Community Nurse Band 5 - Discharge to Assess/Intermediate Care at Home

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking a Registered Community Nurse for the Discharge to Assess Team. You will provide individualised care to patients post-hospital discharge, working as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates need a nursing degree, NMC registration, and strong communication skills. The role offers a competitive salary of £31,049 to £37,796 pro rata annually, along with a range of employee benefits including annual leave and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Local financial advice through Stockport Credit Union

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with enthusiasm for community work.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Support patients requiring care post-discharge from hospital.
• Work within a multi-professional team.
• Provide individualised patient centred care.

Skills

Very good problem-solving abilities

Clinical reasoning skills

Ability to communicate with patients with complex needs

Excellent time management

Competent IT skills

Education

Degree in Adult Nursing

State Registration with the NMC

UK driving licence

Job description

Community Nurse Band 5 - Discharge to Assess/Intermediate Care at Home

The Discharge to Assess Team/Intermediate Care at Home Team are looking for a Registered Community Nurse, to fulfil an exciting opportunity within Stockport Foundation Trust. We are looking for someone who shares our excitement, to embrace different ways of working and are able to work flexibly across organisational boundaries.

Discharge To Assess is a multi-professional service supporting patients to leave the hospital setting back into the community. The team provides individualised patient centred care to assess a person's needs, whilst optimising independence and facilitate a safe transfer to onward care into the appropriate services: Health, Adult Social care or partner agencies.

The Intermediate Care at Home Team provide nursing and therapy rehabilitation to our Stockpot residents.

Main duties of the job

To support people who are clinically optimisedand do not require an acute hospital bed, but may still require care services with short term, funded support to be discharged to their own home or another community setting.

Assessment for longer-term care and support needs is undertaken in the most appropriate setting and at the right time for the person. We provide holistic multidisciplinary interventions to stabilise patients in their own home or usual residence. This comprises a multi-disciplinary integrated team.

Short-term rehabilitation support to optimise independence in the community with the aim to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, enable early discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admission to long-term residential care. This role will require the post holder to be flexible to cover all areas within the Discharge to Assess service, covering 7 days 08.00-21.00.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a qualified Registered Nurse. You will be working within a multi-professional team incorporating Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Social Workers and rehabilitation Support Workers, as well as liaising with other community health and social care teams.

The whole service provides a person centred approach, which can be provided in a clients own home. The service is provided across 7 days a week covering core hours of 8 am 9 pm.

You will be based at Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, SK4 1BS. The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, but also as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team. You will be offered 1:1s and access to supervision peer support. The service promotes regular profession specific and MDT team meetings.

You will need to be a Registered Nurse with an enthusiasm for working within the community, with the ability to work flexibly between all aspects of the service. We place a great emphasis on training and personal development and will provide you with access to training and supervision. The candidate will be able to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning, excellent time management and advanced communication skills. There will be support available from clinical leads. Lone working is an expected element within this community role with support from the Multidisciplinary team.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and payoff the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• oDegree in Adult Nursing
• oState Registration with the NMC
• oUK driving licence (will need use of a car for work purposes and business use insurance on commencement of post). Driver with daily access to a car
• oEvidence of Continuous Professional Development maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the clinical fields in rotations
• Related academic attainment

Knowledge

• Knowledge of community practices and a wide range of conditions- theoretical, practical and professional
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
• Health, safety and risk awareness. Knowledge of Risk Assessment and management.
• Understanding of professional ethics and their application and practice.
• Knowledge of health legislation and current practice. Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and application
• Knowledge of Safeguarding responsibilities
• oKnowledge of working in community services
• oCompletion of recognised relevant postgraduate courses.

Experience

• oExperience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• oExperience of student or assistant supervision and clinical education of less experienced staff or students or assistants.
• oExperience of working with patients with dementing illness, confused patients and patients with severe physical limitations to mobility.
• Experience of participation in complex discharge planning
• oExperience of working in an acute UK hospital including experience of the following specialities. Orthopaedics; Medicine; Respiratory; Stroke/Neurology; Older people.
• oExperience of community working
• Experience of conflict resolution

Skills and abilities

• oVery good problem-solving abilities and ability to prioritise
• oClinical reasoning skills
• oAbility to communicate with patients with complex needs and problems and to cope with aggressive or emotional behaviours.
• oAble to manage time effectively
• oUp-to-date in current issues around professional practice and evidence-based practice.
• oAbility to keep accurate and legible patient notes.
• oAbility to work under pressure
• oPositive approach to work.
• oAbility to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
• oCompetent IT and presentation skills.
• oAbility to run internal/external courses. Evidence of participation in research.

Work related circumstances

• Ability to move and handle patients
• Undertake out of hours duties; evenings and weekends required.
• Driver with daily access to a car

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearpro rata per annum