Hospital Home Specialist Practioner

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Welwyn; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Welwyn is seeking a Community B6 Nurse to join their Hospital at Home team. The successful candidate will work closely with integrated care teams to support patients with complex needs and manage long-term conditions while helping them stay in their homes. Candidates must be registered nurses with experience at the band 5 level and possess strong communication skills. The role offers professional development, competitive salary, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement of 5%

Professional development opportunities

27 days holiday rising to 33

Special Leave for family and personal reasons

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience at band 5 Community Nurse level.
• Must have management experience in a complex environment.
• Evidence of personal development and clinical audits participation.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical health and social care in admission prevention service.
• Set and maintain standards of care for the nursing team.
• Responsible for individualized nursing care assessment and evaluation.

Skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Communicating within a multi-discipline team

Knowledge of clinical governance

Evidence of expertise in clinical skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Specialist Nursing Practice Degree (or training)

Nurse Prescribing (or training)

Mentor/Preceptor/998 or equivalent

Job description

We are excited to offer a Community B6 Nurse post to join our growing Hospital at Home team. The successful candidate will work closely and collaboratively with our award winning Integrated Care team, GP's and other providers to support a range of patients with complex needs to remain in their own home, avoiding hospital admission where possible following agreed pathways to manage acute illness and manage long term conditions.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be:

• Part of a large integrated community team of Band 7, Band 6, Band 5, Band 4 and Band 3 nurses.
• Demonstrate an understanding of current professional and community issues.
• Must have commitment and flexibility in order to be innovative and responsive to continual developments within community nursing services.
• Must be able to work autonomously and possess excellent communication skills.
• Have a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

In return for this we offer you:

• In addition to the basic salary, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary subject to a maximum payment of £1,915 per annum (pro rata where applicable).
• Professional development in both clinical and leadership programmes A friendly and supportive team
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• Special Leave for family and personal reason
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.

Hertfordshire Community Trust has a Good CQC rating acquired in May 2020 and we are working towards achieving an Outstanding rating.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds.

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.

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Job responsibilities

• Provide support to a team of multidisciplinary professionals providing clinical health and social care in admission prevention / avoidance service.
• Set and maintain standards of care and to deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the nursing team and learners as required.
• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care to patients living in the community.
• Be responsible for the accurate maintenance of patient and other records.
• Participate in the long term management of patients within the locality.
• To have continued responsibility for a defined caseload.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse.
• Mentor/Preceptor/998 or equivalent.
• Specialist Nursing Practice (District Nursing) Degree or will undertake training.
• Nurse Prescribing or will undertake training.
• Knowledge of recent developments in NHS.
• Knowledge of Evidence based practice.
• Evidence of personal development.
• Knowledge of NMC code of professional conduct.

Experience

• Evidence of experience at band 5 Community Nurse level.
• Management of a team.
• Management of change within a complex environment.
• Experience of teaching others.
• Proven clinical skill at Senior Community Nursing level.
• Experience of participating in investigation/management of complaints.
• Evidence of participating in clinical audits in the workplace.

Skills

• Communicating within a multi discipline team.
• Be able to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Management of change.
• Knowledge of negotiation skills.
• Understanding of current political and policy context in Primary health Care.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications.
• Evidence of expertise in clinical skills.
• Knowledge of research processes.

Other requirements

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum (pro rata).