Clinical Sister/ Charge Nurse - Frailty

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Walsall is seeking a Community Nurse to assess and provide high-quality palliative and end-of-life care. You will work as part of an integrated team, focusing on case management for the frail elderly. The role involves close collaboration with healthcare staff to ensure effective patient care and treatment. Experience in community nursing and palliative care is essential.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in community nursing.
• Knowledge of palliative and end-of-life care principles.
• Ability to work within multi-professional teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Provide high-quality palliative and end-of-life care.
• Support staff and teams in professional development.

Skills

Patient care assessment

Palliative care

Communication skills

Case management

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Overview

To be responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care, demonstrating evidence based/best practice. To adhere to Walsall healthcare NHS Trust policies, procedures and protocols in order to promote the quality of the patient experience in the community, ensuring the highest standard is received.

The post holder will be responsible for providing evidence based high quality palliative and end of life care to patients with life limiting illnesses and support for their families.

To hold continuing responsibility and accountability for the quality of patient care demonstrating evidence based/best practice. To adhere to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust policies, procedures and protocols in order to promote the quality of the patient experience in the community, ensuring the highest standard.

To provide professional support and mentoring to individual staff members and community place based teams, initiating continued professional development to help improve the care and management of palliative and end of life patients.

To maintain effective channels of communication with the wider multi-professional team, to ensure co-ordinated patient care.

To support implementation of the integrated care model within Walsall healthcare Trust and work in partnership with key organisations, promoting patient care in the right place at the right time.

Main duties

To work as part of an integrated Community nursing team with a focus on case management for the frail elderly in their own home.

Using risk stratification identify patients who are vulnerable of hospital admission and implement a case management approach to maintain effective care and treatment in care environment.

Work in partnership with home care staff, managers, Primary care, patients, relatives and the wider health and social care team to maintain high quality care, prevent avoidable patient harms, prevent avoidable hospital admission and reduce length of stay if acute intervention is required.

About the employer

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.