supporting care and treatment in the patients own home.5. Sharing information and acting as a link between the Hospital and Community services to help avoid unnecessary admissions6. Excellent communication skills and knowledge of community services, mental health, social services and voluntary services within the Swindon area.7. To use assessment and examination skills to plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based client centred interventions, maintaining the associated records in compliance with the standards from The Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), HCPC and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).8. To use highly developed skills to screen, prioritise and delegate referrals into the service referring to other agencies where necessary.9. To act as a clinician within Swindon Community Health Services with knowledge of longterm conditions, cognitive and functional impairments and end of life care which could have implications for the safe effective discharge of patients.10. To understand how multiple health and social care needs will impact on the patients quality of life and what measures can be implemented to support and optimise this.
Please refer to attached JD for further information
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To work as an autonomous practitioner managing and prioritising care needs through clinical assessment for patients with complex physical, mental and social care needs.2. Work closely with the ward-based discharge coordinators, inpatient therapy teams and social care teams to facilitate an early discharge where possible.3. Work with the clinical assessors and discharge coordinators to identify patients with complex health and social care needs who could be treated at home in the community.4. To work closely with the multidisciplinary teams such as the ambulance service, emergency department, front door therapy team, ACPs, specialist community services, and community nursing, promoting and supporting care and treatment in the patients own home.5. Sharing information and acting as a link between the Hospital and Community services to help avoid unnecessary admissions6. Excellent communication skills and knowledge of community services, mental health, social services and voluntary services within the Swindon area.7. To use assessment and examination skills to plan, implement and evaluate evidenced based client centred interventions, maintaining the associated records in compliance with the standards from The Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), HCPC and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).8. To use highly developed skills to screen, prioritise and delegate referrals into the service referring to other agencies where necessary.9. To act as a clinician within Swindon Community Health Services with knowledge of longterm conditions, cognitive and functional impairments and end of life care which could have implications for the safe effective discharge of patients.10. To understand how multiple health and social care needs will impact on the patients quality of life and what measures can be implemented to support and optimise this.
Please refer to attached JD for further information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Professional RN, HCPC
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area
- Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning (PACR) or working towards
Desirable
- Computer skills qualification
- Evidence of basic management training
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date evidence based clinical knowledge.
- Skills in assessing in clinical practice.
- Systematic approaches to assessment, planning and evaluation of needs led care.
- Ability to provide a range of clinical intervention.
- Able to respond to the demands of working in a diverse environment.
Desirable
- Competence in a wide range of nursing techniques which aid patient care.
- Highly skilled in clinical reasoning
- Ability to analyse and assimilate complex information
Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical experience in community and secondary care settings.
- Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload.
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Understanding and knowledge of the Frailty Pathway
- Experience of providing supervision for junior staff, assistants and students
- Experience in and an understanding of clinical governance e.g. audit, risk management, education
Desirable
- Experience of working within the specific clinical area.
- Experience in the care of older people and palliative/end of life care.
- Good working knowledge of the patients on the Frailty Pathway.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Health Professional RN, HCPC
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Evidence of postgraduate learning relevant to clinical area
- Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning (PACR) or working towards
Desirable
- Computer skills qualification
- Evidence of basic management training
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date evidence based clinical knowledge.
- Skills in assessing in clinical practice.
- Systematic approaches to assessment, planning and evaluation of needs led care.
- Ability to provide a range of clinical intervention.
- Able to respond to the demands of working in a diverse environment.
Desirable
- Competence in a wide range of nursing techniques which aid patient care.
- Highly skilled in clinical reasoning
- Ability to analyse and assimilate complex information
Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical experience in community and secondary care settings.
- Experience of providing a broad range of interventions for a complex caseload.
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Understanding and knowledge of the Frailty Pathway
- Experience of providing supervision for junior staff, assistants and students
- Experience in and an understanding of clinical governance e.g. audit, risk management, education
Desirable
- Experience of working within the specific clinical area.
- Experience in the care of older people and palliative/end of life care.
- Good working knowledge of the patients on the Frailty Pathway.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
