Job summary
- Main area
- multidisciplinary
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months (7 day service 8am - 8pm)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 372-COM2294-A
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westgate House
- Town
- Halifax
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/05/2024
Employer heading
Urgent Community Response Specialist Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
To be part of the Urgent Community Response Team / Virtual Ward that provides a seven day a week, rapid assessment and intervention for adults of all ages who do not require specialist acute hospital admission, but who require crisis intervention within a community setting. This may be due to an alteration in their physical or psychological well-being, or a temporary change in their social circumstances which makes it difficult for them to be maintained in a community setting without a short period of rehabilitation or intervention from the service.
Virtual wards provide acute clinical care at home for a short duration as
an alternative to care in hospital. Utilising a step up/down approach. Patients admitted to a virtual ward have their care reviewed daily by a Geriatrician or Advanced clinical Practioner via a digital platform that allows for the remote monitoring of a patient’s condition and escalation to a multidisciplinary team.
The post holder will participate in a seven day working rota which will include weekends and public holidays . Providing assessments and determining level of care required and initiating care plans where appropriate to maintain safety of the service user. Supporting the virtual element of the service in delivering appropriate care within a patients home.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will develop blurred boundary competencies (Nursing / therapy appropriate) to assist the MDT in managing ongoing clinical risk of service
- Management of referrals into the Urgent Community Response Team/Virtual ward - You will need to liaise and co-ordinate staff and manage capacity within the service
- Provision of short term intervention to maintain a patient safely at home or to prevent re-admission, for example provision of equipment or domiciliary care or as part of the virtual ward over an agreed extended period ( Geriatrician led) for ongoing management.
- Work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up to date
- Determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required
Working for our organisation
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisational and personal development focus. With over 5,500 employees and a turnover of £310 million, the Trust provides a comprehensive range of secondary care services to the people of Calderdale and Huddersfield and has an exceptional reputation for service delivery. The Foundation Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To manage autonomously a clinical workload of patients / service users at a specialist level, assessing and treating service users and maintaining clinical records.
- Provide proactive case management of service users from admission to discharge, to assist in co-ordinating flow through the service.
- To have specialist assessment and treatment skills in the areas listed but not limited to: prioritisation of patients referred to the service. Falls, frailty, complex multi-pathologies, mental health and end of life care.
- Support patients and carers in coming to terms with their functional and social situation and help them to make appropriate psychological adaptation to it.
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic assessments and treatment modalities appropriate to the clinical area, including referral pathways.
- Transfer of care and discharge planning from the service.
- Assessment of the home environment.
- To act, within the Community Division, as a specialist resource on falls and frailty, and provide advice and training for other professionals on these topics as required.
- To manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to the training and competency levels of other team members to ensure the effective delivery of the service.
- To participate in the supervision process with staff on a daily basis and for students as required.
- To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided, to assist the Team Manager to implement and reviewing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken.
- To use electronic systems to maintain accurate records. This will include, but not be limited to System1.
- To support the virtual ward and implementation of this service - undertaking additional training that maybe required.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Relevant Degree/Diploma
- Registered Nurse, first level registration NMC Registered Nurse or AHP registered Therapist
- Evidence of Postgraduate Training
- Willingness to undertake additional and mandatory training as required
- Willing and able to participate in a competency work based training
Desirable criteria
- Previously based competency training in relevant field
- cy work based training E X X R
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with older people
- Recent experience of working with patients who fall, for a range of reasons, and the ability to complete specialist assessment of their complex needs, and implement an appropriate treatment and management plan
- Good Clinical Reasoning skills
- Evidence of CPD, self directed learning and Reflective Practice
- Critical Appraisal Skills
- Ability to maintain legible and accurate records
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, NICE guidelines and local/National Initiatives
- Experience developing others
- Comprehensive knowledge of appropriate and available therapeutic assessments and approaches in the speciality.riate and available therapeutic assessments and approaches in the speciality.
- Specialist knowledge of Falls, frailty, older people, complex needs. Able to apply this knowledge to clinical practice
- Experience of breadth and depth of therapy practice across core work areas.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in dealing with complaints (e.g. diffusing complaint or investigating complaint
- Experience in contributing to service improvements e.g. Audit, patient information etc
- Experience in supervising and training others
- Recent relevant community experience
- Recent extensive experience of working with patients who fall in a community setting.
- Previous experience of working at band 6 level
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria
- Access to transport insured for business use
- Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
- Self motivated with ability to work independently and influence others
- Ability to recognise own limitations and have a willingness to share and learn skills from others
- Ability to work in a stressful environment and concentrate in conditions requiring emotional demands
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Johnson
- Job title
- Team Lead for the Urgent Community Response Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07810637170
- Additional information
Susan Johnson -UCR team Manager
07810637170
OR
Amber Ballard - UCR Deputy Manager
07717535551
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