Job summary
Are you looking for an interesting and challenging community based role?
We are a dynamic, friendly and specialist team and can offer you the time and opportunity to make a real difference to the quality of care that the people we support receive in community nursing home settings.
We are looking for an innovative nurse case manager to join the team, working in close collaboration with colleagues from social care, Acute trusts, primary care, care home providers and our clinical commissioning group (CCG) to really make a difference for service users and their families.
The successful candidate will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, responsible for providing person-centred, holistic assessment to facilitate discharge.
Our team provides therapy and nursing input across 3 different care homes throughout the city. You will be expected to move between units as required to meet service need.
Our caseload is referred into us from acute trust wards and often have complex medical history including fractures, frailty, respiratory, cardiac conditions, amputees and neurology. Our patients are with us for a short term rehab program and needs assessment to facilitate returning home as quickly as possible, facilitating discharge from hospital, ensuring their future needs are met.
There is a possibility for work hours to be increased in the future.
Main duties of the job
To manage a caseload of Intermediate Care Unit based patients with complex needs, using specialist skills and evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To provide supervision of students on practice placement.
To participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of Intermediate Care services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.
To be an active member of the inter-disciplinary Intermediate Care team in the provision of patient-centred care.
To develop and provide clinical expertise in a designated specialism and participate in the dissemination of evidence based practice across the service.
About us
The team is spread across 3 care homes in the city and work very holistically in a supportive team environment to maximise the outcomes for our patients. We work closely with Therapists as well as staff from private sector care homes.
We have a strong emphasis on personal development, to improve ourselves and the service we offer. Regular supervision and appraisal is offered to all in the team, to build a better service for the patients who we care for.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Nursing Qualification
- NMC Registration
- Commitment to and documented evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in primary care or experience of working with, managing and coordinating care of vulnerable adults
- Experience of working closely with other agencies
- Experience of carrying out complex health and social care assessments
- Experience of working with a multidisciplinary team and orchestrating care
- Experience of working with the Single Assessment Process
- Working with older people in the above settings.
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Community and Intermediate Care working experience.
- Management of patients with complex health conditions
- Knowledge of working with Systm One
Other Factors
Essential
- The ability to understand and respect different points of view and work effectively with people from a variety of cultures
- Due to the requirement to undertake home visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Nursing Qualification
- NMC Registration
- Commitment to and documented evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in primary care or experience of working with, managing and coordinating care of vulnerable adults
- Experience of working closely with other agencies
- Experience of carrying out complex health and social care assessments
- Experience of working with a multidisciplinary team and orchestrating care
- Experience of working with the Single Assessment Process
- Working with older people in the above settings.
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Community and Intermediate Care working experience.
- Management of patients with complex health conditions
- Knowledge of working with Systm One
Other Factors
Essential
- The ability to understand and respect different points of view and work effectively with people from a variety of cultures
- Due to the requirement to undertake home visits and transport non-portable equipment, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport
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
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Intermediate Care and Rehabilitation Beds, Lightwood House
Lightwood Lane
Sheffield
S8 8BG
Employer's website
https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
