Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Care at Home
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-24-676
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Truro Health Park
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/10/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/10/2024
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and self-motivated nurse to join the Acute Care at Home Team based at Truro Health Park.
You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering services to people in the community, striving to deliver high quality personalised care. The aim of the service is to ensure that an integrated approach is taken when delivering care.
The post will deliver a range of skills and experience to all aspects of community care and will involve working with patients in their own homes or in the Acute and/or Community Hospital settings.
Proposed interview date: 24th October 2024
Main duties of the job
The post holder, as a Specialist Practice Community Acute Care Senior Staff Nurse, is responsible for the delivery of high-quality evidence-based care for acutely ill patients within their homes, with the aim of preventing hospital admission or facilitating rapid discharge.
The post holder will liaise with the referring hospital or GP when arranging admission to the scheme, and will take responsibility to effectively assess, develop, implement and evaluate patient care.
The Acute Care at Home Team work on a flexible rota shift system. The service covers a period of 0800 hours to 2200 hours 7 days a week which includes an on-call system. The geographical area when on duty is anywhere within Central and West and North Cornwall. The total population of this area is approximately 250,000. The post holder is predominantly a lone worker within this area.
As part of the role you will regularly deputise in the absence of Team Leader and assist in the management of the team, including the performance and development of staff and providing support to other team members.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN 1st level registration or equivalent
- Diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses (or equivalent experience)
Desirable criteria
- Prescribing qualification
- Teaching qualification, eg, City & Guilds, HEA Mentorship module (or working towards)
- 1st Degree Diploma or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working without direct supervision, yet as a team member through experience and education
- Substantial post registration experience in Acute or Community Team
- Experience of a wide range of medical conditions
- Evidence of autonomous practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of good medical grounding within an acute setting
- Experience of audit
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Liaison and negotiation skills
- Computer literacy
- Leadership and Management Skills
Desirable criteria
- Research and audit skills
Knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to deal calmly with stress and distressing situations
- Ability to provide specialist skilled, evidence-based nursing care to a wide range of patients
- Working without direct supervision yet as a team member through experience and education
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Innovative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Sarah Crowle
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872246984
- Additional information
Sarah Crowle - Acute care at home 01872246984
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