Senior Community Nurse (with special interest in CHC)
Posted 11 days 15 hours ago by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Main area Community Services - Senior Community Nurse with special interest in CHC Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
18 hours per week (School hours 9-3 over 3 days possible) Job ref 364-A-8847
Site Stansted surgery Town Stansted Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 15/04/:59
About UsEPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
Our vision and valuesOur 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 Empower
The post holder will have a special interest in Continuing Healthcare assessments and will be responsible together with the CHC coordinator for co-ordination of assessments of patients to identify eligibility for NHS Funded Health Care including entitlement for funding in respect of NHS Continuing Health Care and Funded Nursing care, working closely with the West Essex and Hertfordshire ICB Continuing Healthcare Team.
The post holder will be responsible for providing highly skilled nursing care to the residents of West Essex, promoting the health of the population and reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individual's potential for independence. She/he will work closely with General Practices, Social Services and other statutory and non-statutory services to meet the needs of the local population using public health information to support service development.
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner within the Community Nursing Team supporting the delivery of care and supporting patients own homes/residential care homes working in collaboration with system partners and as part of the Primary Care Networks and the local neighbourhoods as part of the out of hospital model of care.
Main duties of the job- Undertake comprehensive and complex assessment of patients' needs in conjunction with the patient, family/carer and hospitals in order to determine eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding in line with the Continuing Healthcare Framework.
- Initiate palliative care packages with multi-agency providers in collaboration with primary, secondary sectors and patient/family.
- Provide a comprehensive service to patients in a variety of community settings including patients' own homes and residential homes.
- Be aware of current evidence based approaches to patient care and demonstrate this in practice.
- Provide support to patients and their families when they are emotionally distressed as a result of terminal illness.
- Deliver complex and distressing information to both patients/family/carers.
- Lead/contribute to the development and review of guidelines/policies.
- Lead and contribute to audit programmes and disseminate/apply findings.
- Assess the need for service aids and equipment and ensure that those provided are used appropriately and safely.
- Report to the Integrated Care Manager any deficiency in the provision of service aids, equipment and staff.
- Maintain accurate nursing records that exist contemporaneously in accordance with NMC guidelines and local policy.
- Responsible for the development and allocation of teaching programmes/practice placement for all pre and post registration nurses and others.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:
- Season Ticket Loans
- 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
- District Nurse or equivalent level of advanced practitioner education
- Experience of assessments of health and social needs - care planning and coordination
- Experience in undertaking Continuing Healthcare Assessments
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Nurse prescriber or willingness to undertake
- Knowledge of and experience of NHS Funded Continuing Healthcare criteria - guidance and policies
- Knowledge of key issues in primary care
- Ability to deliver core service requirement
- Understanding of and ability to carry out audits
- Knowledge of guideline development
- Current driving license valid for the UK
- Access to car for work purposes - car owner
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people's lives.