Staff Nurse - Band 5 Bury, North West England, England
Job description
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a band 5 rotational post through all of Bury’s Intermediate Tier which includes; Rapid Response, Choices for Living Well bed and home base, Virtual Hospital and Rapid Response. There is then a fantastic promotion structure which can lead to Advanced Clinical Practitioner or Management. It is a full multi-disciplinary team, incorporating both health and social care which enhances all skills. Bury is making significant investment to improve the capacity and capability of intermediate care and related services under the leadership of the Bury Local Care Organisation [LCO]. The Bury LCO consists of the seven main health and social care providers in Bury (BARDOC, Bury Council, Bury GP Federation, the Northern Care Alliance, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Persona) and the Voluntary, Community and Faith Alliance [VCFA].
Main duties of the job
- Using your clinical experience and skills you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of programmes of care, both for a specific group of patients as the named care provider and in supporting the care of all patients on the ward / unit
- You will assist in the management and organisation of work, as required, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times and will provide support for junior staff on the ward (newly qualified staff will receive initial support).
- You will play a key role in the education, development, mentorship and supervision and assessment of all learners and unregistered
- You will undertake nursing interventions consistent with evidence based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patients’
- Be able to work collaboratively with all members of the MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) and to make referrals as
- To provide support and care for the patient and his/her family respecting their need for privacy and
- To monitor the effectiveness of nursing care and adjust the programmes of care where indicated.
- To utilise highly developed clinical skills specific to
- You will practice in accordance with the professional, ethical and legal framework for nursing.
Working for our organisation
Bury is making significant investment to improve the capacity and capability of intermediate care and related services under the leadership of the Bury Local Care Organisation [LCO].
The Bury LCO consists of the seven main health and social care providers in Bury (BARDOC, Bury Council, Bury GP Federation, the Northern Care Alliance, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Persona) and the Voluntary, Community and Faith Alliance [VCFA].
The LCO is working with local Commissioners to deliver the integration and transformation of local health and care services as part of Bury’s Locality Plan. This includes plans to enable more people to have their health and social care needs met at home and in the community and avoid unnecessary hospital or care home admission.
The new delivery model for the Intermediate Tier of services is designed to bring together health and social care into a Bury-wide integrated team delivering intermediate care services under single leadership. The key deliverables are to:
- Introduce home-based care into Bury’s intermediate care offer;
- Create additional enhanced Intermediate Care [IMC] beds through the dual registration of Killelea House;
- Develop a multi-disciplinary Rapid Community Response
Staff will be expected to work flexibly across the tier of services which includes:
- Bury Rapid Community response Service
- Killelea House (enhanced and residential IMC)
- Home-based IMC and Reablement
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Analytical and judgmental skills
- To undertake data collection effectively using the agreed
- To use judgemental skills to decide upon and recommend best course of action including escalation as
- Undertake initial patient assessments, considering their health, safety and well-being and devising and delivering care plans, where there are a number of
- Analyse situations and instigate emergency procedures as
Planning and organisational skills
- To prioritise the care requirements for identified
- To monitor the work and performance of junior colleagues providing constructive feedback, advice and on-going
- To monitor progress of work recognising changing priorities and implement corrective actions within own limits and informing the relevant
- To assist in the management and organisation of work as
- To organise and monitor the work and performance of junior colleagues providing constructive feedback, advice and on-going
- To monitor progress of work recognising changing priorities and implement corrective actions within own limits and informing the relevant
Physical skills
- Physically able to assist patients with activities of daily living and moving and
- Able to carry out basic observations and monitoring and use relevant equipment
- To utilise highly developed physical skills e.g. in preparing and giving IV injections, assembling clinical equipment, maintaining
- Driving skills are required for community
Responsibility for patient care
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the physical, social and psychological condition of the patient and /or carer from admission to discharge from the
- To practice in accordance with the professional, ethical and legal framework for
- To discuss and agree short, medium or long term goals, prioritise care and develop plans with the patient, family carer and health and social care
- To support patients / carers encouraging them to promote their own health and wellbeing and to express their interests and
- To undertake nursing interventions consistent with evidence based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patient’s
- To provide support and care for the patient and his / her family respecting their need for privacy and
- To monitor the effectiveness of nursing care and adjust the programmes of care where indicated.
Responsibility for policy/service development
- To adhere to policies and procedures relating to own workplace /
- To offer constructive views on how the existing service and team work can be evaluated and improved
- To contribute to service
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
If you are an International Nurse without a current NMC PIN, please do not apply for this role. To find out more about the current international nursing opportunities available to you here at the NCA, please contact [email protected]
Person specification
essential and diserable
Essential criteria
- registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- experience of case/care management within a nursing team
- ability to organise staffing rotas and manage teams effectively
- ability to manage staff and difficult situations
- experience of participating in service improvement activities and managing change
- experience of using IT systems
Desirable criteria
- V300 Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
- Evidence of mentorship Qualification
- Experience of the use of clinical systems
- Evidence of involvement in teaching
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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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.
