Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

1. Provide management and organisation of a clinical area, delegating the workload to the skill mixed team as appropriate and as defined by the priority/acuity of the patients.

2. Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care.

3. Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, meeting the needs of patients and their families / carers

4. Provide support, leadership and development of staff and quality improvements within the department within the team.

5. Provide mentoring of pre and post registration students.

Please see full job description attached.

Qualifications

Essential

• RN First level (RGN)
• District Nursing Degree (NMC) Specialist Practitioner qualification.

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• 1st line management/ leadership
• Non-medical prescribing V100/V150

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates community experience
• Experience of high-level organisational skills
• Significant clinical experience related to the setting of care
• Significant experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team including in the management of acutely ill patients.

Desirable

• Audit & Research experience
• Recognised Management experience

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
• Range of core and extended clinical skills & demonstrate clinical knowledgeable related to setting of care.
• Detailed theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to setting of care
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to nursing

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Able to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
• Wide range of essential and enhanced clinical skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
• Able to demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships
• with colleagues across health and social care settings.
• Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
• Good IT skills.
• Risk assessment skills.
• Reflective practice skills- able to give clear and effective feedback
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with ward / unit and Trusts needs.
• Displays compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
• Able to demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships
• with colleagues within the department, across the Trust and externally.
• Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students.
• Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
• Risk assessment skills.
• Reflective practice skills- able to give clear and effective feedback
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
• Able to lead, prioritise, delegate and have good organisational skills
• Able to work and lead a team, co-operating together and willing to help and encourage the value of diversity in the workplace.
• Positive and flexible attitude when supporting change.
• Respond to the changing needs of the patient in a proficient, timely and calm manner, including when same is escalated by staff.
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
• Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required

Desirable

• Able to research, undertake and evaluate evidence in order to contribute to practice development.

Right to Work

Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Attitude and Behaviours

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• Ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
• Displays care, compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs.
• Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace.
• Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with patients and their careers.
• Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service demands.
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
• Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

To work as part of an Intermediate Care service:

Providing specific care to a patient in the community setting as written in the care plan.

Assist the Intermediate Care Service Team in the provision of nursing care and support to patients and families in the bed-based community setting, having the ability to work autonomously and unsupervised.

Please see full job description attached.

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

• Excellent communication skills verbal and written.
• Demonstrate a wide range of clinical skills such as venepuncture, wound care, catheter care, blood glucose monitoring.
• Able to accurately take and record a patients observations using the NEWS2 and have an understanding of the readings so abnormal readings can be escalated appropriately.
• Monitoring of skin integrity of patients, particularly for patients at risk of pressure ulcer formation.
• Provision of full personal care to patients in the terminal phase of life.
• Provision of clinical intervention for care of patients as directed by Registered Nurses following training and assessment of competencies to NVQ level 3/ Apprenticeship training.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
• Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
• Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.

Desirable

• Keyboard skills
• IT Skills
• Use of System One

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE in English and Maths or equivalent.
• National Care Certificate or commitment to complete as part of induction.
• NVQ 3 in care (willingness to compete within one year of start date) or equivalent experience.

Practical Skills

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care and in interactions with patients, general public and colleagues.
• Alignment to Trust Values and Core Behaviours
• Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of a team
• Flexibility.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people.
• Demonstrate
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to use initiative appropriately.

Desirable

• Community Healthcare experience

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Right to Work

Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Job responsibilities

As a registered nurse, the post holder will work within the 0-19 integrated public health nursing Team to deliver a flexible 8am-8pm service providing access to the Healthy Child Programme for children, young people and families accessing the 0-19 Service.

The post holder will have delegated responsibility for effective early help and the assessment of Health needs, implementation and evaluation of care as part of the Healthy Child Programme, at community, Universal, Universal Partnership and Universal Partnership Plus level.

