UCLH@HOME Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse

Whittington Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Greater London seeks a Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse for their UCLH@HOME team. This role involves leading case coordination and delivering care to patients transitioning from hospital to home. Candidates should possess an RGN qualification, current NMC registration, and a passion for integrated care. The position offers an exciting opportunity to enhance your clinical skills while working within a dedicated team. Join us in making a difference in patient care.

Qualifications

• Proactive and dynamic with a commitment to professional development.
• Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards it.
• Understanding and insight into integrated care.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and case-finding for patients transferred home.
• Direct care delivery using remote monitoring technologies.
• Coordinate transfers and ensure effective teamwork.

Skills

Ability to motivate staff

Excellent time management

Good verbal and written communication skills

Effective people management skills

Computer literate

Ability to participate in training of Nursing staff and students

Ability to demonstrate awareness of need for effective teamwork

Ability to demonstrate personal management skills

Education

RGN

Current NMC Registration

BSc or equivalent level of experience

Job description

Job overview

UCLH@HOME Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our UCLH@HOME team, a service provided by Whittington Health in partnership with UCLH. We are at the forefront of integrated care – providing innovative and transformational care that best serves local communities.

UCLH@Home is an NHS service that helps by supporting patients to leave hospital once medically optimised and safe to be managed in the community. Whilst under this service patients remain under the care of your consultant team.

As a member of our Team your role will include direct care delivery within the Patient's own homes and the use of 'remote monitoring' technologies.

Main duties of the job

To provide care for patients who are transferred to the community from UCLH prior to estimated discharge date. The post holder will have a leadership role and take responsibility for case‑finding, team co‑ordination and organisation of transfers home.

We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds including emergency nurses, primary care and acute medicine. It is an exciting time to join our team and be supported to enhance your scope of autonomous practice.

If you are seeking a challenge, are passionate about patient care and interested in joining an enthusiastic, dynamic and dedicated team we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work with colleagues from acute specialities, the emergency department, as well as community services. The role will provide a unique opportunity to be part of a service able to provide a truly integrated care pathway for patients across acute and community settings; developing and expanding the services to provide the best care possible for our patients in the best way for them.

Please refer to the Job description for detailed information.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RGN
• Current NMC Registration
• BSc or equivalent level of experience

Desirable criteria

• Post registration education in a relevant area

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to motivate staff
• Ability to demonstrate awareness of need for effective teamwork
• Ability to demonstrate personal management skills
• Excellent time management
• Ability to participate in training of Nursing staff and students and doctors
• Computer literate
• Effective people management skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Advanced nursing skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Understanding and insight into EIM
• Excellent communication skills
• Nurse Prescriber (or willing to work towards)
• Portfolio of varied Clinical experience
• Excellent clinical and holistic assessment skills
• Knowledge of current issues in the NHS
• Experience of Audit / Change initiatives
• Good knowledge of infection prevention and control
• Experience in Community / A&E

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Audit / Change initiatives
• Understanding and insight into integrated care

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Proactive
• Dynamic
• Motivated to invest in professional development

Safeguarding Children and Adults

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to :

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agent Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.