Band 7 Clinical Nurse Prescriber

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Band 7 Registered Nursewho wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".

To provide highly specialist person centred care which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based. The Registered Nurse must be to willing to carry out advanced assessments and have the ability to prescribe a plan of care in order to safely care for the patient at home and avoid hospital admission.

The team operate 7 days/week from 08:00-18:00/10:00-20:00 and the primary function is to reduce hospitalisation rates for adults, including the provision of an urgent community response.

Main duties of the job

The team consists of a consultant nurse practitioner, advanced clinical practitioners, registered nurses, physiotherapy, an occupational therapist, associate practitioners, and a social care officer. Referrals come from: primary care, community rehabilitation, local hospice, Age UK, emergency portals, acute wards, and adult social care.

As part of a multi-professional team, the post holder will practice autonomously, whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code of professional conduct.

To plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and advanced decision making skills.

Participate in change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.

Contribute to the planning and development of integrated services.

About us

Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight healthcare services are evolving and transforming to meet the continuing care needs of our population. Now is a very exciting time to join Isle of Wight NHS Trust as we enter this period of change.

This year Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have strengthened our partnership and formed a group giving us an opportunity to work together to be innovative in improving patient care and outcomes as well as improving the experience and opportunities for our people across the two organisations.

We have also been working with other local NHS Trusts across our region to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - to be formed by April 2024.

People employed in our community, mental health and learning disability services by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 31 March 2024, will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) on 1 April 2024.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

Newport

PO30 5TG

Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

Newport

PO30 5TG

Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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