Job summary
- Main area
- Brighton
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including weekends)
- Job ref
- 150-OM1229-EAS
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Sussex County Hospital
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum/pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
In-reach Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
The Patient Flow Team are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join the existing team of In-Reach Practitioners that support with assessing patients at the acute hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath, ascertaining their suitability for inpatient rehabilitation and supporting with the Discharge to Assess Model.
Main duties of the job
Full training will be provided, but experience in patient assessment and discharge pathways would be an advantage.
This role will require a driving licence and access to your own transport as you will be working across sites.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
a) The In-Reach Practitioner will support the System Capacity and Flow
Manager in managing patient flow from acute providers to and across SCFT
Intermediate Care Units.
b) Ensure all bed capacity across the Trust is utilised whilst ensuring
patients experience safe, high quality care throughout their patient
journey.
c) Work with system partners and colleagues to expedite safe transfers
and provide safe alternative pathways for patients.
d) To work collaboratively with external stakeholders and partner
organisations to address urgent care local pressure, system surges and
escalation ensuring capacity is fully utilised and patient flow is
maximised.
Please see job description and person spec attached for more details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registration or other Health Care Professional Qualification
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Relevant post graduate level qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- General management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of operational management
- Experience of partnership working with a wide range of stakeholders and partner organisations
- Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service developments
- Experience of change programmes
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to engage and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders
- Ability to communicte highly complex information to a range of stakeholders and colleagues
- Ability to interpret data and information from a range of sources and make decisions promptly and decisively to support effective service delivery
- Ability to manage projects and new developments
- Ability to analyse local and national strategic policy and consider implementation into local practice including benefits realisation
- IT literate
- Knowledge of organisational culture, change management
- Commitment to professional development
Desirable criteria
- Ability to meet a range of competing deadlines and prioritise effectively
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Access to a vehicle to travel between sites
- Professional credibility, confident in dealing with both clinicians and senior management staff
- Calm and rational approach to situations where conflict is likely
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
- Paula Wilson
- Job title
- System Capacity and Flow Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01273 696011
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