Description
In partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will develop, implement, and evaluate a seamless specialist service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care.
The focus of the role is to lead the identification and clinical assessment of patients who will benefit from advanced discharge or admission avoidance with care provided, in their own home, by the Guy's and St Thomas' @Home multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will be expected to spend more than 50% of their time seeing patients and will provide Specialist Nursing Support for the GSTT@HOME service providing acute care for patients within a Community setting by providing assessments and care for patients with ambulatory care sensitive conditions who would otherwise be admitted to acute hospital care.
The post holder will demonstrate a high level of expertise with regard to advanced physical assessment in this field providing advice, education, and support to health care professionals and patients.
The post holder will accept referrals from consultants, GPs, and other referrers while promoting the GSTT@Home service.
The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of clinical practice, research, and standards of care within the service, as well as policies, protocols, guidelines, and service developments.
Main duties of the job
This role involves managing patient assessments and care within the speciality whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
You will be expected to promote and deliver high standards of care at all times, which utilises research-based evidence, and is audited and improved accordingly.
This position includes a rotation through all Band 7 roles within @home service, in addition to direct patient contact, you will be expected to complete the UPA triage role, NRSW lead nurse, Remote monitoring clinician, and duty clinician role.
You will be expected to act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient-orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year p.a inc HCA
- Permanent, full-time position
Requirements
- RN1 on the NMC register
- BSC/1st degree (health-related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Masters degree or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Advanced Clinical Assessment Skills Course or willing to undertake
- Teaching/Mentorship courses
- Experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within relevant service
- Experience of working autonomously assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients
- Proven evidence of advanced organisational/leadership skills and autonomous practice
- Experience of audit, research & evidence-based care
- Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator