Job summary
Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse
To be responsible for providing nursing expertise, advice, support and assessment for patients and for the case management of patients within the service. To work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and with statutory and private sector agencies.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the management of a nursing team, ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care, health promotion and shared decision making with patients and carers, within a multidisciplinary team, optimising patient' health potentials where appropriate.
The post holder will ensure effective management of patients on the caseload and provide clinical leadership to staff in their allocated teams. They will have a special interest in and will work as part of a Multi-disciplinary team including the IV therapy in the community. The team leader will manage the care of patients with acute and long term conditions, incorporating monitoring progress, response to treatment, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and promoting the preventative aspects of nursing practice.
About us
Bury is making significant investment to improve the capacity and capability of intermediate care and related services under the leadership of the Bury Local Care Organisation [LCO].
The LCO is working with local Commissioners to deliver the integration and
Transformation of local health and care services as part of Bury's Locality Plan. This includes plans to enable more people to have their health and social care needs met at home and in the community and avoid unnecessary hospital or care home admission.
The new delivery model for the Intermediate Tier of services is designed to bring together health and social care into a Bury-wide integrated team delivering intermediate care services under single leadership. The key deliverables are to:
- Introduce home-based care into Bury's intermediate care offer;
- Create additional enhanced IMC beds through the dual registration of Killelea House;
- Develop a multi-disciplinary Rapid Community Response Team.
The LCO are seeking to recruit new staff across a range of health and social care disciplines to join the Intermediate Tier of services and support the development and delivery of these services to the people of Bury.
Staff will have the opportunity to develop their skills and experience through opportunities to work flexibly across the tier of services which include:
- Bury Rapid Community response Service
- Killelea House (Enhanced and residential IMC)
- Home-based IMC and Reablement
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and Professional
- To assess, plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate care
- To respond to referrals, enquiries and requests from the public and other professionals as
- To ensure all patients within the caseload have a holistic plan of care which is followed effectively by team
- To maintain effective communication with patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team ensuring an individualised, patient centred
- To maintain accurate, contemporaneous records and return statistics as required e.g. caseload profile, monthly statistics.
- To ensure CQUIN targets are met and attend Gold Standard Framework
- To participate in standard setting, benchmarking and clinical
- To be responsible for the management of the community nursing teams and delegation of workload to team members dependent on their level of
- To implement the planned programme of nursing care and, where appropriate, liaise with and co-ordinate with other members of the team who may be responsible for implementing agreed aspects of
- To participate in reviewing the effectiveness of the nursing care provided and, where appropriate, initiate any action that may be
- To maintain the delivery of Integrated Community Nursing services to a defined population in accordance with the local Trust delivery plan and Government
- Work with Primary Care teams to identify local health needs and develop strategies to meet these
- To be aware of Trust Policies and Procedures and participate in the development of new Policies and Procedures including the review of existing
- To be a Nurse Prescriber and attend regular updates and to prescribe within the recommended formulary using resources appropriately
- To embed and revaluate the NICE guidelines in accordance with Nice and Trust guidelines and
- Be conversant with safeguarding risk procedures, Trust Policies and act appropriately.
- To participate in research activities and ensure application of evidence based practice.
- To promote the health and wellbeing of individual clients and patients through one to one or group health promotion / counselling
- To initiate the Trusts Complaint Procedure as required, including guiding staff and investigating complain
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Practice and Professional
- To assess, plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate care
- To respond to referrals, enquiries and requests from the public and other professionals as
- To ensure all patients within the caseload have a holistic plan of care which is followed effectively by team
- To maintain effective communication with patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team ensuring an individualised, patient centred
- To maintain accurate, contemporaneous records and return statistics as required e.g. caseload profile, monthly statistics.
- To ensure CQUIN targets are met and attend Gold Standard Framework
- To participate in standard setting, benchmarking and clinical
- To be responsible for the management of the community nursing teams and delegation of workload to team members dependent on their level of
- To implement the planned programme of nursing care and, where appropriate, liaise with and co-ordinate with other members of the team who may be responsible for implementing agreed aspects of
- To participate in reviewing the effectiveness of the nursing care provided and, where appropriate, initiate any action that may be
- To maintain the delivery of Integrated Community Nursing services to a defined population in accordance with the local Trust delivery plan and Government
- Work with Primary Care teams to identify local health needs and develop strategies to meet these
- To be aware of Trust Policies and Procedures and participate in the development of new Policies and Procedures including the review of existing
- To be a Nurse Prescriber and attend regular updates and to prescribe within the recommended formulary using resources appropriately
- To embed and revaluate the NICE guidelines in accordance with Nice and Trust guidelines and
- Be conversant with safeguarding risk procedures, Trust Policies and act appropriately.
- To participate in research activities and ensure application of evidence based practice.
- To promote the health and wellbeing of individual clients and patients through one to one or group health promotion / counselling
- To initiate the Trusts Complaint Procedure as required, including guiding staff and investigating complain
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Experience of Case / Care management within a Community Nursing Team
- Ability to organise staffing rotas and manage team's effectively
- Experience of participating in service improvement activities and managing change
- Experience of using IT Clinical Management Systems.
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Desirable
- V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
essential
Essential
- experience with supervising and assessing students
essential
Essential
- Experience of Case / Care management within a Community Nursing Team
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Experience of Case / Care management within a Community Nursing Team
- Ability to organise staffing rotas and manage team's effectively
- Experience of participating in service improvement activities and managing change
- Experience of using IT Clinical Management Systems.
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Desirable
- V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
essential
Essential
- experience with supervising and assessing students
essential
Essential
- Experience of Case / Care management within a Community Nursing Team
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).