Apollo Home Healthcare

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Adults (NHS Band 7)

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Job summary

Are you an Adults Registered Nurse looking for a better work life balance?

Do you experience providing clinical care for a Complex Care Provider or within A&E, Critical Care, or an ICU setting?

Do you want a new challenge where can you share your expertise with others and play an essential part in a nurse led service?

If youre looking for a change, why not consider a career as a Clinical Nurse Specialist?

This role plays a key part in our organisation where you will be part of our operational team, working within the local office, as well as our service users homes.

You will take clinical ownership and manage a case load of service users creating bespoke care plans, tailored to meet their individual needs that you will continually review.

Working closely with our office consultants, you will lead on the delivery of training for our Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers. This training is tailored to the specific clinical needs of your service users and you'll ensure all staff are competent and confident in every aspect of their role.

The reviewing of clinical paper work and completion of MAR Charts is an essential requirement, as well as building great relationships with our service users and care staff, ensuring that our care teams are trained to deliver a compliant, high-quality, person-centred care service.

Therefore, were seeking highly skilled Registered Nurses who are proficient and competent in thedelivery of Tracheostomy Care and Ventilation Management.

Main duties of the job

It would be beneficial if you had knowledge and awareness of Spinal Injury care and working with service users / patients with Degenerative & or Neurological conditions.

In addition to this, youll be responsible for providing ongoing mandatory training and development to ensure our healthcare professionals are trained to national standards and up to date with the latest requirements and best practice guidance.

Its a specialist role that requires clinical expertise along with the ability to manage and prioritise workloads. Were looking for someone who shares our values and is as passionate about care as we are.

You will be based at your local Apollo Home Healthcare office in Peterborough, but some flexibility is required as you will be travelling to clients homes across the East & South East of England.

We are confident that by joining our team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, we can offer you the work-life balance that you have been seeking by offering you core working hours between 9am 5pm, Monday to Friday.

The salary for this role is up to £45,000, which is in line with an NHS Band 7 role.

On top of this, we also operate a bonus scheme and a sector leading reward and recognition programme.

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply to register your interest.

About us

Each application will be considered in line with the needs of our local office teams, but it is essential that you hold a valid NMC Pin, have a minimum of 2 years experience post qualification and are a driver with access to a vehicle.

Read below for a further insight on this role from Tracey, our Head of Clinical and Quality Delivery:

"The Clinical Nurse Specialist role offers nurses the best of both worlds with a combination of office-based duties such as delivering training, supporting the wider team and writing care plans with patient contact where you will spend time in the field building relationships with your patients and their families, developing bespoke care plans and upskilling HCAs to deliver clinical tasks.

The role is predominantly Monday to Friday 9-5, with some flexibility to meet the specific needs of your caseload, but you will always receive time back. This can sound to good to be true, but is just another example of the benefits of being part of the Apollo Home Healthcare team."

Details

Date posted

03 November 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,000 to £45,000 a year Plus Bonus

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0023-PE2

Job locations

27 Commerce Road

Lynch Wood

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

PE2 6LR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you aRegistered Nursewho is looking for your next career move?

Do you want to move away from working long shifts, weekends and unsociable hours?

If so, our Clinical Nurse Specialist role may be for you!

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist (Weekdays) Children
  • St Helens, Merseyside
  • Up to £42,000 per annum (in line with an NHS Band 6/7 role)
  • Plus bonus (circa £3,000pa)
  • Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm 37.5 hours per week (Days)
  • No weekends or nights

This role plays a key part in our organisation as you will be building great relationships with our service users and ensuring that our care teams are trained and skilled to deliver a compliant, high quality and person-centred care service.

Its a fast-paced role and were looking for someone who shares our values and who is up for a challenge!

There will be a requirement for you to frequently travel to our service users homes, as well as working from our local office in St Helens.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Take clinical ownership for a caseload of children's care packages, ensuring that we deliver the highest standards of care delivery.
  • Spend time in our service users homes to ensure that we create a bespoke care plan, which is tailored to meet their individual needs.
  • Training our Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers to deliver clinical tasks and nurse-led care safely, and to the highest standards.
  • Observe, assess and sign-off healthcare professionals as competent in delivering clinical care.
  • Provide ongoing training and development to ensure our healthcare professionals aretrained to national standards and up to date with the latest requirements and best practice guidance.

