Job summary
Are you an experienced senior nurse looking to shape and lead high-quality care for older adults in community inpatient settings? We are seeking a Consultant Nurse to join our Berkshire inpatient teams, where your clinical expertise and strategic leadership will make a real difference.
As Consultant Nurse for Community Inpatient wards, you will be responsible for supporting, leading, and developing advanced nursing practice across our physical health rehabilitation wards. Working at a strategic level, you will collaborate closely with consultant geriatricians and multidisciplinary teams including nursing, therapy, and medical colleagues whilst delivering safe, effective, and person-centred care.
You will lead on clinical innovation and excellence in patient care, provide strategic and operational leadership, and work flexibly across 7 wards located on 5 sites within Berkshire. You will spend at least 20% of your time in direct autonomous clinical practice, maintaining a strong connection to patient care. You will also champion best practice through audit, research, the application of national policy, and act as a key clinical leader and role model for staff across the service.
We are looking for a senior nurse with extensive experience in older adult or community inpatient care, strong leadership and strategic thinking skills.
If you are ready to lead, support and drive excellence in community inpatient care, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Advanced and Expert Level Practice
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Lead advanced, autonomous clinical care for older adults living with frailty, including assessment, prescribing, and care planning.
Consultancy and Leadership
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Act as a senior clinical leader, offering expert advice, driving quality improvement, and promoting patient safety.
Education and Training
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
1.Registered Nurse with the NMC
2.Educated to masters level
3.Teaching qualification with recent experience of delivering training
4.Advanced history taking and physical examination with clinical reasoning qualification
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
1.Registered Nurse with the NMC
2.Educated to masters level
3.Teaching qualification with recent experience of delivering training
4.Advanced history taking and physical examination with clinical reasoning qualification
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Masters and /or other higher degree
- Teaching qualification with recent experience of delivering training/seminars
- Advanced History Taking and Physical Examination with Clinical reasoning qualification
- Non-medical prescribing
- Leadership/ Management qualification
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Recent experience within older adult and urgent care
- Extensive experience of managing a team of nurses/AHPs
- Experience of analysis and reporting of data
- Extensive senior nursing leadership experience
- Audit and research experience
- Working and liaising with external partners
- Experience of policy and protocol development and production
- Engaging with senior managers and directors
- Provide evidence of presenting and working with external professional networks
- Post registration experience at senior nurse/management level
- Minimum of 3 yrs. practising at an advanced clinical level with older people with complex needs
- Proven experience of implementing major change initiatives in a clinical setting
- Evidence of leading service improvement programmes across services and with MDT's and in partnership with patients
- Evidence of managing budgets and budget setting
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to write for publication
Additional Requirements
Essential
- UK Driving Licence
- Ability to travel between multiple sites efficiently
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Masters and /or other higher degree
- Teaching qualification with recent experience of delivering training/seminars
- Advanced History Taking and Physical Examination with Clinical reasoning qualification
- Non-medical prescribing
- Leadership/ Management qualification
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Recent experience within older adult and urgent care
- Extensive experience of managing a team of nurses/AHPs
- Experience of analysis and reporting of data
- Extensive senior nursing leadership experience
- Audit and research experience
- Working and liaising with external partners
- Experience of policy and protocol development and production
- Engaging with senior managers and directors
- Provide evidence of presenting and working with external professional networks
- Post registration experience at senior nurse/management level
- Minimum of 3 yrs. practising at an advanced clinical level with older people with complex needs
- Proven experience of implementing major change initiatives in a clinical setting
- Evidence of leading service improvement programmes across services and with MDT's and in partnership with patients
- Evidence of managing budgets and budget setting
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to write for publication
Additional Requirements
Essential
- UK Driving Licence
- Ability to travel between multiple sites efficiently
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).
