Band 6 Early Intervention Nurse-Central

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen within the Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust for a Registered Nurse to join the Early Intervention Community Team. The role focuses on rehabilitation, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, and providing care in community settings, contributing to substantial health savings and better care integration. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and the ability to work flexibly in a multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in rehabilitation setting or care of older adults.
• Competent in IV drug administration and cannulation.
• Evidence of up-to-date post-registration education.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality intervention to patients in their own homes.
• Work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Support junior staff and lead service development projects.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Assessment Skills

Education

Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)

Degree in relevant subject

Mentoring or teaching qualification

Job description

**This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.**

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country.

Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has delivered in the last 12 months: 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days and people spend 11.5 fewer days in the system. Overall having an impact of £25.8million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.

Six health and social care organisations joined forces in the region to deliver this truly integrated service. Alongside BCHC, other partners include Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham and Solihull CCG and Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG

Main duties of the job

You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, premature admission to long-term residential care and facilitating early hospital discharge, plus the added bonus of Birmingham being a fantastic place to work and live.

A real opportunity to work within the self-motivated and aspirational MDT daily, we are currently looking for someone to dynamically lead and promote a culture of home first rehabilitation, so the people of Birmingham are treated in the right place at the right time, evidenced by clinical and performance outcomes. Working multi-professionally, completing assessments and interventions, whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality intervention to patients within their own homes and other community settings.

About us

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Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

A person who is an excellent communicator with a flexible approach, and has existing, or an eagerness to establish, links with Health and Social care partners and a passion for 'trusted assessor' principles, will be at an advantage when working in this team. You will have opportunities to support junior staff and students, as well as drive and lead in service development projects and quality patient care.

We run an excellent Inspire leadership training programme for all staff with line management responsibility, alongside other opportunities to develop your career.

HCPC/NMC registrations are a requirement for registered staff roles.

The post holder will be expected to work shifts as required over 7 days per week in line with service delivery

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)
• Evidence of up to date post registration education relevant to the role.
• Mentoring or teaching qualification.
• Degree in relevant subject
• Nurse prescriber

Experience

• Significant experience as a registered nurse including working in a rehabilitation setting or care of the older adult.
• Experience working as a registered nurse in the community.
• Significant experience of a multidisciplinary approach to care
• Competent in IV drug administration and cannulation

Skills/Knowledge

• Skills to organise team workload and prioritise
• Awareness of legislation affecting the role including equal opportunities law.
• Ability to evidence application of utilising evidence-based practice
• Comprehensive assessment skills and knowledge of the needs of the older person including risk management.
• Knowledge of current legislation, particularly those affecting community services
• Knowledge and application of the NMC code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice.
• Understanding of the principles and application of Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical audit.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of the complex needs of a socially and culturally diverse population.
• Understanding of legislation related to Safeguarding Vulnerable adults and children.

Personal Qualities

• As per person spec
• As per person spec

Other job requirements

• As per person spec
• As per person spec

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.