Advanced Nurse Practitioner

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Main area Primary care community Grade 8a Contract Fixed term: 12 months (cover for maternity leave) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8am - 4pm and 2pm - 10pm shift pattern) Job ref 824-NORTH-

Site Finchley Memorial Hospital Town London Salary £59,490 - £66,239 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 07/07/:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Band 8a required for the Barnet service .

The service supports the early discharge home of patients on the Frailty Pathway, patients are on the Hospital at Home ward from 1-14 days. Initially the service is for patients requiring IV antibiotic, however we will be stepping up to see patients who require monitoring of observation, COPD monitoring, heart failure, and blood taking.

The virtual ward operates from BGH and RFH. We envisage long term we will also receive patients from 111/999 and step-up patients from the RR and D2A pathway.

Main duties of the job

• Be clinically and operationally responsible for the team Act as a role model.
• Be responsible for undertaking comprehensive health assessments, physical examination and ordering tests for patients.
• Use advanced clinical decision making and assessment skills, coordinate care planning and initiate referrals to diagnostics for appropriate tests for this population.
• Be involved in establishing delivering and leading a comprehensive service within community services.
• You will play a leadership role within the team and work with external stakeholders such as London Ambulance Service and Social Services to develop new ways of working and through networking increase the number of referrals from the acute and community.
• Lead on service development.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification Education/Qualification

• RGN / RN or AHP with current UK NMC registration or other registration body.
• Educated to degree level.
• Appropriate postgraduate qualification or experience in relevant clinical area.
• Qualified MSc in a relevant speciality with leadership module

Experience

• Signficant post registration experience at band 7.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a community setting
• Demonstrable experience in a range of long-term conditions / frailty / patients with comorbidities
• Postgraduate experience of working in a multi professional team.
• Experience of teaching and training.
• Experience of research and clinical audit
• Experience of clinical management
• Experience of managing staff performance and addressing competency issues.
• Experience of minor adaptations and home modifications
• Experience of carrying out audits and the formulation of action plans.
• Experience in setting up new projects /initiatives and leading change management
• Experience of working with social services
• Experience of successful project management within a clinical area

Skills & Knowledge

• Evidence of good leadership qualities, including delegation and co-ordinating teams.
• Has a range of advanced clinical skills and expertise including catheterisation, IV Therapy, complex wound care, venepuncture, and cannulation.
• Advanced clinical assessment and reasoning skills.
• Ability to make decisions, organize and prioritise
• Ability to innovate and respond to change.
• Ability to interpret and implement new policies into workplace procedures.
• Evidence of commitment to patient and carer involvement in care
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues and risk management strategies.
• Knowledge of System one and EMIS systems
• Insight into issues arising from the local health economy

Key Attributes

• Ability to self-motivate and innovate and act as a role model.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• High levels motivation and determination
• Ability to work clinical shifts.
• Flexibility to meet service needs
• Appropriate level of physical fitness to perform the job (as outlined in the job description) with or without adaptations.
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.