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Urgent Community Response and Virtual Wards -- the perfect combination to provide the best quality care to the communities of Portsmouth City!

The NHS is advancing, and we want you to form a part of our newly developing teams, to share your passion for care and your expertise in your field!

We are looking for experienced Registered Nurses interested in positions in Portsmouth so don't be shy!

This could be your best career move yet.

To work as part of an integrated health and social care team providing a crisis intervention and early supported discharge service for patients. Support the Clinical Lead and Team Leads in providing clinical knowledge and leadership to the Urgent Response Service, supervising and developing junior staff and contributing to the achievement of divisional business delivery objectives.

To working collaboratively with partners in health and social care, to establish a whole systems approach to stop a health and social care crisis or lead in effective Community Pull model effecting early and safe discharge from hospital following an acute episode of care.

Main duties of the job

*To support the Early Supported Discharge from hospital by assessing patients in their own home and supporting with intense therapy as required.

*To be responsible day to day for a designated case load of clients requiring nursing/rehabilitation/care management intervention and undertake to organise and prioritise the required programmes of treatment (cases will be reviewed periodically by a more senior member of staff).

*Work within the community and acute ED as a lone practitioner managing situations of risk with telephone support. Seek support and advice with cases from more experienced colleagues when faced with matters outside sphere of responsibility, knowledge or skills.

*Obtain informed consent from client to treatment and work within agreed guidelines for clients unable to give informed consent. Obtain consent to the sharing of information and document all consent issues in accordance with relevant Trust and Local Authority procedures.

*Undertake multi-factorial health and social care assessments of patients in a crisis using the Single Assessment Process and undertake specific assessments for clients by using investigative and analytical skills for those with acute/complex/rehabilitation or palliative care needs e.g. clients with multiple pathology and complex social care needs

About us

We have been working with other local NHS Trusts to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust to be formed by the end of 2024.

Project Fusion is the name for the programme to create the new combined NHS Foundation Trust. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be bringing the services into a single organisation will result in more consistent care, more equitable access to services irrespective of postcode, and a more sustainable workforce and services. The new organisation will operate locally to ensure services can best meet the needs of different communities.

The new Trust will be comprised of all the services currently provided by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, the community, mental health and learning disability services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and child and adolescent mental health services delivered in parts of Hampshire by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Colleagues will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) -- known as TUPE on the day the trust is formed. TUPE is a legal process to ensure you transfer out of one organisation and into another, maintaining the terms and conditions of your employment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Experience

Essential

• Work autonomously
• To be able to manage the team and caseload in the absence of the team leader
• Proven post-registration experience

Employer details

Employer name

Solent NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Community Health Campus

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD

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