Community Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

NEW NORTHUMBRIA VIRTUAL WARD SERVICE

Come and join our rapidly developingCommunity Response Team and help deliverthe Northumbria Virtual Ward Service.

This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful counties in England and be at the cutting edge of delivering acute care to patients in their own home.

The community virtual ward service will provide care to patients in their own home who would otherwise have stayed in hospital.

We have full engagement with our hospital consultants who will retain clinical oversight for their patients on the virtual ward to support the team across each specialist area including respiratory, frailty, heart failure and surgery.

Complementing and utilising our existing community therapy and nursing teams, our virtual ward team will provide intensive treatment, care and monitoring to patients requiring:

IV Therapies
Oxygen and nebuliser titration
Fluid offloading
Post-operative management

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within an MDT team working in the community in order to provide hospital level care to patient's in their usual place of residence.
To be responsible and accountable for the delivery of nursing care to a defined caseload by using team management and organisational skills.
To provide leadership, management and clinical supervision to a Virtual Ward Team and to work in collaboration with the wider Acute and Primary Health Care Team.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

20 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

319-5035994SC

Job locations

Cobalt Business Exchange

Cobalt Park Way

Wallsend

NE28 9NZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work within the community setting providing holistic nursing care as well as advice and support for patients, carers and families as appropriate.

Responsible for the management of an identified case load and nursing team.
Provide support, supervision and guidance to junior staff.
Maintain links and support to the senior nursing team.
To actively engage in inter-agency and multi-agency care planning.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work within the community setting providing holistic nursing care as well as advice and support for patients, carers and families as appropriate.

Responsible for the management of an identified case load and nursing team.
Provide support, supervision and guidance to junior staff.
Maintain links and support to the senior nursing team.
To actively engage in inter-agency and multi-agency care planning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RGN-level 1
B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Health related studies or equivalent relevant qualifications or equivalent relevant experience
Mentor qualification or equivalent

Desirable

Willingness to maintain continuing professional development
Relevant experience working in the community

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RGN-level 1
B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Health related studies or equivalent relevant qualifications or equivalent relevant experience
Mentor qualification or equivalent

Desirable

Willingness to maintain continuing professional development
Relevant experience working in the community

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).