Caseload Holder

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust seeks a Caseload Holder to join the South East IDT team delivering urgent and planned care in the community on a permanent contract. You will manage a designated group of patients with a skill-mixed team, supporting timely, evidence-based care away from hospital admission.

The role requires RN registration with the NMC and substantial community nursing experience. You will work flexibly in a busy environment with strong multi-agency collaboration and

Qualifications

• Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Diploma/Degree Specialist Practice in District Nursing or equivalent post-registration qualification.
• Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing (V100/V150) or V300 or willing to work towards this.
• Wide range of nursing experience in a community setting.
• Commitment to CPD and ongoing training.

Responsibilities

• Manage a designated group of patients to ensure timely, evidence-based care.
• Work with a skill-mixed team to support delivery in the community.
• Demonstrate flexible working in a busy, multi-agency environment.

Skills

RN qualification

NMC registered

Communication skills

Negotiation

Decision making

Organisational skills

Caseload management

Research & audit

Education

RN Registration (NMC)

District Nursing diploma/degree

Non-medical prescribing training (V100/V150/V300)

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Caseload Holder to join the South East IDT team in the provision of Urgent and Planned Care to patients living in the community, on a permenant contract. We are a proactive and forward thinking team, who constantly strive for the delivery of excellent patient care and modern ways of working. The multidisciplinary teams provide nursing and therapy services offering an alternative to hospital admission, supporting timely discharge. We enable our patients to realise their potential independence in their most appropriate place of care.

Main duties of the job

As a Caseload Holder you will manage a designated group of patients to ensure that they receive timely and evidence based care. You will have a skill mixed team to support the delivery of this care. You will need to be qualified to RN level, be registered with the NMC and be able to demonstrate current clinical experience in the Community setting. We are committed to clinical support, CPD & training.

There is a need for excellent communication skills and a dedication to multi agency working; you will need to work flexibly within a busy, demanding environment with the ability to develop new skills and working patterns.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Training and Qualifications

• Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Diploma/Degree Specialist Practice District Nursing or alternative post registration qualifications in a relevant discipline or portfolio of significant relevant experience
• Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing (V100 or V150) or V300 non-medical prescribing or willing to work towards this

Experience

• Wide range of nursing experience within a community setting
• Evidence of personal and professional development

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills
• Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to patients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand
• Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients
• Able to utilise research and audit to maintain and promote best practice

Other

• Must be able to meet travel requirements of the post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.