Job summary

NHS@Home Service - UHBW

B6 Nurse

Are you looking for a change of scenery?

An opportunity has arisen in the NHS@Home team, based at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Hospitals. With growing evidence that supports the benefits of a 'home first' approach for our patients, there has never been a better time to be part of the expanding NHS@Home service.

We are looking for B6 nurses to join our small but friendly multidisciplinary team of nurses, pharmacists, physician associates, AHP and microbiology consultants. The NHS@Home service provides a 7-day service, currently 0800-1830 (no nights) but we can offer flexible working arrangements.

Main duties of the job

NHS@Home acts as an extension to our UHBW Hospitals in Bristol and Weston, enabling patients to go home to continue their hospital treatments in the comfort of their own homes. The B6 role in our team will allow you to continue to utilise and develop your acute clinical and leadership skills whilst applying them to the care of patients in their home setting.

As nurse in the NHS@Home team, you will be involved in community-based care, currently Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapies, frailty, Heart failure and general medical and surgical virtual wards.

You will work autonomously, delivering individualised treatments and care to our patients in their own homes; enabling our patients to leave hospital sooner and prevent hospital admissions.

Some of this role is community based, but also requires an element of hospital-based time in our hospitals in Bristol and Weston involving caseload management and the identification and assessment of new patient referrals.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description including the main responsibilities and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Appropriate post registration experience in nursing/other registered healthcare professional and speciality
• Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
• Completion of training for additional clinical skills required for service delivery e.g., IV drug administration, cannulation & venepuncture

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
• Experience as preceptor / mentor
• Evidence of commitment to research-based practice or evidence of project work undertaken

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• RGN.1st Level or other registered healthcare professional
• 1st Degree in nursing or other registered healthcare professional
• Current NMC/ registered healthcare professional Registration
• Relevant accredited post registration qualification at level 3
• Current driver's license, be a car owner with a valid insurance certificate covering business use as you will be required to use your own vehicle for daily visits
• Qualification in Teaching, assessing, and Mentoring

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Organisation and management skills
• Ability to problem solve
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Teaching
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
• Competency in medication administration including intravenous medication.
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to influence other team members
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality care
• General good health, Able to work on feet for long periods. Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times

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