Job summary
Employer heading
Community Matron
Band 7
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic Community Matron to join our Uttlesford South Integrated Care team working as a member of the South Uttlesford Integrated Neighbourhood Team delivering care to patients closer to home, preventing unnecessary conveyance and hospital admission, and reducing unnecessary calls to the ambulance service, promoting the ‘Home First’ philosophy for the population of South Uttlesford.
Your role as part of the team will be integral in supporting the local population and the wider West Essex and Herts Integrated Care System.
The post holder will work within the Integrated Community Care Team to proactively manage, co-ordinate and support those people with multiple complex health conditions.
Candidates should be self-motivated with strong organisational skills and able to make complex clinical decisions autonomously as required. As a senior clinician you will use your advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making to support patients at home, improve patient outcomes and reduce likelihood of unnecessary admissions to hospital. You will be required to complete holistic, advanced assessments, giving appropriate interventions as required and have knowledge of community services to plan the on-going care of patients on the pathway.
Main duties of the job
This is an integral part of the West Essex Out of Hospital Strategy designed to ensure that patients receive appropriate safe care and treatment as close to home as possible.
Working autonomously as an advanced practitioner, the community matron will take a lead role, working within a designated Integrated Neighbourhood Team across boundaries to co-ordinate and ensure proactive care is delivered, responding to the early symptoms of disease exacerbation, processes, and current evidence and practice standards.
The post holder will deliver appropriate interventions and co-ordinate packages of care to a ‘High Risk’ population with complex needs and long term conditions in the community, with the aim of preventing inappropriate hospital admission and supporting safe early discharge from hospital.
The post holder will also be responsible for the decisions about care and service provision for individual patient pathways across the primary and secondary care interface.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Covid Vaccination
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [email protected]
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The community matron will work as part of the multidisciplinary Integrated Neighbourhood Team supporting a PCN to establish a whole systems approach to managing health and social care needs (where appropriate) for individuals with complex long term needs. In addition, the post holder will work closely with general practitioners the Urgent Response team, specialist community nursing and therapy teams, medicines optimisation, adult social care colleagues, the voluntary sector and across the primary and secondary care interface to ensure that care is co-ordinated effectively for their patients and/or carers.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Adult RGN or equivalent
- 3 years post registration experience
- Independent prescriber
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge & understanding of Long term condition
Driving Licence
Essential criteria
- Current driving licence
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
- Goretti Garcia Santos
- Job title
- Operational Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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