Community Clinical Nurse Practitioner

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Redcar; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Community Clinical Nurse Practitioner. The successful applicant will provide essential nursing care at home, focus on preventing hospital admissions, and complement the work of UCR Clinical Practitioners. Leadership training is provided, requiring access to a vehicle and full vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza. Join a supportive team dedicated to quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Successful candidates must have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and treatment for patients at home.
• Prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharges.
• Participate in leadership and improvement training programmes.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team management

Clinical assessment

Effective communication

Job description

In the role of the Community Clinical Nurse Practitioner you will be a key member of the unplanned Urgent Community Response Service providing an in‑depth assessment of nursing care and treatment for patients in their own home to prevent unnecessary admissions and/or facilitate timely discharge from hospital.

Hours of operation is 24 hours per day over 7 days per week within the UCR service. The successful candidate will join a team of UCR Clinical Practitioners with a wealth of clinical knowledge and experience who will support and encourage you in your new post. Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Training and Development

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in‑house and externally provided courses and programmes.

DBS Clearance

It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long‑Term Health Conditions Network; Faith Network; Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.

Right to Work in the UK

The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID‑19 and influenza.

Additional Information

Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants. Please ensure you read the Guidance Notes for Applicants document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.

Applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3-year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a line manager/supervisor and reference details must be supplied in the application form.