Job summary
Jean Bishop Frailty Community Services (JB-CFS) have been operational since May 2018, and in that time provided innovative, anticipatory patient tailored care to frail residents of Hull and the surrounding areas, including those residing in care homes.
The Centre has already been recognized for national awards and continues to receive outstanding patient feedback. The JB-CFS also featured on NHS England's website dedicated to the NHS Long Term Plan as the leading case study in the Ageing Well section. More recently, the team featured on a Panorama programme which assessed the innovative and new ways of working delivered by our team, evidence to support not only our frail population but also the demands placed on the NHS.The team working at the JB-CFS feel privilege to be a part of delivering transformed care for older people in Hull.
In this role you will be working in providing urgent medical care to frail patients acutely unwell in their usual residence, including care homes. This is an amazing varied opportunity for an independent prescriber with advanced practice qualifications who is passionate about caring for older and frail patients, who also has the drive to help further develop a high profile service care within the community.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will work as an expert autonomous practitioner supported by the JB-CFS; assessing and delivering the care and treatment of older people and those with frailty, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and community services to ensure patients receive holistic and comprehensive care and support.
You will need to possess the necessary skills to deliver services to patients with a wide range of complex clinical needs, in particular acute presentations. Experience of working with patients suffering long term conditions would also be advantageous. The abilities to communicate professionally and effectively whilst in a caring manner with patients and their carers together with experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team are also essential, as is working experience/knowledge of local pathways and referral procedures.
If you require any further information of wish the opportunity for an informal visit to the Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre please contact Tracey Woodrow Operations Manager:- tracey.woodrow@nhs.net.
The service is open 365days per week with expectation for successful candidates to be included on weekend and bank holiday rotas
About us
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advert for full details on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advert for full details on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- One of the following: o First Level Registered Nurse o Registered Allied Health Professional
Desirable
- A post registration qualification in one of the following: o Specialist Practitioner (diploma / degree / MSc) o Community Practice o Autonomous Practitioner module/first contact physical assessment skills. (level 6 or 7) o Degree level qualification in clinical practice relevant to this role o Advanced history taking and Physical Assessment
- Independent non-medical prescriber V300
Knowledge
Essential
- Current legislation and impact on community nursing services
- Evidence based practice
- Evidence of understanding of the virtual ward concept
- Demonstrate an understanding of proactive caseload management
- Understanding of audit processes, Key Performance Indicators and Targets, CQUIN collection data and Quality Monitoring Programmes
- Integrated Team working
- Understanding of research methodology and audit
- To have an understanding of the principles of restorative practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience
- Experience in planning and providing holistic care to patients in the community
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development/Portfolio
- Experience as an autonomous practitioner
- Experience of collaborative working across organisations both statutory and voluntary services
- Experience of initiating and implementing clinical or professional change and evaluation practice
- Experience in using IT and digital solutions in clinical practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- One of the following: o First Level Registered Nurse o Registered Allied Health Professional
Desirable
- A post registration qualification in one of the following: o Specialist Practitioner (diploma / degree / MSc) o Community Practice o Autonomous Practitioner module/first contact physical assessment skills. (level 6 or 7) o Degree level qualification in clinical practice relevant to this role o Advanced history taking and Physical Assessment
- Independent non-medical prescriber V300
Knowledge
Essential
- Current legislation and impact on community nursing services
- Evidence based practice
- Evidence of understanding of the virtual ward concept
- Demonstrate an understanding of proactive caseload management
- Understanding of audit processes, Key Performance Indicators and Targets, CQUIN collection data and Quality Monitoring Programmes
- Integrated Team working
- Understanding of research methodology and audit
- To have an understanding of the principles of restorative practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience
- Experience in planning and providing holistic care to patients in the community
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development/Portfolio
- Experience as an autonomous practitioner
- Experience of collaborative working across organisations both statutory and voluntary services
- Experience of initiating and implementing clinical or professional change and evaluation practice
- Experience in using IT and digital solutions in clinical practice
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.
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).
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.
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).