Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Band 8a
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Job summary
HCRG Care Group are leading the delivery of a new Virtual Ward, a new model of care to prevent avoidable admission to hospital!
We are looking anAdvanced Nurse Practitioner(Nurse or AHP) to join us in a fantastic opportunity to be part of a new venture, developing innovative care pathways and using remote technology to provide acute care at home.
You will be based in our Peasedown St John location but work with the integrated community health & care services and peoples homes. Service hours run from 8am-8pm, 7 days a week.
As an Advanced NursePractitioner you will take a lead in the advanced assessment, management and treatment of patients in community settings with particular focus on those referred from the 2-hour Urgent Community Response (UCR) initially and then develop wider referral pathways.
You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team and across the primary, secondary, acute and social care interfaces in BaNES. You will be responsible for coordinating the provision of specialist interventions to meet the urgent health care needs of people who would have traditionally been hospitalised or those requiring facilitated timely discharge from emergency departments.
If you are a Non-medical Prescriber with highly specialised clinical and technical skills in managing a range of clinical conditions, we would love to hear from you! We are open to applications from candidates from NMC or HCPC professions,
Main duties of the job
As an Advanced NursePractitioner, you will report to the Virtual Ward NurseLead and into the Head of Operations. The team will consist of 18 full-time equivalent colleagues in a combination of advanced practice clinical roles and non-registered support roles.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Supervision, support, professional development, appraisals, rota management to ensure delivery of an effective and progressive service.
- Delivering evidence based advanced nursepractice skills to ensure the appropriate management of patients needs.
- Using skills of assessment, diagnosis, interpretation of tests, forward planning of care & treatment.
- Timely recognition of deteriorating patients, appropriate response, escalation & documentation.
- Routine writing of drug charts to prescribe medication for patients whilst in the Virtual Ward and in preparation for discharge.
- Participate in, initiate, and deliver audit & research to identify current practice, drive continuous improvement & contribute to the development of new knowledge, theory & practice to benefit patients & colleagues.
- Identifying poor practice & supporting improvement opportunities as part of a Just Culture based on reflection, learning & improvement through SBAR completion, thematic review.
For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached Job Description.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
15 November 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/25229/8147
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Bath
Avon
BA2 8SG
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Bath
Avon
BA2 8SG
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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