Job summary
Are you looking for an exciting new role in a high performing and supportive team? Perhaps you are ready for your next challenge? We have a fantastic opportunity to recruit an experienced Nurse for an Advance Nurse Practitioner role or Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the West Berkshire Urgent Community Response / Virtual Ward Team.
The role will provide advanced clinical assessment to patients in their own homes and in a care homes, who require an urgent response to prevent unnecessary hospital admission. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide appropriate patient focussed care.
The role will provide leadership and line management to junior staff within the multidisciplinary team, including nurses, paramedics, and support workers, and clinical supervision and training/ education to the nurses, paramedics, and support workers, as required.
You will be a team player and work collaboratively with staff from all disciplines whilst maintaining high professional standards. You will ensure good communication, and effective processes and procedures are maintained across the service.
The post holder will work 37.5hrs per week, 7 days a week, between the hours of 8am - 8pm, which will include weekends.
The role is based at Hillcroft House, West Berkshire Hospital
Main duties of the job
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As an experienced advanced nurse practitioner, you will take responsibility and be accountable for the clinical assessment, diagnosis,treatmentand management of complex patients considering local and national guidelines.
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 you to be considered for this role:
- Advanced Practitioner registration or working towards obtaining registration
- Advanced History taking and assessment
- Non-medical prescriber
- Able to work autonomously, with the ability to work under pressure, with excellent organisational, communication and time management skills to prioritise work
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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
If you have any queries related to the role, please contact either Kam Purewall (UCR Service Manager) 07976 228837 or Tracia Cudjoe (West Berkshire UCR/VW Service lead) on 07786880766.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for you to be considered for this role:
- Advanced Practitioner registration or working towards obtaining registration
- Advanced History taking and assessment
- Non-medical prescriber
- Able to work autonomously, with the ability to work under pressure, with excellent organisational, communication and time management skills to prioritise work
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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
If you have any queries related to the role, please contact either Kam Purewall (UCR Service Manager) 07976 228837 or Tracia Cudjoe (West Berkshire UCR/VW Service lead) on 07786880766.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse.
- Post registration Advanced Clinical Study e.g. diagnostic reasoning
- Non-medical Prescriber Level 7.
- Current NMC Registration.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To have undertaken study at masters level or willing to do so.
- Experience of teaching, mentoring, supervising
- Qualification in teaching and assessing.
Desirable
- Leadership/Management Qualification or willing to undertake.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and two years' experience working at band 7 or equivalent.
- Experience of complex case management.
- Extensive knowledge of older people's and long-term conditions agenda.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical skills.
- Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc.
- Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
- Experience of promoting self-care.
- Cultural awareness.
- Experience of multi-agency working across service interfaces.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary or community health setting.
- Experience of financial management.
- Evidence of NHS structure and leadership initiatives.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Research awareness skills.
- Evidence of undertaking Audit and developing action plans.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding.
- Ability to lead and participate in the integration of multi-agency services.
- Proven ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
- Able to analyse and use information to inform practice and service needs.
- Computer literate
- Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse.
- Post registration Advanced Clinical Study e.g. diagnostic reasoning
- Non-medical Prescriber Level 7.
- Current NMC Registration.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To have undertaken study at masters level or willing to do so.
- Experience of teaching, mentoring, supervising
- Qualification in teaching and assessing.
Desirable
- Leadership/Management Qualification or willing to undertake.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and two years' experience working at band 7 or equivalent.
- Experience of complex case management.
- Extensive knowledge of older people's and long-term conditions agenda.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical skills.
- Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc.
- Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
- Experience of promoting self-care.
- Cultural awareness.
- Experience of multi-agency working across service interfaces.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary or community health setting.
- Experience of financial management.
- Evidence of NHS structure and leadership initiatives.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Research awareness skills.
- Evidence of undertaking Audit and developing action plans.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding.
- Ability to lead and participate in the integration of multi-agency services.
- Proven ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
- Able to analyse and use information to inform practice and service needs.
- Computer literate
- Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working.
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).
