Job summary
Are you ready for a new challenge? Could you make a difference?
Are you:
Interested in developing your nursing career
Committed to giving the highest standard of patient care
Compassionate towards patients and their families
An excellent communicator with the ability to lead and motivate a team
Highly motivated, energetic and innovative with full UK driving license holder with access to a car
An exciting opportunity has come up for the Adult Community Nursing Service We are looking to appoint a Community Matron to work 3 days per week, who is passionate about high quality patient centred care to join our highly regarded Community Matron Team. The service operates from 7am until 7pm across the Twickenham borough. The post is advertised as a 6 month fixed term contract to cover a secondment within the team and is for 22.5 hours per week.
The post holder will need to provide line management and leadership for a locality nursing team, being accountable for the team caseload and the development of a skilled, competent and motivated workforce, able to meet the needs of the patients on the caseload.
Get your career in the right direction, with the right organisation and at the right time - please come to KRFT and be part of this organisation.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of the locality nursing service in line with the commissioned service specification, standards, activity and outcomes, in the context of multi-disciplinary locality working.
To provide line management and leadership for a locality nursing team, being accountable for the team caseload and the development of a skilled, competent and motivated workforce, able to meet the needs of the patients on the caseload.
To work in partnership with the primary health care team, social services and the wider multi-disciplinary locality team, providing holistic assessment of health needs and the provision of nursing care to housebound people with a range of medical needs and long term conditions.
About us
Developmentand staff wellbeing
Your growthand personal happinessmattersto us.After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.From the moment you join us, we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly 'shoutouts' and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*****Please see attached the full Job Description and the Person Specification for the all themain responsibilities of this role.*****
Job description
Job responsibilities
*****Please see attached the full Job Description and the Person Specification for the all themain responsibilities of this role.*****
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified RGN NMC - RN1 ,RNA with current NMC registration
- Nursing Diploma or BSc (Hons) Community Health (DN)
- Relevant post registration study at diploma/degree level and relevant CPD e.g. palliative care, tissue viability
- Physical Assessment Skills
- Advanced Assessment Skills
- Nurse Prescriber V100
- Mentorship Preceptorship or equivalent
Desirable
- Specialist Practice Teacher/ Teaching Qualification
- Independent Non-medical Prescriber V300
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the impact of Mental Health e.g. dementia, depression, on the management of medical and long term conditions
- Professional standards including confidentiality, clinical governance and NMC guidelines
- Infection prevention and control standards
- Risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of health and safety and personal safety issues
- Safeguarding Adults & Children
- Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Desirable
- Understanding of current legislation and its implications for this role, including performance indicators and targets
- Understanding of both the Health and Social Care agenda
Experience
Essential
- Experience in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating patients in their own homes
- Experience in working independently and as part of a team
- Experience in problem solving and supporting other team members
- Experience of Multidisciplinary team work
- Experience of mentoring students
Desirable
- Experience of managing resources to stay within the service budget
- Experience of audit evaluation
Skills
Essential
- Holistic assessment, core clinical and clinical reasoning skills to proactively manage patient care
- Ability to promote self-care of patients
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective leadership skills and ability to delegate tasks to appropriately trained staff
- Ability to lead by example, both clinically and managerially, being consistent and fair to all staff in every aspect of work
- Ability to build the team to a high performance level, conducive to professional development and team cohesiveness
- Effective communication skills with clients and colleagues and the ability to establish rapport with team, clients and other agencies
- Ability to negotiate and communicate across professional and organisational boundaries
- Ability to have difficult conversations with staff in line with HR policies
- IT literate with ability to use databases and other software packages and digital solutions with patients and in the operation of the service
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Able to produce well written and timely clinical records and service reports
- Ability to lead and participate in service and organisational change
- Ability to work under pressure, balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Ability to travel to multiple sites; car driver or competent cyclist
Desirable
- Conflict management and mediation skills
Personal
Essential
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Demonstrates high ethical and professional standards
- Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Committed to lifelong learning and achieving full compliance with the competencies and standards of this role and for career progression
- Has a positive attitude to change and is prepared to work flexibly to meet the need of people and the service
- Willingness to undertake training and competencies for additional clinical interventions to support service development
- Willingness to learn and implememt new ways of working, including using digital solutions with patients and in the operation of the service
- Confident, self motivated and energetic
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified RGN NMC - RN1 ,RNA with current NMC registration
- Nursing Diploma or BSc (Hons) Community Health (DN)
- Relevant post registration study at diploma/degree level and relevant CPD e.g. palliative care, tissue viability
- Physical Assessment Skills
- Advanced Assessment Skills
- Nurse Prescriber V100
- Mentorship Preceptorship or equivalent
Desirable
- Specialist Practice Teacher/ Teaching Qualification
- Independent Non-medical Prescriber V300
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the impact of Mental Health e.g. dementia, depression, on the management of medical and long term conditions
- Professional standards including confidentiality, clinical governance and NMC guidelines
- Infection prevention and control standards
- Risk assessment and management
- Knowledge of health and safety and personal safety issues
- Safeguarding Adults & Children
- Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Desirable
- Understanding of current legislation and its implications for this role, including performance indicators and targets
- Understanding of both the Health and Social Care agenda
Experience
Essential
- Experience in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating patients in their own homes
- Experience in working independently and as part of a team
- Experience in problem solving and supporting other team members
- Experience of Multidisciplinary team work
- Experience of mentoring students
Desirable
- Experience of managing resources to stay within the service budget
- Experience of audit evaluation
Skills
Essential
- Holistic assessment, core clinical and clinical reasoning skills to proactively manage patient care
- Ability to promote self-care of patients
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective leadership skills and ability to delegate tasks to appropriately trained staff
- Ability to lead by example, both clinically and managerially, being consistent and fair to all staff in every aspect of work
- Ability to build the team to a high performance level, conducive to professional development and team cohesiveness
- Effective communication skills with clients and colleagues and the ability to establish rapport with team, clients and other agencies
- Ability to negotiate and communicate across professional and organisational boundaries
- Ability to have difficult conversations with staff in line with HR policies
- IT literate with ability to use databases and other software packages and digital solutions with patients and in the operation of the service
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Able to produce well written and timely clinical records and service reports
- Ability to lead and participate in service and organisational change
- Ability to work under pressure, balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Ability to travel to multiple sites; car driver or competent cyclist
Desirable
- Conflict management and mediation skills
Personal
Essential
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Demonstrates high ethical and professional standards
- Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Committed to lifelong learning and achieving full compliance with the competencies and standards of this role and for career progression
- Has a positive attitude to change and is prepared to work flexibly to meet the need of people and the service
- Willingness to undertake training and competencies for additional clinical interventions to support service development
- Willingness to learn and implememt new ways of working, including using digital solutions with patients and in the operation of the service
- Confident, self motivated and energetic
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).
