Care Home Practitioner

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Nursing Associate to work as part of our friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary care team.

You must be an enthusiastic individual with excellent Communication, organisational skills and motivation in your approach to care delivery to ensure we maintain a high-quality service for our patients in the changing environment of community services.

Care Home practitioners (CHP) work as part of the wider health and social care team and have direct contact with patients within the Residential home setting, providing high quality and compassionate care. CHPs work at a level above that of Healthcare Support Workers and have a more in depth understanding regarding patient care. CHPs provide training and support to care homes in line with current policies and guidelines. CHPs work closely with their respective GP surgery linked to the residential homes and other Health and social services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder carries continuing responsibility for ensuring adequate training and guidance is carried out within the Residential care setting.

General clinical aspects of the role may include:

• Undertaking tasks delegated by a Registered Practitioner
• Assisting in patient assessment
• Referrals to the Registered Practitioner and other MDT's
• Physiological measurements
• Risk Management, infection control, health and safety
• Higher clinical skills such as catheterisation, wound care and phlebotomy, continence assessments within the residential homes.

Non-clinical aspects of the role include:

• Advance care planning/ Admission avoidance
• Supervision and teaching with Care Home staff
• Personal development
• Team working
• Communication
• Person-centred care and wellbeing
• Equality and Diversity
• Quality and improvement.
• Working closely with Care home staff and GP Surgeries
• Supporting Community Matrons and GPs during Residential ward rounds and Multi-disciplinary working.

The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner within the Community Nursing Team, supporting the delivery of care and supporting patients in residential homes, collaborating with system partners and as part of the Primary Care Networks and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams as part of the out-of-hospital model of care.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on this job vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Associate Practitioner Qualification
• NVQ 3 or above

Desirable

• Community Nurse experience
• Care home knowledge
• Advanced care planning experience

Skills

Essential

• Phlebotomy
• Wound care management
• Catheter care
• Diabetes management

Desirable

• Compression bandaging skills
• administration of injections
• End of life care planning
• enhanced Communication skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).