Job summary
Consultant AHP/ Nurse Practitioner Band 8b required for the Barnet H@H service .
We have a vacancy in the Barnet Hospital @ Home service which supports the step-up and step-down of patients on the Barnet H@H pathway for up to 14 days. The service, with our partners at RF Trust (Barnet and Royal Free hospitals) supports a range of patients at home, providing hospital level intervention. Conditions treated include those needing IV antibiotics, ongoing monitoring and observation, COPD monitoring, Heart Failure, and blood taking.
Main duties of the job
- Be clinically and operationally responsible for the community team.
- Act as a role model to the service.
- Provide oversight of all patients on the pathway, their acuity, service capacity and liaise with the case-finders and medical consultants at our partner hospitals.
- Be responsible for undertaking comprehensive health assessments, physical examination and ordering tests for patients especially for step-up patients.
- Use advanced clinical decision making and assessment skills, coordinate care planning and initiate referrals to diagnostics for appropriate tests for this population.
- Be involved in establishing delivering and leading a comprehensive service within community services.
- You will play a leadership role within the team and work with external stakeholders such as London Ambulance Service and Social Services to develop new ways of working and through networking increase the number of referrals from the acute and community.
- Lead on service development.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered on the NMC or HCPC register.
- MSc in relevant subject field
- Qualification in community or emergency Care.
- Independent prescriber NMP
- Evidence of a significant CPD portfolio, related to Frailty.
- Leadership training suited to clinical leaders
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional education and training at master's Level.
- Further desirable qualifications in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
- Qualification in teaching or practice-based learning.
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Management or leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 3 years working at band 8a level or equivalent within frailty
- Advanced clinical knowledge related to frailty.
- Highly effective Multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of service development with key stakeholders
- Evidence of implementing innovative practice
- Evidence of leading successful change management
- Participation in research studies
- Mentor/ Educator; Significant experience of teaching and assessing clinical practice.
- Track record of excellence in care
- Substantial line management experience, including providing clinical supervision and appraisals.
- Financial management of a service budget
Desirable
- Experience of working with national professional bodies within specialty area to implement change.
- Experience in recruitment, retention, and staff performance
- Publication of research
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical skills and competency in clinical speciality in both acute and community settings
- Advanced decision making and critical analysis skills
- Demonstrate the ability to work in a highly demanding environment.
- Forward thinking, dynamic, self-directed leadership qualities, with the ability to lead and develop teams and be an effective motivator.
- Highly effective communicator and confident presenter
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload of self and others and able to delegate work effectively and safely.
- Self-motivated and resilient
- The ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care
- Well-developed IT skills with the ability to produce reports and presentations using Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
- Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
- Ability to assess a situation and act appropriately.
- Advanced communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
- Able to identify own and other's learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs.
- Knowledge of the national priorities relating to provision of adult nursing services including current health care policy and legislation and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
- Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare service
- Knowledge of recent developments in Primary Care.
- Knowledge of adult protection and safeguarding children's issues.
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
- Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g., social care and voluntary services
- Knowledge of the audit process and able to implement in practice.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice and able to implement in practice.
- Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence-based practice associated with community nursing.
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and its application to clinical practice, plus knowledge and application of clinical supervision.
- Knowledge of how to implement equal opportunities in practice
- Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others.
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet competing demands and priorities.
Desirable
- Competent in core nursing skills, for example medication administration including intravenous medications, wound care, and catheter management.
Other
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered on the NMC or HCPC register.
- MSc in relevant subject field
- Qualification in community or emergency Care.
- Independent prescriber NMP
- Evidence of a significant CPD portfolio, related to Frailty.
- Leadership training suited to clinical leaders
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional education and training at master's Level.
- Further desirable qualifications in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
- Qualification in teaching or practice-based learning.
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Management or leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 3 years working at band 8a level or equivalent within frailty
- Advanced clinical knowledge related to frailty.
- Highly effective Multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of service development with key stakeholders
- Evidence of implementing innovative practice
- Evidence of leading successful change management
- Participation in research studies
- Mentor/ Educator; Significant experience of teaching and assessing clinical practice.
- Track record of excellence in care
- Substantial line management experience, including providing clinical supervision and appraisals.
- Financial management of a service budget
Desirable
- Experience of working with national professional bodies within specialty area to implement change.
- Experience in recruitment, retention, and staff performance
- Publication of research
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical skills and competency in clinical speciality in both acute and community settings
- Advanced decision making and critical analysis skills
- Demonstrate the ability to work in a highly demanding environment.
- Forward thinking, dynamic, self-directed leadership qualities, with the ability to lead and develop teams and be an effective motivator.
- Highly effective communicator and confident presenter
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload of self and others and able to delegate work effectively and safely.
- Self-motivated and resilient
- The ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care
- Well-developed IT skills with the ability to produce reports and presentations using Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
- Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
- Ability to assess a situation and act appropriately.
- Advanced communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
- Able to identify own and other's learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs.
- Knowledge of the national priorities relating to provision of adult nursing services including current health care policy and legislation and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
- Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare service
- Knowledge of recent developments in Primary Care.
- Knowledge of adult protection and safeguarding children's issues.
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
- Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g., social care and voluntary services
- Knowledge of the audit process and able to implement in practice.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice and able to implement in practice.
- Knowledge of outcome measures and evidence-based practice associated with community nursing.
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and its application to clinical practice, plus knowledge and application of clinical supervision.
- Knowledge of how to implement equal opportunities in practice
- Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others.
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet competing demands and priorities.
Desirable
- Competent in core nursing skills, for example medication administration including intravenous medications, wound care, and catheter management.
Other
Essential
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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).
