Community Matron

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Billingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking an Advanced Practitioner to enhance community care for patients residing in care homes. Your role involves coordinating with health and social care providers, proactively managing patient health to prevent hospital admissions, and delivering targeted interventions. The position emphasizes a supportive work environment with a strong commitment to patient care and staff development.

Benefits

Health and well-being initiatives

Staff benefits and development opportunities

Recognition programs for staff

Qualifications

• Ability to work autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner.
• Experience in monitoring and managing patients with long-term conditions.
• Strong understanding of disease processes and current evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with health & social care providers for patient care management.
• Monitor and manage patients proactively in their care home environments.
• Deliver necessary interventions to prevent hospital admissions.

Job description

Overview

The post involves liaising with a variety of health & social care providers & other agencies to ensure the provision of high quality care management to this group of patients and their carers. The post-holders will work closely with the Care Group nurse-led unit and community hub located on the University Hospital of Hartlepool site. The service is delivered to a population of patients within the community setting primarily residing in care homes, with the key aim of preventing inappropriate hospital admission/readmission.

The Community Matron service operates over 7 days a week, covering the hours of 08:00-20:00 across the Hartlepool and Stockton localities. The service is a team of highly skilled advanced nurse practitioners working within Care Group 1 of the Trust (Healthy Lives). The matron delivers reactive and proactive interventions to people residing in care homes across the Hartlepool & Stockton CCG area.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with health & social care providers and other agencies to ensure provision of high quality care management to this group of patients and carers.
• Work autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner with responsibility for proactively monitoring and managing patients, recognising early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness and injuries based on the understanding of long-term conditions, disease processes, current evidence and practice standards.
• Deliver pathway-based interventions to people residing in care homes across the Hartlepool & Stockton CCG area.
• Focus on ensuring people are cared for in their own home environments and that hospital admission is prevented where possible.

Service Details

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s main priority is to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day. The organisation aims to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience. We support staff through an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is important, with programmes such as Star of the Month, Team of the Month, colleague recognition, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool".