Job summary
The Community Nursing Team in West Berkshire (Newbury) is an integral part of our Long-Term Conditions and Frailty Services. We are proud to say that our recent CQC inspection rated our services as Outstanding.
The team has a wide range of skill mix from band 3 Health Care Assistants through to band 7 Community Matrons. We have worked hard to establish a service that offers a range of career development opportunities for our staff, which in turn enables us to deliver continuity of care, Job satisfaction and high standards of care.
The post holder will be part of the Community Matron team and will have a leading role in the management of patients with complex long-term conditions, preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital and supporting patients within their home. The post holder will also contribute to the training and development of colleagues, whilst supporting a service two-hour response to patients in crisis.
This development opportunity will enable you to work alongside the Community Matrons to develop your skills and knowledge in managing a complex caseload of patients with long term conditions. You will be supported throughout with training and mentorship to enable you to achieve the Community Matron competencies and develop into a band 7 Community Matron role.
Main duties of the job
- Supporting the Community Nursing Services to develop and deliver high quality, outcome driven clinical services.
- Developing strong working relationships with colleagues in general practice, social care and across Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.
- Developing your level of clinical knowledge, advanced history taking and clinical reasoning skills, including undertaking your Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescriber Qualification.
- Having the autonomy and the ability to exercise clinical reasoning and decision making that is critical for the care you need to give.
- Having the authority to affect change to your patient's life "in real time" through access to all services within the Integrated community services with no barriers.
About us
Some of the benefits of joining our team:
- Salary ranging from £35,392 to £42,618 per annum
- Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on work life balance
- Working pattern 8:30am-7.00pm over a 7-day week
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
- Advanced IT enablement and support
- Confidential telephone care service providing independent support and advice for staff.
- And so much more
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult).
- 1st Level Degree or working towards.
- Professional qualification (RGN, dual qualification an advantage).
- Practice Assessor training
- There is an expectation that the post holder will work towards a non-medical prescriber qualification and an advanced degree/masters, you will be supported within the role to achieve this.
Training
Essential
- Advanced History Taking qualification or equivalent or a willingness to undertake.
- Knowledge of long-term conditions
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Hold a UK Driving Licence.
- Ability to travel to, and work from multiple sites.
- Service covers 08:00-19:00 hours, 365 days per year - shift patterns will include some weekends, lates and Weekends.
Previous Experience
Essential
- 4 years post registration experience.
- Experience of supporting people with long term conditions.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Band 6 Registered Nurse (Adult).
- Experience of working in a variety of settings (hospital, primary and community).
- Experience of leading change.
- Management experience.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Case Management skills.
- Health coaching skills, or willingness to develop.
- Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate workload.
- Advanced interpersonal and communication Skills.
- Ability to effectively delegate activities to appropriate Staff.
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own Caseload.
- Ability to make clinical and administrative decisions. Ability to be goal and outcome focused when faced with opposition or when working under conditions of pressure.
- Ability to use IM&T support systems.
- Ability to translate best practice evidence and national policy into practice.
- Knowledge of current National Service Frameworks and the NHS England long-term conditions strategy.
Desirable
- Excellent critical thinking skills to identify and resolve clinical and whole system issues.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult).
- 1st Level Degree or working towards.
- Professional qualification (RGN, dual qualification an advantage).
- Practice Assessor training
- There is an expectation that the post holder will work towards a non-medical prescriber qualification and an advanced degree/masters, you will be supported within the role to achieve this.
Training
Essential
- Advanced History Taking qualification or equivalent or a willingness to undertake.
- Knowledge of long-term conditions
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Hold a UK Driving Licence.
- Ability to travel to, and work from multiple sites.
- Service covers 08:00-19:00 hours, 365 days per year - shift patterns will include some weekends, lates and Weekends.
Previous Experience
Essential
- 4 years post registration experience.
- Experience of supporting people with long term conditions.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Band 6 Registered Nurse (Adult).
- Experience of working in a variety of settings (hospital, primary and community).
- Experience of leading change.
- Management experience.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Case Management skills.
- Health coaching skills, or willingness to develop.
- Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate workload.
- Advanced interpersonal and communication Skills.
- Ability to effectively delegate activities to appropriate Staff.
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own Caseload.
- Ability to make clinical and administrative decisions. Ability to be goal and outcome focused when faced with opposition or when working under conditions of pressure.
- Ability to use IM&T support systems.
- Ability to translate best practice evidence and national policy into practice.
- Knowledge of current National Service Frameworks and the NHS England long-term conditions strategy.
Desirable
- Excellent critical thinking skills to identify and resolve clinical and whole system issues.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
