Job summary
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.
The summary of the Carelink Nurse post is as follows:
To be accountable for the line management, supervision, support and development of Community Health Support Workers (CHSW) to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve
To support and be the lead on the development of CHSW nursing and medication competencies, to case manage all palliative care patients that are referred to the team and where appropriate liaise with Continuing Care and Palliative Care Teams To be responsible for providing support, mentoring and leadership to apprentices and student nurses
To lead on clinical and service audits and other service development activities in support of the service manager
To ensure service operational policies, procedures and clinical protocols are in place and effectively adhered to by the team and to undertake highly specialised assessments and treatment interventions in the community to adults over the age of 18
To be an active member of the larger multidisciplinary Integrated Adult Service
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 7 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomous lone practitioner, case managing clients in the communityTo independently screen and assess phlebotomy, reablement and palliative care referrals from a variety of sources ensuring that risk assessment, planning and implementation of care meets professional and clinical standards and guidelines
To carry out timely assessments and rehabilitation of community clients to prevent hospital admission and re-admission and ensuring smooth facilitation of early discharge home from hospital
To lead within Carelink on maintaining the local administration of medication policy,
To monitor the delivery of planned care to clients in their own homes ensuring that the CHSW have the required skills to provide phlebotomy, enabling and 'end of life' care to clients, and to meet the complex needs of these clients
To facilitate daily handover of client progress, always ensuring that client goals are at the forefront of the service provision.
Lead on clinical audits, service quality assurance and provide support with clinical governance review.
To support the Team Leaders to meet daily service staffing requirements in establishing service priorities and liaising with provider care agencies.
To educate clients, carers and family members on the clients care planning and intervention
About us
Carelink is a community based care provider within CNWL, The team is staffed with Community Health Support Workers (CHSW) who provide short term care for adults over 18, although most of the clients are older adults. In conjunction with the service manager and the deputy manager the post holder will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of individualised care for admission avoidance and supported discharge clients and for those clients that are under the 'end of life care' pathway.
Carelink is a 24 hour care provider, which operates a three shift system. The early shift is from 7am to 3pm and the late shift is from 2pm to 10pm, a daily handover is facilitated between 2.30pm to 3pm. The service also, provide a night sit in service from the hours of 10pm to 7am, making it a truly 24 hour service.
The post holder will predominately be working Monday to Friday 9 am to 5pm, however, they will be required to work the occasional late and weekend shift.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Band 7 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 7 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by: keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of soundclinical skills and effective risk assessments ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering toevidence based policies and procedures ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empoweringand working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
Job description
Job responsibilities
Band 7 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 7 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by: keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of soundclinical skills and effective risk assessments ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering toevidence based policies and procedures ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empoweringand working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- HPC membership
- Relevant professional body membership
Desirable
- MSc, management course or equivalent level of study
Experience/ Abilities
Essential
- Working at band 6 or above in Community rehabilitation
- Strong concept of case management role
- Previous experience in use of outcome measures
- Evidence of undertaking projects/audit/research
- Evidence of on-going and relevant CPD
- Knowledge of the role of other professional groups
- Evidence of working with other agencies, and an understanding of local services
- Evidence of interdisciplinary working
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
- Use of standardised assessments and outcome measures
- Highly specialist knowledge of high quality rehabilitation for older people with complex needs
- Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Awareness of developments in NHS and community pathway development
- Demonstrate ability to set up and monitor standards of practice, care pathways and guidelines
- Initiated service development and update/monitor policies and procedures
- Ability to work under pressure and coordinate and prioritising workload and demonstrate time management skills.
- Ability to teach, supervise, train and support staff.
- Experience of manual handling clients with physical disabilities and ability to assess, identify and reduce associated risks
- To understand the needs of people from different cultural origins
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Intermediate IT skills and experience working with computerised patient notes
Desirable
- Evidence of leading teams
Motivation and Disposition
Essential
- Personally and professionally responsible
- Able to motivate self and others
- Flexible approach to changing circumstances
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills
- Good negotiation skills
- Able to demonstrate good presentation skills
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to Multi-disciplinary teamwork
- Able to demonstrate insight into the needs of older people with physical disability
Desirable
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- HPC membership
- Relevant professional body membership
Desirable
- MSc, management course or equivalent level of study
Experience/ Abilities
Essential
- Working at band 6 or above in Community rehabilitation
- Strong concept of case management role
- Previous experience in use of outcome measures
- Evidence of undertaking projects/audit/research
- Evidence of on-going and relevant CPD
- Knowledge of the role of other professional groups
- Evidence of working with other agencies, and an understanding of local services
- Evidence of interdisciplinary working
- Evidence of working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting
- Use of standardised assessments and outcome measures
- Highly specialist knowledge of high quality rehabilitation for older people with complex needs
- Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Awareness of developments in NHS and community pathway development
- Demonstrate ability to set up and monitor standards of practice, care pathways and guidelines
- Initiated service development and update/monitor policies and procedures
- Ability to work under pressure and coordinate and prioritising workload and demonstrate time management skills.
- Ability to teach, supervise, train and support staff.
- Experience of manual handling clients with physical disabilities and ability to assess, identify and reduce associated risks
- To understand the needs of people from different cultural origins
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Intermediate IT skills and experience working with computerised patient notes
Desirable
- Evidence of leading teams
Motivation and Disposition
Essential
- Personally and professionally responsible
- Able to motivate self and others
- Flexible approach to changing circumstances
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills
- Good negotiation skills
- Able to demonstrate good presentation skills
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to Multi-disciplinary teamwork
- Able to demonstrate insight into the needs of older people with physical disability
Desirable
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Carelink, Integrated Adult Services office - St Pancras Hospital
4 St Pancras Way
London
NW1 0PE
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
