Community Matron

BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS pension

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Community Matron for the Bracknell area. You will join an integrated community nursing team to manage a complex caseload, applying advanced clinical skills and independent decision-making to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

The post involves leading and coordinating care with the multidisciplinary team, promoting self-management and shared decision-making to improve health outcomes and reduce avoidable hospital admissions.

Qualifications

• Must be NMC registered and hold Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (Level 6/7).
• Extensive community nursing experience.
• Demonstrated advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage a complex caseload of high-risk patients.
• Lead in coordinating care with the multidisciplinary team.
• Promote shared decision-making and self-management to improve outcomes.
• Support and develop junior colleagues within the community team.

Skills

Advanced clinical skills

Clinical reasoning

Autonomous decision-making

Education

NMC registered

Non-Medical Prescribing (Level 6/7)

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our well-established Community Nursing teams in Bracknell as a Community Matron. Working as part of an integrated team, you will proactively manage a complex caseload of high-risk patients, using your advanced clinical skills, clinical reasoning and autonomous decision-making to deliver high-quality, personalised care. You will play a key role in supporting patients with multiple long-term conditions, promoting shared decision-making and proactive self-management to improve health outcomes, quality of life and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. As a senior member of the community nursing team, you will work closely with colleagues across the wider multidisciplinary team and other services to coordinate care and ensure patients receive the right support at the right time. You will take a lead role in managing patients with complex needs, accessing appropriate services and using your assessment and independent prescribing skills to support effective clinical management. You will also have an important role in supporting and developing junior colleagues, sharing your expertise and contributing to the delivery of high-quality community nursing care. You will be NMC registered, hold a Non-Medical Prescribing qualification at Level 6/7 and significant community nursing experience. If you are an experienced senior nurse looking to make a real difference to patients in their own communities. A fantastic opportunity has arisen to be part of our well-established Community Nursing team in Bracknell, as a Community Matron. The post holder will work full time within an integrated community nursing team to proactively manage a complex caseload of high-risk patients, applying advanced clinical skills, clinical reasoning and practising autonomously. The post holder will promote shared decision making with individuals regarding their care plan and encourage proactive self-management of long-term conditions with the aim of avoiding crisis resulting in unplanned hospital admission. The post holder will work be fully integrated into the locality community nursing team, working with other stake holders to manage complex patients, as well as the wider multi-disciplinary team in a variety of settings to improve health outcomes and quality of life for patients with multiple chronic diseases. The role requires the applicant to take a lead role in managing patients with complex needs to avoid hospital admission and access services as required. The post holder will be a senior nurse supporting community nursing using established independent prescribing and advanced assessment skills, upskilling junior members of staff and supporting scheduled caseloads.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services

Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites