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Job summary

Main area
Community Matron -Islington Urgent Response and Recovery Team
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
9 months (Fixed Term Contract until 31st of March 2025)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-2140
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hornsey Rise Health Centre
Town
London
Salary
£51,488 - £57,802 51,488-57,802 per annum including HCAs
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/05/2024 23:59

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Band 7 - Community Matron -Islington Urgent Response and Recovery Team

NHS AfC: Band 7

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

Fixed Term Contract until 31st of March 2025

The post holder will work in the Islington Rapid Response and Virtual Ward team which is part of the wider multi-agency Islington Urgent Care Response service which supports hospital discharges and admission avoidance.

RRVW  is co-located and integrated with therapy and adult social services colleagues and aims to respond to patient referrals  in the community within 2 hours to prevent admission to hospital.

The post holder will primarily be working in Islington borough but may be required to see patients in other NCL boroughs.

 

Main duties of the job

  • Facilitate the early discharge of patients from the Whittington Health and UCLH inpatient wards and complete their recovery in the home environment by working collaboratively with the AEC Consultant.
  • Be aware of and utilise appropriate resources within the RRVW team and in the provision of total patient To manage the team on a day to day basis, supporting junior staff with decision making and skills development.
  • Act as a link nurse to AEC consultants, GPs, Community Nurses, LAS, Social Services and other relevant professional areas as necessary.
  • Undertake a comprehensive baseline assessment for each identified patient in conjunction with the AEC consultant, patient, relatives, carers and patient care team.
  • Use the assessment to agree and implement a patient held personalised plan of care to be agreed with the patient, relatives and carers and the patient care team.
  • Ensure that there are effective communications with other agencies (including Out of Hours Services) about care plans and maximise the input of these agencies to support patients at home.
  • Promote self-management and health gain through patient education and health promotion activity.

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

  • Undertake prescribing as required and to ensure that medications are reviewed and highlight possible interactions and changes in line with Whittington Health Nurse Prescribing policy.
  • Perform and document episodic examinations to support proactive monitoring of chronic diseases and identification of early symptoms of exacerbation and liaise with professionals including the Lead Matron as necessary.
  • Work collaboratively with the AEC consultant or GP (as agreed) and liaise following any significant event, to review and amend treatment.
  • Ensure that as far as possible the patient care is provided in the community and to work with the AEC consultant, ward consultants and/ or General Practitioner and patient care team to facilitate this and reduce hospital admission.
  • Ensure that all discharges from the caseload are discussed and agreed with the patient care team.
  • Work with secondary care to identify patients suitable for discharge and community management and be proactive in pursuing this.
  • Lead by personal example of best infection control practice at all
  • Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of the service in relation to patient
  • Act as a role model in assisting to develop the practitioner role according to service demand and evolving models of care.
  • Provide senior clinical advice relating to patients with complex needs to the RRVW
  • Undertake duties as delegated by the Lead Matron; this may include standard setting, clinical audit and benchmarking in order to ensure the delivery of effective, evidence-based care.
  • Work with colleagues and users, to identify the changing needs of Whittington Health and the population it serves and promote practice that is dynamic, efficient, innovative and continuously improved in its relevance and responsiveness to the needs of clients and patients.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Advanced physical Assessment qualification or willingness to work towards
  • Independent Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of Multidisciplinary working with integrated Hospital and Community settings.
  • Advanced understanding of the complexities of the discharge process

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 2 years as Community Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Nurse Practitioner
  • Experience of managing patients with acute and Chronic medical needs.
  • Experience of managing a caseload of patients

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Arul Bangalore
Job title
Community Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07876846634
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