Job summary
The Adult Community Nursing service Single Point of Access is looking for a Senior Nurse Practitioner to lead its Clinical Assessment Team. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced community nurses to use their leadership and clinical skills to become a team leader. There will also be opportunities for the successful applicant to apply for Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) courses.
Main duties of the job
The main duties are the line management and clinical leadership for the Clinical Assessment Team. The team assesses new patients referred to the service and delivers short term care in the patient's homes. Episodes of care include initial assessments, short term wound care and treatment, end of life care. The team is made of health care support workers, community staff nurses and nurse practitioners.
The successful applicant would be expected to complete rosters, manage sickness and absence, provide supervisions and complete appraisals and contribute to the development of the service. The applicants would also be expected to act as a clinical leader for the team, advising nursing staff on clinical management of patients, as well as undertaking home visits when necessary.
The community nursing service delivers care in patient's homes over City & Hackney. City & Hackney is an extremely diverse area. The Clinical Assessment Team endeavours to provide the best care for all our patients and ensure staff look after each other as well.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Healthcare attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and values diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and our People Plan, with "Inclusive" recently being added to our core Trust Values. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered
- Physical Assessment Course
Desirable
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Ability to manage junior staff (including students), delegating appropriately, and to manage own and team workload effectively
- Ability to participate in setting standards
Experience
Essential
- Experience in line management and operational service delivery
- Post registration experience within the community as Senior Nurse
Desirable
- Experience of contributing to multi agency planning including safe guarding, best interest, court of protection and SARs
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding Mental Capacity Act 2005 and able to complete MCAs, best interest decision making
- Understanding of clinical governance and ensuring team compliance
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered
- Physical Assessment Course
Desirable
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Ability to manage junior staff (including students), delegating appropriately, and to manage own and team workload effectively
- Ability to participate in setting standards
Experience
Essential
- Experience in line management and operational service delivery
- Post registration experience within the community as Senior Nurse
Desirable
- Experience of contributing to multi agency planning including safe guarding, best interest, court of protection and SARs
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding Mental Capacity Act 2005 and able to complete MCAs, best interest decision making
- Understanding of clinical governance and ensuring team compliance
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).
