Senior Community Matron - Complex Care & Home Support

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Blyth; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Matron to join our Community Nursing Teams across South East Central Northumberland. The post holder undertakes advanced clinical assessment, identifies needs, plans, coordinates care for patients with highly complex needs, and works with multi-disciplinary teams to improve outcomes.

You will provide clinical leadership to nursing staff and contribute to competence assessments.

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical assessment of patients with highly complex needs.
• Coordination of care via case management with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Undertakes advanced clinical assessment, identifies needs, plans, case manages and coordinates care for patients with highly complex needs and co-existing long-term conditions, in partnership with other professionals and agencies.
• Provides clinical leadership for staff within the Community Nursing service, including training and supervision and assessing competence of registered and non-registered staff.
• Contributes to the assessment of competence for staff and supports service development.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Case management

Leadership

Team collaboration

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Matron to join our Community Nursing Teams across South East Central Northumberland. The post holder undertakes advanced clinical assessment, identifies needs, plans, coordinates care for patients with highly complex needs, and works with multi-disciplinary teams to improve outcomes.

You will provide clinical leadership to nursing staff and contribute to competence assessments.