A fantastic opportunity has arisen to be part of our well-established Community Nursing teams in Wokingham or Bracknell, as a Community Matron / Enhanced Community Nurse Practitioner.

The post holder will work full time within an integrated community nursing team to proactively manage a complex caseload of high-risk patients, applying advanced clinical skills, clinical reasoning and practising autonomously.

The post holder will promote shared decision making with individuals regarding their care plan and encourage proactive self-management of long-term conditions with the aim of avoiding crisis resulting in unplanned hospital admission.

The post holder will work be fully integrated into the locality community nursing team, working with other stake holders to manage complex patients, as well as the wider multi-disciplinary team in a variety of settings to improve health outcomes and quality of life for patients with multiple chronic diseases.

Main duties of the job

The role requires the applicant to take a lead role in managing patients with complex needs to avoid hospital admission and access services as required. The post holder will be a senior nurse supporting community nursing using established independent prescribing and advanced assessment skills, upskilling junior members of staff and supporting scheduled caseloads

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The must haves for you to be considered for this role:

• Able to use advanced assessment skills and expert knowledge to perform comprehensive assessments of physical, mental health and social care needs that addresses the combined impact of all of the patient's conditions in order to improve health outcomes and quality of life.To exercise leadership and judgment to ensure good clinical practices and maintain high standards of care and review these at regular intervals.

• Able to identify and plan preventative measures and anticipatory care needs.

• Have a high level of clinical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Jo Murray on 07717853161, wholl be delighted to help.We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Must have IP Qualification
• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• 1st Level degree
• Post-graduate Diploma or equivalent - (e.g., Specialist Practitioner qualification)

Desirable

• Leadership / Teaching qualification

Training

Essential

• Evidence of relevant continual professional development

Previous Experience

Essential

• 5 Years post registration experience
• Experience of working in a variety of settings (hospital, primary and community)
• Operational experience of supporting people with long term conditions

Desirable

• Experience of leading change
• Management experience
• Experience of working as a change agent to improve patient care

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Case Management skills
• Advanced physical examination and assessment skills
• Health coaching skills, or willingness to develop
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills
• Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate workload
• Excellent problem-solving skills to identify and resolve clinical and whole system issues
• Ability to interpret and analyse complex data from numerous sources, to inform decisions
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to effectively delegate activities to appropriate staff
• Ability to effectively negotiate on patient management
• Ability to engage and develop partnership working with all those involved in the management of long-term conditions
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own caseload
• Ability to be goal and outcome focused when faced with opposition or when working under conditions of pressure
• Ability to use IM& T support systems
• Ability to translate best practice evidence and national policy into practice
• Knowledge of current National Service Frameworks and the NHS England long-term conditions strategy

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel to, and work from multiple sites
• Service covers 08:00-19:00 hours, 365 days per year - shift patterns will include some weekends, lates and weekends

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Wokingham Hospital

Woodley

RG5 4JA

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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