Job summary
The Consultant Nurse for Older People is an exciting opportunity for you play a key role in Consultancy and care across Older People's Services within East London foundation Trust. The consultant nurse role will work closely with senior leaders across the care pathways to promote clinical excellence through clinical Leadership and practice, education and training and research. You will act as a source of clinical and nursing expertise in the care pathways & care of older adults living with frailty to all groups of professionals, championing and promoting awareness of frailty and the needs of older adults across the trust.
You will autonomously assess and treat patients; ordering and interpretation of investigations and non-medical prescribing; demonstrate complex reasoning, critical thinking and independent decision making to manage the complex needs of this client group.
You will have a key role in developing the older people's workforce, and supporting delivery of care that is in line with best practice. Collaborating with the learning and development team and other education providers to formulate a clear development pathway and skills portfolio for nurses to ensure consistent care, and the application of safe, contemporary, evidenced based practice.
Main duties of the job
We are linked to Bedford and City University and as a key component of your role you will lean into the universities with regards to teaching and research.
We have a variety of services which include community health, primary care, and mental health the post holder will support shared learning and connection between services to improve the outcomes for older people.
We have significant dementia inpatient services and are part of the Admiral Nurse Nursing model.
You will work closely with the director of nursing, clinical leads and the medical lead for older people trust wide.
We are looking for an experienced high skilled nurse who has experience of and is passionate about high quality older people's care. An ability to lead quality improvement projects and impact clinical care.
You will receive support to maintain and develop your personal development needs
If you wish to discuss this role in any way please contact Claire Mckenna on 07950730808
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRegistered General or Mental health nurse
- Masters level with a commitment to work towards a research degree
- oIndependent prescriber
Desirable
- oTeaching qualification recognised by the NMC
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive experience in senior post at Band 7 or above
- oExperience of providing student support within a practice learning environment.
- oExperience of presenting clinical practice and research at a local /national
- oProven experience of managing staff and developing services relevant to older adults care
- oProven experience of managing staff and developing services relevant to older adults care
- oThe post holder will have experience of working across professional boundaries in a flexible, creative way, pertinent to older adults care
Desirable
- oExperience of working in Higher Education, developing and delivering academic modules or programmes.
- oExperience of working across inter-agency and organisational boundaries at both local and national level
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oExtensive and expert knowledge and experience of health, nursing and psychosocial needs of older adults
- oInnovative teaching methods and delivery that encourages and promotes older adult nursing as a career choice.
- oAwareness of the learner needs at UG and PQ levels.
- oEvidence of continuing professional and clinical development within the sphere of older adult
- oExcellent presentation skills
- oknowledge and practice of research process
- oHighly effective interpersonal and communication skills
- oSkilled leadership which would include negotiating and influencing skills
- oExtremely competent in all aspects of Information Technology
- oEvidence of national and international publications
- oAbility to work autonomously and make independent clinical judgements and decisions prioritising concurrent and competing issues
- oAbility to initiate evaluation strategies of services and developments
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRegistered General or Mental health nurse
- Masters level with a commitment to work towards a research degree
- oIndependent prescriber
Desirable
- oTeaching qualification recognised by the NMC
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive experience in senior post at Band 7 or above
- oExperience of providing student support within a practice learning environment.
- oExperience of presenting clinical practice and research at a local /national
- oProven experience of managing staff and developing services relevant to older adults care
- oProven experience of managing staff and developing services relevant to older adults care
- oThe post holder will have experience of working across professional boundaries in a flexible, creative way, pertinent to older adults care
Desirable
- oExperience of working in Higher Education, developing and delivering academic modules or programmes.
- oExperience of working across inter-agency and organisational boundaries at both local and national level
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oExtensive and expert knowledge and experience of health, nursing and psychosocial needs of older adults
- oInnovative teaching methods and delivery that encourages and promotes older adult nursing as a career choice.
- oAwareness of the learner needs at UG and PQ levels.
- oEvidence of continuing professional and clinical development within the sphere of older adult
- oExcellent presentation skills
- oknowledge and practice of research process
- oHighly effective interpersonal and communication skills
- oSkilled leadership which would include negotiating and influencing skills
- oExtremely competent in all aspects of Information Technology
- oEvidence of national and international publications
- oAbility to work autonomously and make independent clinical judgements and decisions prioritising concurrent and competing issues
- oAbility to initiate evaluation strategies of services and developments
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).
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).
