Community Sister/Charge Nurse - 22.5-37.5 hours a week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multidisciplinary community team as a Community Sister/ Charge Nurse. This includes coordinating and delegating individual patient care by working across boundaries within secondary and social care settings. The role is that of a caseload holder, providing clinical case management for patients with complex health needs who are at risk of deterioration which may result in declining quality of life, avoidable hospital admissions, or an unnecessary length of hospital stay.

We currently have vacancies at Brighton general Hospital for Brighton & Hove East and South community nursing teams.

Main duties of the job

Community Sister/Charge Nurse

Some of your main duties will include (but not exclusive to)

a) In conjunction with other key professionals you will be accountable for a patient caseload and delegate responsibility to other professionals within the multidisciplinary team.

b) To apply advanced assessment of physical, mental and social care needs to provide clinical care and health promoting interventions that help avoidunnecessary hospital admission.

c) To interpret clinical signs and symptoms and diagnostic tests in order todevelop a treatment plan and /or treatment in conjunction with medicalpractitioners as appropriate. Provide advanced clinical advice to the widerhealthcare team to improve outcomes of patient care.

d) Enable patients to be as independent as possible facilitating a range of self management strategies.

e) Ability to develop and analyse audit, interpret data and use findings toenhance clinical practice. Please see the attached job description for full details.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Job description

Job responsibilities

Some of your key responsibilities will include (but not exclusive to)

• To case manage a designated caseload of patients and manage / delegate the delivery of care by the integrated team
• To support the team leader and clinical lead in the processes for providing, monitoring and improving the quality of care provided to patients. This includes risk management, complying with and contributing to CQC requirements and clinical audit.
• To have oversight of all clinical areas, facilitating junior staff to lead on specific areas.
• To deputise for the Clinical Nurse Lead as and when necessary. To assist in the recruitment of staff, appraisal process, risk assessment process, complaints and the performance management process.
• To provide clinical supervision / peer review including active clinicalleadership and mentorship to junior colleagues.
• To be aware of the Trust financial position and the implication on service delivery. To be aware of the cost of equipment/ supplies used and to meet the needs of the patient and service in a cost effective way. Including overseeing the management of clinical stock and maintenance of equipment in accordance with Trust policy.
• To review role in practice and participate in appraisal process to identify development needs and agree realistic personal development plans.
• To act as a practice assessor for staff and student

Person Specification

Qualificatons

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• ENB 998/Mentorship Qualification
• Post registration study

Desirable

• Community Speacilist Practice qualification
• Case Management

Exerience

Essential

• minimum 2 years community experience
• 4 years post registration experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Range of clinical skills suitable to community
• Experience of Case Management

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brighton General Hospital

Elm Grove

Brighton

BN2 3EW

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