Specialist Practitioner - Nurse, AHP, Paramedic

Oxford Health NHS Trust; Packmoor; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 62.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Annual leave 27+ days

NHS discount

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work

Employee assistance programme

Mental health support

Staff accommodation

Equality & Inclusion initiatives

Zusammenfassung

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinician to deliver autonomous same-day care in the community, providing rapid response to health and social care crises at patients’ homes.

You will work with nursing, therapy, ambulance and GP colleagues across community services, ensuring safe, effective care and timely discharge from home assessments.

Qualifikationen

• Registered Nurse or allied professional with advanced assessment skills.
• Experience in autonomous community/ home visiting practice.
• Mentorship or teaching qualifications are desirable.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Aufgaben

• Provide rapid response to health and social care crises to prevent hospital admission.
• Support management of long-term conditions to promote independence.
• Collaborate with Community Nursing, Therapy Teams and GP services.
• Assess, diagnose and manage conditions in the patient’s home setting.

Kenntnisse

Advanced assessment skills

MDT collaboration

Autonomous practice

Managing competing demands

Complex patient management

Ausbildung

Registered General Nurse

Allied Healthcare Professional incl paramedic

Advanced clinical assessment qualification

Mentorship/teaching qualification

Full UK driving licence

Tools

Evidence Based Practice

Jobbeschreibung

Are you are looking for an autonomous role, where you can continue to help shape the future of our community same day services?

Are you passionate about helping avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and caring for and treating our patients in their place of residence?

This key role within our urgent community response service supports provision of high quality care for people experiencing immediate health and care crisis and needing intervention at home to prevent hospital admission (where safe to do so).

The role provides the successful clinician with an opportunity to work within our community same day care services and help test, inform and finesse their continued development within the community.

Our same day care services currently operate on a shift basis working over seven (7) days a week 8am to 8pm, so flexible working into the evenings, over some weekends and bank holidays will be required. We are open to flexible and part time hours and the post is available part-time (minimum 30 hours per week) or full-time (37.5 hours per week).

(This role is subject to job evaluation and therefore some duties may change).

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Main duties of the job

Working with a high degree of autonomy to:

• Provide a rapid respond to people in health and social care crisis situations with the aim of enabling individuals to maintain or regain independence and prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
• Help play a key role in continuing to help people manage their long-term conditions, making sure they receive the right kind of support to help them remain independent and live longer and linking in with our healthcare and charity based colleagues in the wider community.
• Work alongside our Community Nursing and Therapy Teams, South Central Ambulance Service, General Practice and Oxford University Hospital colleagues with the opportunity to work across many facets of Community services.
• Manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions by using, developing and consolidating advanced clinical skills within their own sphere of competence.
• Support decisions regarding patient treatment and management following a comprehensive telephone triage.
• Provide holistic patient care, within the patient's residence, from assessment of presenting condition through to diagnosis, initial treatment and discharge, including the prescribing and administration of medication.
• Work collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary team and with external providers, to ensure the right care is provided, by the right person, at the right time and in the right place.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board alongside Buckinghamshire and Berkshire and provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:\"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team\"

Our values are:\"Caring, safe and excellent\"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Skills

• Advanced assessment skills
• Awareness of long term plan and ageing well agenda
• Working in a Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT)
• Ability to manage competing demands
• Evidence of complex patient management

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse or Allied Healthcare Professional inc paramedic
• Post Registration Qualification in advanced clinical assessment skills e.g. Advanced history taking and examination or Frailty (comprehensive geriatric assessment)
• Mentorship qualification or teaching or equivalent
• Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle

Experience

• Competent in using Evidence Based Practice
• Experience in advanced assessment of patients
• Autonomous clinical practice
• Community experience/ home visiting
• Consolidated prescribing experience
• Flexible, adaptable and willing to change with the evolving service
• Confident in practice and ability to manage challenging situations
• Ability to motivate colleagues and team
• Committed to ongoing personal and professional development
• Coaching skills
• Awareness of national agendas and how they impact the applicant and service

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.

Operational Manager - Single Point of Access