Contact Cares Nurse Assessor

Job summary
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a Registered Adult Nurse to work in our Contact Cares Front Door team for St Helens on a permanent basis.

You will be a valued member of an increasing team working in close partnership with the Local Authority. There are a number of elements within Contact Cares and you will be diverse in your ability to offer your skills in each area. We are the first port of call 'Front Door' for services within St. Helens and you will be part of that service development.

Service hours are 08:00-20:00 7 days per week therefore shift work will be a requirement of this role.

As a highly committed nurse, looking for fresh challenges, you will have the unique opportunity to work as an autonomous practitioner within our team undertaking holistic assessments, providing relevant treatment and providing high standards of care to all who access our service. The Contact Cares Team provides a wide range of services to our local population, Acute Services, Out of Hours Services and Primary Care.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.

Main duties of the job
To provide a responsive, integrated service within the district of St. Helens, working in partnership with the Local Authority.

Provision of high quality nursing assessments across a range of conditions. This will include referring on to partnership organisations, disciplines and liaising with all members of Multidisciplinary Teams.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation. These principles will recognise the need to:

• Promote safe practices
• Value the aims of service users
• Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
• Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
• Value social inclusion

About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES

• Delivering change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve service delivery.
• Contributing to policy changes as appropriate
• Influencing, motivating, supporting, and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of KPIs.
• To provide specialist advice and guidance in working with colleagues locally to ensure best practice across all disciplines in the assessment, treatment, and long-term management of patient/clients within sphere of practice.
• The post holder will be expected to prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice and that of others.
• To manage resources to ensure they relate to the overall objectives and responsibilities of the organisation.
• To train, supervise / case manage, and performance manage staff and students in line with organisational policies.
• To provide training for colleagues within the Contact Cares Integrated team, this will include the training of Support Workers

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain Professional Registration
• Adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body
• To be responsible for the specialist assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care using a high degree of autonomy and act as a named practitioner.
• To develop and demonstrate specialist clinical skills, utilising evidence based practice and value based care / intervention.
• To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, ensuring competence to use the equipment and that of other practitioners.
• Where the administration of drugs is a requirement, this should be undertaken in line with Trust Policies and Procedures and in following the NMC Guidelines for administration of Medicines Act 1992 and Misuse of Drugs Act 1991.
• To be proactive in providing advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of treatment and to ensure a consistent approach to patient / service user care / intervention.
• Registered practitioners who are non-medical prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their Professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice.
• To receive referrals from the acute trust, Support Centres and the community and intervene or refer on as appropriate, including the ability to perform venepuncture at source.
• To perform baseline observations and escalate as appropriate, if any abnormalities are identified. To provide any nursing tasks in Brookfield Support Centre as an in reach service

RESEARCH & AUDIT

• To adhere to the appropriate Registrant Body code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and comply with local and national standards of practice.
• Support the formulation and implementation of clinical and operational practices and procedure as appropriate.
• Ensure the principles of Clinical Governance are incorporated in service delivery by maintaining a high-quality service based on agreed clinical standards.
• Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to own work situation to minimise risk of harm to patients / service users, staff & visitors.
• Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence-based practice projects, audit and outcome measures.
• Undertake research activity and assist in developing a research and evidence based culture within the Service.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered General Nurse with current NMC Registration
• Evidence of 1st level or study / working towards relevant qualification

Desirable

• Non-Medical Prescribing Experience

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Evidence of Assessor/Mentor/Facilitator Training
• Evidence of introducing service developments and innovation
• Demonstrate the application of research and evidence based practice within specialist field
• Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
• Evidence of working within a Multidisciplinary Setting
• Understanding of local and national policy governing practice and development
• Demonstrate an understanding of own scope of practice and the implications for self and others.
• Ability to recognise own behaviour and its impact on others
• Evidence of understanding and the application of leadership and management principles

Skills
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal/negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to delegate & co-ordinate
• Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively
• Demonstrate experience of managing difficult/complex situations
• Good organisational/time management skills
• Ability to identify risk and minimise risk effectively
• Ability to reflect on experiences and apply lessons learnt to self and others

Desirable

• Computer literate relevant to post

Other
Essential

• Demonstrate a commitment to respecting and displaying the Trust Values at all times
• Flexibility to meet the demands of the service
• Ability and willingness to travel in the course of performing duties

Our Values
Essential

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).