East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Nurse Consultant - Admission Avoidance

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Job summary

North East Essex Community Services are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate candidate to join the department of Older People's Services at Colchester Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North East Essex foundation nurse consultant. The post holder will be an experienced advanced level practitioner with a non-medical prescribing qualification, autonomous, expert skills in assessment, examination and providing diagnosis and management for patients across acute and community settings.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our team and work with us to develop the services to meet the needs of our older population, enabling them to age well and with dignity in an ever-changing landscape. We don't believe in always doing the same things and we welcome individuals who can bring new ideas and thoughts to the table.

The North East Essex Community Services division has the older people's services, therapies and community services for Colchester and Tendering areas sitting within the same division allowing acute geriatric services to work seamlessly with community services and allows the flexibility to meet patient needs wherever they may be.

Main duties of the job

You will join a team of skilled practitioners including nurses and therapists. These services reach into the front door emergency department assessing our patients at the point of need and helping to streamline their care. Assessment will also take place in the frailty assessment base where a multidisciplinary team can provide acute and complex care. There will be an integral link with our reactive emergency assessment community team working towards conveyance and admission avoidance.

You will practice in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and play an integral role in leading service development. The nurse consultant would ensure older and frail people have seamless access to the right care in the right place at the right time.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

07 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £72,293 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2352-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge relating to care of older people
  • Recently and actively working in clinical practice
  • Evidence of leading change
  • Working within the multi-professional team at all levels

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice
  • Non-Medical Prescribing
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Mental Capacity Act awareness training
  • Completion of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Level 2 training

Desirable

  • Recognised professional post basic qualification in the care of older people or dementia care

Knowledge

Essential

  • Computer literacy
  • Evidence of admission avoidance and community working
  • Evidence of leadership skills that are capable of establishing direction and purpose
  • Evidence of clinical expertise and knowledge acquired through CPD and experience
  • Effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Clinical Governance knowledge
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge relating to care of older people
  • Recently and actively working in clinical practice
  • Evidence of leading change
  • Working within the multi-professional team at all levels

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice
  • Non-Medical Prescribing
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Mental Capacity Act awareness training
  • Completion of Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Level 2 training

Desirable

  • Recognised professional post basic qualification in the care of older people or dementia care

Knowledge

Essential

  • Computer literacy
  • Evidence of admission avoidance and community working
  • Evidence of leadership skills that are capable of establishing direction and purpose
  • Evidence of clinical expertise and knowledge acquired through CPD and experience
  • Effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Clinical Governance knowledge

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).

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.

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).

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Matron and Deputy ADON Older Adults

Lucy Crimmin

Lucy.Crimmin@esneft.nhs.uk

07890633522

Details

Date posted

07 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £72,293 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2352-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL


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