Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit community focused and creative Band 7 Community Matrons for our iCares South Team. The South Team will support people to leave hospital earlier and then deliver intensive interventions to continue the recovery and rehab process when the person is in their own home.
You will work closely with the Virtual Ward, UCR and Home Based Intermediate Care MDTs and other teams as well as the daily oversight of the patients in the community ensuring their holistic needs are met in their home. You will be supported by Consultants and ACPs as well as the wider Integrated Care Service (iCares) which works across Sandwell Community providing rehabilitation, case management and admission avoidance.
There is the opportunity to bring your leadership and clinical skills to help guide our evolving services.
Main duties of the job
The key duties for the post holder will be;
To provide leadership and oversight of the team working across community.
To be a lead clinician within the service, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the care provided to patients on a daily basis.
To provide highly developed specialist assessment and treatment of patients with planned and unplanned complex presentations within community settings.
To supervise, assess and educate team members including bank or agency staff, support workers and students.
About us
The Trust aims to be the most integrated organisation in the NHS with support for new ways of working and innovation.
As a result of this Sandwell Community is an exciting place to be with significant new investment and ever closer working with colleagues from the local authority and primary care.
Everything we do in the iCares Directorate strives to add value to the patient and their community. We do this by joining up our teams and services to keep people safe and well in their community. We have fantastic links with partners across the local authority and third sectors in order to do this.
We are a friendly team who support each other. Training and regular supervision are available and no one works in isolation.
As a trust we fully support flexible working and part time workers, which can be factored into your working pattern. Within iCares we operate a 7 day service 8am-8pm, we take it in turns to contribute to weekend working and 8pm finishes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Independent/Supplementary Prescriber or willing to work towards qualification
- NMC Registration
- Degree in Nursing
- Post basic accredited qualification relevant to Long Term Condition (LTC) management or experience of working with patients with a LTC
- Health related Diploma or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in care of patients with long Term Conditions
- Community Nursing experience
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working across traditional health and social care boundaries
- Experience of team working
- Experience of providing care to patients in their own home
- Experience of assessing, planning and evaluating episodes of patient care
- Experience of conflict management
- Experience of working in diverse communities
- Experience of managing a caseload
Desirable
- Staff development and management of informal disciplinary matters
- Involvement in audit & research
Leadership
Essential
- Organise and prioritise own and team workload
- Line manage and deploy staff effectively to meet service needs
- Able to respond to interruptions in work patterns in response to service needs and Trust discharge deadlines and in response to bleeps.
- Able to cope working in a stressful, hostile or highly emotive environment with patients and carers of patients presenting with disabilities, chronic or terminal conditions, including those with limited recovery potential.
- Able to deal sensitively with patients with high levels of anxiety/aggression caused by pain, dementia, sedation, limited mobility or who are unable to accept rehabilitation outcomes.
- Able to deal with situations involving conflict and dispute and disciplinary matters
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implications for Service delivery
- Demonstrate ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet the differing needs of patients
- Knowledge and understanding of national and local policies that impact upon the health and wellbeing of patients with complex chronic disease
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Independent/Supplementary Prescriber or willing to work towards qualification
- NMC Registration
- Degree in Nursing
- Post basic accredited qualification relevant to Long Term Condition (LTC) management or experience of working with patients with a LTC
- Health related Diploma or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in care of patients with long Term Conditions
- Community Nursing experience
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working across traditional health and social care boundaries
- Experience of team working
- Experience of providing care to patients in their own home
- Experience of assessing, planning and evaluating episodes of patient care
- Experience of conflict management
- Experience of working in diverse communities
- Experience of managing a caseload
Desirable
- Staff development and management of informal disciplinary matters
- Involvement in audit & research
Leadership
Essential
- Organise and prioritise own and team workload
- Line manage and deploy staff effectively to meet service needs
- Able to respond to interruptions in work patterns in response to service needs and Trust discharge deadlines and in response to bleeps.
- Able to cope working in a stressful, hostile or highly emotive environment with patients and carers of patients presenting with disabilities, chronic or terminal conditions, including those with limited recovery potential.
- Able to deal sensitively with patients with high levels of anxiety/aggression caused by pain, dementia, sedation, limited mobility or who are unable to accept rehabilitation outcomes.
- Able to deal with situations involving conflict and dispute and disciplinary matters
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implications for Service delivery
- Demonstrate ability to comprehend and work within Trust policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet the differing needs of patients
- Knowledge and understanding of national and local policies that impact upon the health and wellbeing of patients with complex chronic disease
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
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).