This will include children with complex health needs; children/young people who may be presenting with a cause for concern, subject to safeguarding and Children in Care; parents/young people who are experiencing emotional health needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To support delivery of the Healthy Child Programme using evidence based practice to actively promote the health of children and young people.
2. To be a named / link nurse for designated schools/ early years settings whilst holding a caseload which incorporates the 4 levels of intervention (Community, Universal, Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus).
3. To deliver and engage in health promotion programmes and public health initiatives to prevent ill health, early identification of abnormalities and work with all clients in the 0-19 service and communities to reduce health inequalities as identified within individual Health Plans.
4. To conduct health needs assessments in the home, school, clinics or community settings in a planned programme of care within a variety of settings.
5. Offer appropriate interventions, delivering agreed programmes of care and evaluating the outcomes for the child, young person and family.
6. Plan and implement school entry assessments delegating duties as appropriate.
7. Plan and implement health assessment at transition from primary to secondary school delegating duties as appropriate.

8. Undertake comprehensive health assessments for identified babies, children and young people, including annual and bi annual health assessments for those in local authority care in line with the Healthy Child Programme for children 0-19 years of age.

1. Establish clear and effective communication links with children and young

people, parents/carers, education staff, and a range of other professionals

from both voluntary and statutory organisations.

1. Communicate outcomes of assessment and future care planning to the named SCPHN health visitor or SCPHN school nurse
2. Carry out home visits to children and families advising on all aspects of health as appropriate.
3. Participate in health needs assessment of the local community, contributing to the planning, implementation and evaluation of strategies to address unmet health needs.
4. To identify and assess children 0-19 with complex health needs, offering an enhanced integrated service within the multi-agency arena.
5. To assess the needs of children and families following attendance at A&E, discharge from hospital working within trust guidelines.
6. To identify, assess, report and work independently with oversight from the SCPHN School Nurse or SCPHN Health Visitor to safeguard and protect the health and wellbeing of children and young people working within safeguarding policies and guidelines. To attend Child Protection case conferences and other meetings as appropriate.
7. To provide on-going support for children and young people in care including the statutory health assessment and on-going review.
8. Listen appropriately and take into account any sensitive issues and communicate these to appropriate persons/agencies ensuring that children are protected and that disclosures are acted upon appropriately.
9. Feedback the views and needs of children/young people, families and schools to the named SCPHN School Nurse/SCPHN Health Visitor as necessary, to enable appropriate interventions to be implemented.
10. Ensure efficient and effective use of resources.
11. Support the delivery of nurse led immunisation programmes as service needs, following patient group directions and actively promoting the National and Local Immunisation Programmes to families.
12. To work in collaboration with other agencies to deliver services to children, young people and their families

Clinical

1. Maintain active status on NMC register acting in accordance with the professional code and guiding documents in adherence with Revalidation Framework.
2. Maintain contemporaneous, factual records in accordance with Trust guidelines and policies.
3. Be aware of current working practices in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
4. Use their own professional judgement to identify solutions to a range of day-to-day problems, seeking advice where appropriate from the SCPHN
5. Manage their time effectively to ensure prioritisation of workload in order to achieve agreed deadlines.
6. Be responsible for own professional updating and keep abreast of current research based practice.
7. Develop a working knowledge and experience of IT systems
8. Observing the complaints and disciplinary procedures in accordance with the Trust policy.
9. Contribute to clinical audit, research and clinical governance as part of the 0-19 public health nursing Team.
10. Participate in and complete the agreed induction programme for newly appointed staff
11. Manage time with the team leader and team to ensure service is covered.
12. Report sickness absence and return relevant forms to line manager.
13. Maintain portfolio of professional development.

