Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist -Triage Rapid Elderly Assessment Team

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. In collaboration with the medical staff, identify all medical specialty patients 80 years of age and assess if suitable for referral to the TREAT service.
2. Coordinate all aspects of social, medical and nursing care needs for all TREAT patients within the Emergency Department..
3. Identify and escalate to medical staff any patients admitted to the Emergency Department or Hot Clinics who are on the Community Hub current patient list
4. Advise Emergency Department team, as required, on discharge processes to support elderly non-TREAT patients.
5. In collaboration with the TREAT Registered Nurse based in the Hot Clinics, supervise at all times, the TREAT Nursing Assistant.
6. Re-allocate nursing resources to ensure needs of the Emergency Department and Hot Clinics are supported as required.
7. Follow-up TREAT patients 24-48 hours after attendance in Emergency Department. Communicate progress of discharge patients to TREAT medical staff and escalate to community services as appropriate. Maintain follow-up database.
8. Identify patients suitable for referral to Community Hub; on identification, refer the patient to the TREAT Community Hub nurse.
9. Support nursing staff in the Emergency Department Adult Assessment Unit (AAU) to ensure smooth discharge of elderly patients.
10. Attend TREAT Hot Clinics to provide expert clinical nursing support, e.g. medication administration and wound dressings.
11. Supervise the Hot Clinic based TREAT Healthcare Assistant to ensure patients receive all aspect of care e.g. monitoring, nutrition and hydration, toileting, etc.
12. Support referrals to Community HUB Service and presentation of patients at Community HUB Meetings.

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• RGN or equivalent with current NMC registration
• Evidence of recent professional development

Desirable

• Relevant post registration course in caring for older people
• Teaching & assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post registration experience
• Recent nursing experience of caring for older people within acute services

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hampstead Site

Pond Street Hampstead

Hampstead

NW3 2QG

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)