South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a flexible Junior Nurse Practitioner to join our Recovery At Home Team in South Tyneside, based in Clarendon in Hebburn. The Team consists of an extensive MDT which includes nurse practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, health care assistants, therapy assistant/exercise practitioners, and administrative staff. The Team also works closely alongside partner agencies including those from the local and voluntary sector. This role would involve assessing people in their own homes who are either acutely unwell or have recently been discharged from hospital and require enhanced intervention and short-term support for their physical and functional health needs to remain at home. The Service is fast-paced and you would be expected to see a wide range of patients who present with a variety of conditions. Main duties of the job
The Service is committed to providing a sound environment for education and training to support you within this role. You will need to be pro-active with your own learning and work to identified timescales. You will possess the following: NMC Adult registered Nurse with significant post-registration experience. Degree or can demonstrate on a Degree pathway. Accredited Clinical Skills qualification in history taking and physical examination. Portfolio of evidence of competence and continuous professional development. About us
Please help us by adding your telephone number to your application form; this will allow us to contact you quickly if required. One Team One Trust
- There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award-winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation, and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness, and civility and promote a compassionate, caring, and positive culture / working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, and in particular those from under-represented groups. Looking after our workforce's health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high-quality education, training, career progression, and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy. The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialized services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support, and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. Job responsibilities
PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE. To provide care to people in their own homes to prevent admission/readmission to hospital by providing rapid assessment of patients in the community over a 24-hour period. Undertake comprehensive holistic assessment of patients in both planned and unplanned situations, be able to prioritize clinical need, initiating investigations, determine a differential diagnosis, and implement a plan of care reflecting evidence-based guidance. To maintain agreed standards of care, integrity, and dignity of all patients in an environment which is conducive to caring for those patients in their own homes. Undertake triage within the service determining clinical priority of calls, working with the coordinator to ensure teams are dispatched to respond to the referral. Work collaboratively with multi-professional teams to ensure practice is efficient, effective, and evidence-based. To develop his/her scope of professional practice in order to support the team to meet service requirements in accordance with professional guidelines. To provide continuing responsibility in the absence of the Senior Nurse Practitioner and act in their absence. Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills. Good planning and organizational skills. Ability to delegate. Be able to organize workload, work autonomously, and within a team. Clear, concise, accountable record-keeping/report writing skills. IT literate. Phlebotomy and Cannulation Skills. Physical Skills
Ability to move and handle safely without causing harm to themselves or others. Sitting at workstation using VDU for part of the day. Qualifications
NMC qualification in adult nursing. Degree in Nursing/working towards completion. Accredited Clinical Skills Certificate (history taking and physical examination). Teaching and assessing in clinical practice Mentorship experience/working towards. Teaching Qualification. Experience
Post-registration experience in acute care/practice. Portfolio and evidence of continuous professional development with a willingness to extend skills and knowledge. Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working. Community Experience. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a flexible Junior Nurse Practitioner to join our Recovery At Home Team in South Tyneside, based in Clarendon in Hebburn. The Team consists of an extensive MDT which includes nurse practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, health care assistants, therapy assistant/exercise practitioners, and administrative staff. The Team also works closely alongside partner agencies including those from the local and voluntary sector. This role would involve assessing people in their own homes who are either acutely unwell or have recently been discharged from hospital and require enhanced intervention and short-term support for their physical and functional health needs to remain at home. The Service is fast-paced and you would be expected to see a wide range of patients who present with a variety of conditions. Main duties of the job
The Service is committed to providing a sound environment for education and training to support you within this role. You will need to be pro-active with your own learning and work to identified timescales. You will possess the following: NMC Adult registered Nurse with significant post-registration experience. Degree or can demonstrate on a Degree pathway. Accredited Clinical Skills qualification in history taking and physical examination. Portfolio of evidence of competence and continuous professional development. About us
Please help us by adding your telephone number to your application form; this will allow us to contact you quickly if required. One Team One Trust
- There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award-winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation, and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness, and civility and promote a compassionate, caring, and positive culture / working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, and in particular those from under-represented groups. Looking after our workforce's health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high-quality education, training, career progression, and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy. The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialized services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support, and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. Job responsibilities
PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE. To provide care to people in their own homes to prevent admission/readmission to hospital by providing rapid assessment of patients in the community over a 24-hour period. Undertake comprehensive holistic assessment of patients in both planned and unplanned situations, be able to prioritize clinical need, initiating investigations, determine a differential diagnosis, and implement a plan of care reflecting evidence-based guidance. To maintain agreed standards of care, integrity, and dignity of all patients in an environment which is conducive to caring for those patients in their own homes. Undertake triage within the service determining clinical priority of calls, working with the coordinator to ensure teams are dispatched to respond to the referral. Work collaboratively with multi-professional teams to ensure practice is efficient, effective, and evidence-based. To develop his/her scope of professional practice in order to support the team to meet service requirements in accordance with professional guidelines. To provide continuing responsibility in the absence of the Senior Nurse Practitioner and act in their absence. Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills. Good planning and organizational skills. Ability to delegate. Be able to organize workload, work autonomously, and within a team. Clear, concise, accountable record-keeping/report writing skills. IT literate. Phlebotomy and Cannulation Skills. Physical Skills
Ability to move and handle safely without causing harm to themselves or others. Sitting at workstation using VDU for part of the day. Qualifications
NMC qualification in adult nursing. Degree in Nursing/working towards completion. Accredited Clinical Skills Certificate (history taking and physical examination). Teaching and assessing in clinical practice Mentorship experience/working towards. Teaching Qualification. Experience
Post-registration experience in acute care/practice. Portfolio and evidence of continuous professional development with a willingness to extend skills and knowledge. Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working. Community Experience. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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