Essential Experience:

  • A valid NMC PIN
  • Registered Children's Nurse or experience of children's nursing
  • Driver with access to a vehicle
  • A minimum of 2 years experience post qualification

Preferred Experience:

Skilled in the delivery of clinical interventions such as Tracheostomy Care, Ventilation Management and PEG Feeding however, training can be provided.

Read below for a further insight on this role from Tracey, our Head of Clinical and Quality Delivery:

"The Clinical Nurse Specialist role offers nurses the best of both worlds with a combination of office-based duties such as delivering training, supporting the wider team and writing care plans with patient contact where you will spend time in the field building relationships with your patients and their families, developing bespoke care plans and upskilling HCAs to deliver clinical tasks.

The role is predominantly Monday to Friday 9-5, with some flexibility to meet the specific needs of your caseload, but you will always receive time back. This can sound to good to be true, but is just another example of the benefits of being part of the Apollo Home Healthcare team."

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you aRegistered Nursewho is looking for your next career move?

Do you want to move away from working long shifts, weekends and unsociable hours?

If so, our Clinical Nurse Specialist role may be for you!

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist (Weekdays) Children
  • St Helens, Merseyside
  • Up to £42,000 per annum (in line with an NHS Band 6/7 role)
  • Plus bonus (circa £3,000pa)
  • Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm 37.5 hours per week (Days)
  • No weekends or nights

This role plays a key part in our organisation as you will be building great relationships with our service users and ensuring that our care teams are trained and skilled to deliver a compliant, high quality and person-centred care service.

Its a fast-paced role and were looking for someone who shares our values and who is up for a challenge!

There will be a requirement for you to frequently travel to our service users homes, as well as working from our local office in St Helens.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Take clinical ownership for a caseload of children's care packages, ensuring that we deliver the highest standards of care delivery.
  • Spend time in our service users homes to ensure that we create a bespoke care plan, which is tailored to meet their individual needs.
  • Training our Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers to deliver clinical tasks and nurse-led care safely, and to the highest standards.
  • Observe, assess and sign-off healthcare professionals as competent in delivering clinical care.
  • Provide ongoing training and development to ensure our healthcare professionals aretrained to national standards and up to date with the latest requirements and best practice guidance.

Essential Experience:

  • A valid NMC PIN
  • Registered Children's Nurse or experience of children's nursing
  • Driver with access to a vehicle
  • A minimum of 2 years experience post qualification

Preferred Experience:

Skilled in the delivery of clinical interventions such as Tracheostomy Care, Ventilation Management and PEG Feeding however, training can be provided.

Read below for a further insight on this role from Tracey, our Head of Clinical and Quality Delivery:

"The Clinical Nurse Specialist role offers nurses the best of both worlds with a combination of office-based duties such as delivering training, supporting the wider team and writing care plans with patient contact where you will spend time in the field building relationships with your patients and their families, developing bespoke care plans and upskilling HCAs to deliver clinical tasks.

The role is predominantly Monday to Friday 9-5, with some flexibility to meet the specific needs of your caseload, but you will always receive time back. This can sound to good to be true, but is just another example of the benefits of being part of the Apollo Home Healthcare team."

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Valid NMC Pin
  • Driver with access to a vehicle

Experience

Essential

  • Essential Experience:
  • A valid NMC PIN
  • Registered Children's Nurse or experience of children's nursing
  • Driver with access to a vehicle
  • A minimum of 2 years experience post qualification

Desirable

  • Preferred Experience:
  • Skilled in the delivery of clinical interventions such as Tracheostomy Care, Ventilation Management and PEG Feeding however, training can be provided.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Valid NMC Pin
  • Driver with access to a vehicle

Experience

Essential

  • Essential Experience:
  • A valid NMC PIN
  • Registered Children's Nurse or experience of children's nursing
  • Driver with access to a vehicle
  • A minimum of 2 years experience post qualification

Desirable

  • Preferred Experience:
  • Skilled in the delivery of clinical interventions such as Tracheostomy Care, Ventilation Management and PEG Feeding however, training can be provided.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Apollo Home Healthcare

Address

27 Commerce Road

Lynch Wood

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

PE2 6LR


Employer's website

https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Apollo Home Healthcare

Address

27 Commerce Road

Lynch Wood

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

PE2 6LR


Employer's website

https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Internal Recruiter

Claire Davies

claireduroe@apollohomehealthcare.com

01902841653

Details

Date posted

03 November 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40,000 to £45,000 a year Plus Bonus

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0023-PE2

Job locations

27 Commerce Road

Lynch Wood

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

PE2 6LR


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