Clinical Care Home Nurse
- NHS
- Part Time
- Nottingham
- 39959.00 - 48117.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you looking for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced RGN to join our friendly care home team in Arrow Primary Care Network. The focus of the role is to support the PCN GP practices in managing the residents in their aligned care homes, ensuring the PCN delivers the Enhanced health in Care Home contract.
Arrow PCN includes the following GP Practices:
Daybrook Medical Practice
The Ivy Medical Group
Plains View Surgery
Unity Surgery
Westdale Lane Surgery
Main duties of the job
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Working with the Lead Care Home Nurse and Care-Co-ordinator, you would participate in the weekly care home rounds, undertake full holistic reviews, plan programmes of care including referring to other services.
- Reviewing residents care needs on admission to the care home and following hospital discharges.
- A significant part of the role is supporting residents and their families with advanced planning and the ReSpect process.
ABOUT THE CANDIDATE
The role would suit a nurse who has excellent communications skills and an ability to work across numerous locations and with multiple health and social care teams. The successful candidate will have good clinical assessment skills and a thorough knowledge of local services to enable referrals to a wide range of other services. The role would ideally suit an RGN with practice nurse or community nurse experience. This role and will be attractive to nurses who have a passion for providing excellent care and welcome the challenge of supporting some of the most complex patients in our community.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- RGN registered with NMC
- Post registration experience of managing frailty
- Experience of working across health and social care
- Sole use of a vehicle to get to multiple care homes and GP surgeries
About us
PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us: http://picsnhs.org.uk/.
Benefits of working for PICS
We offer a comprehensive package which includes:
- NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
- Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
- A flexible approach to a work-life balance
- Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme
- All staff events and conferences
- Staff engagement (Wellbeing Group, EDI Network, Staff Focus group)
- Free parking across many sites
- Personalised induction into the company and job role
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the residents and care home managers in within the PCN locality receive assistance in accessing health care interventions by signposting to the most appropriate person to provide care
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The post holder is responsible for consulting and collaborating with other Health Care professionals and specialists across both primary, secondary, social care and the voluntary care sectors
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To take a significant role in the assessment and treatment of patients in care homes with complex illnesses.
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To confidently consult with patients/families/carers to determine the needs of individuals and develop and review care plans to support care.
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To confidently make autonomous decisions following assessments and ensuring that information is collaboratively communicated back to the Senior PCN Clinical Care Home Nurse / GP colleagues in a timely and professional manner
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To lead in the weekly home rounds and have the ability and knowledge to make decisions regards appropriateness of onward referrals and hold others to account for their delivery of actions.
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Make recommendations regarding patient management in accordance with Local and National guidelines within the management of the older population.
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To develop the evidence, base for health needs led service planning, delivery and commissioning.
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To develop / prescribe specialised programmes of care / care packages for all patients referred to the team, monitor and evaluate effectiveness of implementation. This includes developing training programmes and providing guidance to all clinicians both professional and non-professional across the health community.
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Demonstrate a good understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work effectively alerting any risks and benefits when developing services and practice in new areas.
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To participate in research and service development.
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Keep abreast of new developments in treatment and technology.
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Promote the philosophy of patient centred care and with care homes facilitate a forum for patients' carers to reflect and feedback issues and concerns.
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Communications across the MDT is a critical element for this role. Information will be shared across providers, and the post holder will support the voice of the residents and care homes as equal members of the MDT.
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With colleagues in the team and utilising and interpreting data, to support service improvement for care homes and primary care, as well as understanding the demands on urgent and emergency services to reduce avoidable activity where possible. Data and local intelligence will be utilised to develop and influence new ways of working to improve patient care, the resilience of primary care and system partners.
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The post holder will be supported by the Senior PCN Clinical Care Home Nurse, named care home GPs and the PCN GP clinical lead, and accountable to the PCN clinical director.
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The post holder will promote new ways of working promoting the use of digital technology, such as remote consultations, MS Teams MDTs, care home WhatsApp group and check ins.
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The post holder will be required to work with team colleagues to evidence the impacts of the team and provide data monitoring to further shape the role and delivery of the Care Home DES and LES within the PCN
Other key relationships:
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Primary Integrated Community Services Ltd Specialist Teams
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PCN Lead Care Home GP & Clinical Directors
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Care Homeowners, managers and staff
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GPs CCG and PCNs
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Community Geriatrician
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Secondary Care Consultants
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Community Matrons
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Community Therapy & Nursing Services
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Locality District & Social Services Departments
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Hospital Clinical Specialists
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Voluntary Sector
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CQC
Professional Leadership and Development
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To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development activities and to participate in the review and appraisal process.
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To always adhere to the individual Professional code of conduct and practice.
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To reflect on own practice individually and/or through regular clinical supervision.
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To participate in any relevant training/course/conferences to maintain own professional development.
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To maintain, develop and disseminate specialist ...
