Community Matron

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Billingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a highly motivated Community Matron to join their team in Billingham. The role involves working autonomously in managing patients' needs, focusing on preventing hospital admissions for high-risk patients. Candidates should possess relevant nursing qualifications and experience in community settings. The position promises opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Supportive workplace initiatives

Health and well-being programs

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in autonomous working as an Advanced Practitioner.
• Ability to manage patients with long-term conditions and disease exacerbation.
• Effective communication skills for liaising with health and social care providers.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage patients, ensuring quality care delivery in community settings.
• Liaise with various health and social care providers.
• Deliver proactive and reactive interventions to prevent hospital admissions.

Skills

Non Medical Prescriber

Physical Assessment Skills Qualification

Community Experience

2 Years Post Registration Experience

Job description

Post is for highly motivated & dynamic Community Matron or aspiring Community Matron to complete & complement our existing team. Working autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner, the post holder will have continuing responsibility for proactively monitoring & managing patients, recognising early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness and injuries based on the understanding of long-term conditions, disease processes, current evidence & practice standards. The service is delivered to a population of patients within community settings primarily residing in care homes. The key aim of the service is prevention of inappropriate hospital admission or readmission following discharge from acute care. In achieving these outcomes there will be a reliance on comprehensive physical assessment & treatment-planning along-side consideration of Emergency Health Care Plans and DNACPR as supportive tools.

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. In addition post-holders will work closely with the Care Group nurse-led unit a&community hub located on the University Hospital of Hartlepool site.

Applicants with limited prescribing & physical assessment experience should expect to commence on Agenda for Change band 6, with a clear development plan put in place to attain band 7.

Main duties of the job

Working autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner, the post holder will have responsibility for proactively monitoring/managing patients, recognising early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness & injuries based on the understanding of long-term conditions, disease processes, current evidence & practice standards. The service is delivered to a population of patients within the community setting primarily residing in care homes. The key aim of the service is prevention of inappropriate hospital admission/readmission.

Post involves liaising with health/social care providers & other agencies to ensure provision of high quality care management to this group of patients/carers. Post-holders will also forge strong links with the nurse-led unit and community hub which is located on the University Hospital of Hartlepool site delivering pathway based interventions.

The Community Matron service operates over 7 days a week, covering the hours of 08.00-20.00hrs across the Hartlepool and Stockton localities.

The Community Matron service is a team of highly skilled advanced nurse practitioners working within Care Group 1 of the Trust (Healthy Lives).

The matron deliver reactive & proactive interventions to people residing in care homes across the Hartlepool & Stockton CCG area.

The key focus of this team is to ensure that people are cared for in their own home environments & that hospital admission is prevented where possible.

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation 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 will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

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

Job responsibilities

The Community Matron service is a team of highly skilled advanced nurse practitioners working within Care Group 1 of the Trust (Healthy Lives).

The matron deliver reactive & proactive interventions to people residing in care homes across the Hartlepool & Stockton CCG area.

The key focus of this team is to ensure that people are cared for in their own home environments & that hospital admission is prevented where possible.

Person Specification

• Non Medical Prescriber
• Physical Assessment Skills Qualification
• Community Experience
• 2 Years Post Registration Experience

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.

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearpro rata, per annum