Junior Sister - Care Coordination Hospital Inreach

Main area Supportive Care - Adult Community Services Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: To cover a 7 day inreach service with a variety of shift patterns Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Initial service hours are Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm but the contract is for a 7 day service covering 24 hours per day. Therefore as the service expands shift patterns will change to meet the needs of the service) Job ref 225-DIV3JD-

Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Wolverhampton Science Park Town Wolverhampton Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/ :59

Junior Sister - Care Coordination Hospital Inreach

Band 6

Job overview

Would you like to work in a dynamic, flexible and forward-thinking team – ready to adapt and accommodate every eventuality to meet patients needs safely in the community? If so, Care Coordination is the team for you! Our drive and determination to meet the needs of our patients meant that we were HSJ award finalists in September 2022.

Are you seeking a new challenge or looking to work in a different care setting with exposure to new opportunities? We are offering an exciting position for a Band 6 Junior Sister to join the Care Coordination Team to work in our Hospital Inreach Service.

Main duties of the job

The Care Coordination Inreach Team work across our acute and community sites to help streamline patient discharges. The team visit the acute site daily (New Cross Hospital) attending a wide range of wards to identify patients who will need community support on discharge and take the lead with discharge planning for identified patients. Our aim is to achieve a safe, timely and seamless transition from hospital to home for our patients. Candidates must have a passion for service improvement and be motivated to promote, deliver and ensure success of the inreach service. Experience in service improvement and leadership is desirable as the post will involve the successful candidate working autonomously to implement, promote and deliver the inreach service with measurable set outcomes throughout the 12 months.

Applicants must be confident to promote safe and timely discharges into the community and lead with discharge planning (including liaising with MDT, patients and their families).

Candidates must have a UK driving license, business insurance and own a car they can use for work purposes. The post will require frequent travel across community sites and to New Cross and West Park Hospitals. Applicants must have a live NMC registration.

Working for our organisation

We can offer:

• A dedicated and robust 4 week super-numery induction
• Support to enable you to be an autonomous and independent practitioner
• Support so you can manage your own working day
• The opportunity to be part of and lead with new and exciting developments in our inreach service
• Support so that you are confident to bring new ideas forward and transfer your skills to our teams
• Autonomy to lead on changes to improve and develop our inreach service
• Support with funding for professional development
• Technology to help support you to do your job along with support to develop skills in using technology and different web based applications
• Exposure to complex case management of patients, including patients who are suitable for a D2A pathway
• Professional advocacy sessions and regular supervision
• An established team of experienced nurses to help you settle in and support your transition in becoming a valued member of our team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A sound knowledge base of acute and community services will be required for this role, including knowledge of services available in the Wolverhampton area delivered by a variety of organisations. Holistic triage and assessment skills will also be essential so that ongoing care needs can be identified for patients.

Please see the attached job description for further details, and for informal visits and more information about this role please contact Service Delivery Manager Leanne Webb. Informal visits are encouraged and we look forwards to hearing from you soon.

Person specification

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• Driving licence/car

Registration

• NMC PIN

Leadership

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

Visa/Sponsorship Information

In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit Health and Care Worker Visa or Skilled Worker Visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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