Band 6 Senior Locality Hub Clinician RN

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, scope of Professional Practice, Trust Policies and practice in an evidence-based manner.

2. To provide a holistic approach to patients/clients that includes clinical assessment and skills in triaging referrals and messages, to evaluate the information given, using appropriate questioning, in order to establish the correct clinical pathway based on the clinical service and its priority.

3. Demonstrate critical thinking and assessment skills when making clinical decisions,

during the assessment of a variety of patients, some of which may be complex and require an MDT approach.

4. To act as an autonomous practitioner providing a comprehensive triage and clinical assessment service ensuring safe and appropriate clinical decisions are made. Referrals and messages may come from clinicians, patients or their representatives and given the complexity of some cases, there may be barriers to understanding which the post-holder will be required to deal with in line with Trust values. There will also be a requirement to deal with very emotive and sensitive situations in regard to patient care.

5. The post-holder will undertake the locality clinical in-reach function, in collaboration with colleagues at the aligned acute hospital. This will involve the identification of patients with community amenable presentations who could be discharged from hospital with the appropriate community support. By liaising with acute, community, primary care and social care teams to initiate ongoing referrals and integrated care pathways, the post-holder will support flow between services, ensuring a seamless provision of care.

6. To support the monitoring and triage of alerts for patients residing in locality care homes through the electronic remote monitoring system, identifying and initiating the correct clinical pathway and provision of follow up care.

7. To utilise clinical systems and gather relevant information to support decision making, this will require prolonged concentration.

8. Obtain appropriate input and direction from internal and partnership clinicians and professionals as needed to determine best clinical course of action and recommendations for specific patient healthcare needs.

9. Participate in other locality hub functions to ensure efficient, effective and timely responses to the needs of patients, through reducing hospital Length of Stay (LoS), preventing hospital admissions and improving overall patient care and safety.

10. To provide advice and support to other clinicians in the delivery of patient care.

11. Work in a manner which ensures that patients, carers and colleagues are treated fairly, according to their needs, in line with Trust Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies.

12. To contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately and informing the senior clinician on duty. The post holder will frequently be exposed to distressing situations.

13. To maintain accurate clinical records and documentation, ensuring that the NMC Code of Conduct is adhered to.

14. Deputise in the absence of the Team Leader to co-ordinate the day-to-day management of locality hub functions.

15. Participate in proactive service user engagement encouraging feedback and evidence actions taken in response to feedback received.

16. To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager

Previous applicants who have applied for the above post are encouraged to consider whether they would like to reapply following any feedback post interview; if you would like to discuss this with the previous interview panel you are encouraged to do so. If you were not shortlisted for this vacancy previously, we would advise that you review your application and the Person Specification before resubmitting a further application.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• significant post registration in community setting
• experience of supervision
• experience of working in a team
• experience of problem solving

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1 Adult
• Evidence of continued professional development relevant to role

Desirable

• Mentor or assessor qualification or equivalent
• Health Assessment module

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

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Ward 3 Moseley Hall Hospital

Birmingham

B13 8JL

Employer's website

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