Community Matron

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the Community Matron team within the Kings Lynn and Coastal PCN's.

The Community Matron team provides an urgent response to patients in crisis. Where an unplanned admission can be avoided, collaboration with other Health and Social Care Services such as GPs and Community Services will be required.

The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to organise and prioritise their caseload, according to the needs of both patients and the service.

Main duties of the job

• To provide intensive case management and clinical nursing care to patients with long term conditions who are high intensity users of both primary and secondary care.
• To provide an urgent response to patients in crisis and where an unplanned admission can be avoided.

Please see job description for full list of duties.

About us
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Job responsibilities

• To assess and provide specialist interventions for patients with long term conditions to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team and case managers to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and/or facilitate early discharge from hospital.
• To support the prevention of unplanned hospital admissions, responding to patients who require urgent assessments and in collaboration with the patient and community teams, set up management plans to enable the patient to stay at home where possible.

Please see job description for full list of duties.

Qualifications
Essential

• RGN and current NMC registration
• 1st Level Degree or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development and its application
• Advanced Clinical Practice and Independent Prescribing

Desirable

• Evidence of specialist clinical expertise within a relevant area such as COPD, Heart Failure.
• Master's Degree

Experience
Essential

• Post qualification experience including previous experience at least at Band 6 level.
• Experience of multidisciplinary and partnership working in acute and community settings
• Advanced understanding of clinical conditions and clinical experience in managing long-term conditions
• Implementing change
• Clinical supervisor

Desirable

• Teaching in Clinical Practice
• Contribution to service planning
• Experience of audit

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential

• Broad range of clinical skills
• An understanding of wider NHS and social care issues
• An understanding of intensive case management and systems for case finding
• Ability to influence and motivate staff at all levels
• Effective presentation skills
• Competent in use of IT
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines

Desirable

• Ability to use and interpret information

Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Essential

• Demonstrates strong leadership skills.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• Evidence of strong interdisciplinary and multiagency team working.
• Innovative
• Flexible and committed.
• Ability to work autonomously and to use initiative.

Other
Essential

• Must have a full UK driving license and have access to a vehicle

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.