Leadership:

1. Act to maintain an appropriate learning environment to meet the educational and developmental needs of student nurses and other learners as required
2. Support other nurses and staff within the team, including the induction of new staff members. Ensure effective learning experience and opportunities to achieve learning outcomes for skill mix team.
3. Develop and contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work. Provide advice where services are developing.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with NMC - current
• Evidence of recent professional development
• Mentorship (willing to work towards)

Right to Work

Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate evidence based clinical practice
• Experience of working with children, young people and their families
• Experience of Multi agency working
• Leading a skill mix team

Desirable

• Experience of delivering childhood immunisation programme
• Working within a community setting
• Experience of using spread-sheets and Databases
• LEO or equivalent

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation for children and young people
• Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of current childhood immunisation programme
• Able to work as an effective team member
• Ability to work independently

Desirable

• Knowledge of current Public Health Outcomes and inequalities

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work to time scales
• Good organisational Skills
• Flexible approach to working situations

Desirable

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

1. Provide management and organisation of a clinical area, delegating the workload to the skill mixed team as appropriate and as defined by the priority/acuity of the patients.

2. Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of care.

3. Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, meeting the needs of patients and their families / carers

4. Provide support, leadership and development of staff and quality improvements within the department within the team.

5. Provide mentoring of pre and post registration students.

Please see full job description attached.

Qualifications

Essential

• RN First level (RGN)
• District Nursing Degree (NMC) Specialist Practitioner qualification.

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• 1st line management/ leadership
• Non-medical prescribing V100/V150

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates community experience
• Experience of high-level organisational skills
• Significant clinical experience related to the setting of care
• Significant experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team including in the management of acutely ill patients.

Desirable

• Audit & Research experience
• Recognised Management experience

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
• Range of core and extended clinical skills & demonstrate clinical knowledgeable related to setting of care.
• Detailed theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to setting of care
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to nursing

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Able to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
• Wide range of essential and enhanced clinical skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
• Able to demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships
• with colleagues across health and social care settings.
• Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
• Good IT skills.
• Risk assessment skills.
• Reflective practice skills- able to give clear and effective feedback
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with ward / unit and Trusts needs.
• Displays compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
• Able to demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships
• with colleagues within the department, across the Trust and externally.
• Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students.
• Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
• Risk assessment skills.
• Reflective practice skills- able to give clear and effective feedback
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
• Able to lead, prioritise, delegate and have good organisational skills
• Able to work and lead a team, co-operating together and willing to help and encourage the value of diversity in the workplace.
• Positive and flexible attitude when supporting change.
• Respond to the changing needs of the patient in a proficient, timely and calm manner, including when same is escalated by staff.
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
• Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required

Desirable

• Able to research, undertake and evaluate evidence in order to contribute to practice development.

Right to Work

Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Attitude and Behaviours

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• Ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
• Displays care, compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs.
• Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace.
• Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with patients and their careers.
• Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service demands.
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
• Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job responsibilities

• To promote the health and wellbeing amongst dermatology patients.
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs.
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills if qualified to do so.
• To support the Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialists in the co-ordination of complex and continuing care packages.
• Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC.
• Attend a multi-disciplinary meeting if appropriate.
• To communicate and collaborate with other members of Dermatology team, voluntary and statutory organisations to support individual patient care.
• To establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and carers in complex and potentially challenging situations.
• To competently perform clinical skills related to the post.
• To be professionally responsible for a delegated caseload under the supervision of the Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• To assess health needs at individual and community level.
• To undertake chronic skin disease management reviews using appropriate templates.

• To work without direct supervision.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable Post-Registration experience
• Experience in supervising others

Desirable

• Community Experience
• Dermatology Experience
• Leadership Experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Range of extended clinical skills & demonstrate clinical knowledge in dermatology or similar field.
• Able to communicate unpleasant/sensitive information to patients, relatives and carers.
• Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate packages of care.
• Able to demonstrate organisational and management skills
• Able to develop effective interpersonal skills/relationships across the health & social care setting.

Desirable

• Audit and research
• Phototherapy skills
• Minor Surgery
• Wound care
• Leadership

Right to Work

Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Relationships

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

Qualifications

Essential

• First level Nurse registered with the NMC/Nursing Degree
• RCN Registered
• Mentorship
• Venepuncture

Desirable

• Degree or working towards
• Dermatology Qualification
• Wound care Management
• Minor Surgery
• Leadership

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).