Amersham Acht

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Trust; Amersham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Amersham is seeking a part-time Community Case Manager/District Nurse to join the Amersham Adult Community Healthcare Team. The post involves home visits, nursing interventions, and MDT work, with a 7am–9pm service 7 days a week.

You must be a car driver with access to a vehicle for work. The role offers induction, skill development, and opportunities within a multidisciplinary environment across Buckinghamshire.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Registered Allied Healthcare Professional / Registered Level 1
• Essential criteria: Nurse Degree/ Diploma in Health / Nursing Studies or related subject
• Evidence of recent Continuous Professional Development
• At least one year experience as a Band 5 in the community
• Post graduate clinical training in Elderly, Long Term Conditions, Respiratory, Cardiac, Dementia, Rehabilitation, Trauma and Orthopaedics, End of Life

Responsibilities

• The case management model will provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual
• Contribute to processes for caseload management for patients at high risk of deterioration and unplanned admission
• Assess physical and psycho-social needs and instigate therapeutic treatments and care delivery based on evidence
• Improve health outcomes using specialist nursing skills
• Undertake referral management to develop case management programmes for Adults
• Manage a caseload of patients with long term conditions who would benefit from case management

Skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

District Nurse Training willing

Driving licence

Education

Nurse Degree/ Diploma in Health / Nursing Studies or related subject

Registered Allied Healthcare Professional

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a Community case manager/ district nurse with the Amersham Adult Community Healthcare Team.

This role is part time and is 30 hours a week.

The role is providing nursing interventions to patients in their home environment. If you are interested in joining our friendly team, we would love to hear from you. You must be a car driver with access to a car you can use for work.

In this role you will become a competent Community Nurse. Our skills include IV's, catheter care, palliative care and end of life support, leg ulcer management, wound care, medication management, complex care management, prevention of admission work and MDT working.

Our days are varied, with teamwork and compassion being at the heart of everything we do. Amersham ACHT aim to provide the highest standard of care for our patients. We will support you through your induction and gaining your skill competencies.

Ideally you should have a wide range of clinical expertise within the NHS as well as experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment. The post holder must be able to demonstrate their professional skills and competence in medicines management, care and treatment delivery. You must be innovative in your approach and willing to work with other members of the community team and ward staff to ensure a high-quality service delivery. You must be willing to develop your own knowledge and skills. We provide a 7am to 9pm service 7 days a week.

Main duties of the job

• The case management model will provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual
• To contribute to processes for effectively caseload management for patients in community setting who are very high risk of acute deterioration and unplanned admission to hospital
• Assess the physical and psycho–social needs of the defined case load instigating therapeutic treatments and care delivery based on best available evidence
• To improve health outcomes using specialist nursing skills and knowledge
• To undertake referral management to develop and establish case management programmes for patients referred to the Adult Community Healthcare Teams
• To manage a caseload of patients with long term conditions who would benefit from case management

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Allied Healthcare Professional / Registered Level 1
• Nurse Degree/ Diploma in Health / Nursing Studies or related subject
• Evidence of recent Continuous Professional Development
• At least one year experience as a Band 5 in the community
• Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Elderly, Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease, Cardiac Disease, Dementia, Rehabilitation, Trauma and Orthopaedics and End of Life

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Willingness to undertake the District Nurse Training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate broad experience post registration within a variety of core areas
• In depth experience of working within multi agency / multi disciplinary team
• Demonstrable experience of working in a busy office and pressurised environment and managing a diverse workload

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 3 years post registration
• Experience of assisting with implementing change management programmes e.g. service development
• Experience of electronic clinical systems
• Experience of day to day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants

Special Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Valid and current driving license with access to a car for work. Driving is essential to the role and travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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