We are looking for an experienced Community Registered Nurses with strong Leadership skills lead our forward thinking, Innovative Community Nursing Localities team.

The team is aligned with the five Portsmouth Primary care Networks in providing patients with a Multidisciplinary team approach for their health care needs.

The Localities service comprises of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy staff. Also aligned and working closely with a Specialist Diabetes team and Enhanced Care Home Team.

The post holder will work within an integrated team to case manage co-ordinate and support patients with multiple complex long-term conditions. You will manage and coordinate a Nursing Team as part of the Community localities in Portsmouth.

Your Leadership as a Community Matron will include supporting and supervising your staff and enabling them, to provide high quality, person-centred care. Your excellent clinical, interpersonal and leadership skills will enable you to work collaboratively within, primary, secondary, and social care partners.

You will have or be working towards the extended and supplementary prescribing qualification.(V300)

Main duties of the job

As a Community Matron you will diagnose, prescribe, and implement a range of care interventions for people on your caseload, with an emphasis on avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. Using your autonomous advanced clinical skills, you will plan care interventions for people with multiple, complex long-term conditions and coordinate and lead the team ensuring that patients receive timely and safe care. As caseload manager, they will have responsibility for ensuring all health and social care needs are met to improve health outcomes, functional status and quality of life. The post holder will work to ensure integration of all elements of care, increase patient choice and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and reduce the stay of necessary hospital admissions. You will work collaboratively with other appropriate services to ensure patients are appropriately stepped up and stepped down from the community matron caseload.

About us

At Solent, our teams mirror the communities we serve. The Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging plan fosters authenticity, ensuring every Solent NHS Trust member feels visible, validated, and valued.

The Annual Staff survey positions us among top-performing Community and Mental Health trusts in 3 of 9 themes:

• Compassion and inclusivity
• Each voice matters
• Staff Engagement

Our commitment to enhancing diversity, inclusion, and belonging fosters a strong sense of uniqueness, celebrated among colleagues, contributing to excellent patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from underrepresented communities, offering an informal chat for those uncertain about job fit. Our revamped recruitment process prioritizes inclusivity, aligned with Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interviews.

Join our 7 staff networks:

DisAbility

LGBTQ+Allies

Carers

50+

Multi Faith

Black, Asian, and minority ethnic

Veterans

Solent supports flexible working, providing a carer's passport. Our award-winning Health and Wellbeing service, including Employment Disability, Neurodivergent, and Menopause support, makes Solent NHS an inclusive workplace.

We promote staff vaccination as the primary defense against Flu and Covid-19. Join us in contributing to outstanding patient outcomes in a diverse and inclusive environment.

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
• Teaching certificate / module
• Degree level or equivalent
• District Nurse Specialist Qualification or other relevant qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Planning, delivering, and evaluating care to address people's changing health needs
• Identifying and managing risk to the Organisation, Service and individual, staff and patient
• Discharge/transfer planning for patients between services
• Able to develop and sustain relationships across professional boundaries
• Able to participate in the development of care standards and service development

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Ability to secure the co-operation of colleagues at all levels across agencies
• Flexible and adaptive
• Non-judgmental
• Self-reflecting with regards to personal and professional development
• Approachable and facilitative
• Innovative and creative
• Politically and socially aware
• Ability to work as part of a close-knit team
• Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied work programme
• Being flexible and adaptable at work to meet competing priorities
• Effective written and oral communication
• Negotiating
• Assertiveness

Employer details

Employer name

Solent NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Community Health Campus

Milton Road

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO3 6AD

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