Job summary
Are you an experienced Senior Nurse within an acute care setting looking for an opportunity to utilise your proven leadership skills alongside patient clinical assessment and acute care delivery? If so, this unique role is for you.
The Acute Care at Home service is a partnership between the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), University Hospital of Derby and Burton (UHDB), Royal Wolverhampton Trust (RWT) and Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT). The successful applicants will join an integrated, collaboratively focused team, employing proactive clinical practice and knowledge, toprovide clinical assessment, monitoring and support, as part of our urgent carepathways.
As a Senior Staff Nurse working within the North Staffordshire team, you will play a key role in supporting hospital admission avoidance and supporting patients to leave hospital sooner than would otherwise be possible.
To support your professional development, there will be ample opportunities to enhance your knowledge, leadership and communication skills by contributing to specialty pathway development, SOPs and innovations that will shape the future in line with policy guidance.
Main duties of the job
As an integral part of the Virtual Ward Team, you will work closely with the Matrons and band 7s holding responsibility for the clinical management of a designated group of patients on the Virtual Ward. Using your physical assessment skills, you will carry out first visit clinical assessments including the development, implementation and evaluation of consultant led programmes of care, always maintaining quality and safety standards.
You will also hold delegated responsibility for the coordination of the day to day running of the ward, working in collaboration with the Band 7 Nurse Practitioner processing new referrals and maintaining oversight of all patients and staff carrying out clinical visits. You will have proven leadership skills and be a professional role model to others, taking an active role in leading on quality improvement innovations and participating in the development of others.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Direct clinical assessment and care provision of people in their home environment, who have been identified as meeting the Virtual Ward admission criteria.
Co-ordination of daily Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and Consultant ward rounds, ensuring that patient related information is up to date and information is disseminated accordingly.
Act as a point of contact providing advice, support and guidance to colleagues and other professionals on issues relating to patient care.
Communicating sensitive information concerning patients medical condition(s) and status which involves relationship building; displaying persuasive and reassurance skills acting in the best interests of patients at all times.
Demonstrating skills to assess and interpret specialist acute and other patient conditions within the patients home environment; initiating actions as appropriate
Due to the key requirements for this role, applicants must have the means to travel between multiple addresses.
Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Direct clinical assessment and care provision of people in their home environment, who have been identified as meeting the Virtual Ward admission criteria.
Co-ordination of daily Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and Consultant ward rounds, ensuring that patient related information is up to date and information is disseminated accordingly.
Act as a point of contact providing advice, support and guidance to colleagues and other professionals on issues relating to patient care.
Communicating sensitive information concerning patients medical condition(s) and status which involves relationship building; displaying persuasive and reassurance skills acting in the best interests of patients at all times.
Demonstrating skills to assess and interpret specialist acute and other patient conditions within the patients home environment; initiating actions as appropriate
Due to the key requirements for this role, applicants must have the means to travel between multiple addresses.
Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health/physical assessment
- ENB 998/mentorship equivalent
- Degree level study
- NMC registration
Desirable
- evidence of recent study/kept up to date
- NHS Leadership course
Experience
Essential
- Worked in an Acute care setting for a minimum of 3 years as an RN
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Evidence of teaching/assessing in practice
- Evidence of health assessment in practice
- a minimum of 2 years experience at band 5
Desirable
- Previous experience working autonomously
- Previous experience at band 6 in an acute care setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Health/physical assessment
- ENB 998/mentorship equivalent
- Degree level study
- NMC registration
Desirable
- evidence of recent study/kept up to date
- NHS Leadership course
Experience
Essential
- Worked in an Acute care setting for a minimum of 3 years as an RN
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Evidence of teaching/assessing in practice
- Evidence of health assessment in practice
- a minimum of 2 years experience at band 5
Desirable
- Previous experience working autonomously
- Previous experience at band 6 in an acute care setting
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
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
ACAH Service - Virtual Ward, Floor 3, Smithfield One
Leonard Coates Way
Hanley
ST1 3RD
Employer's website
https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
