Senior Nurse Co-Ordinator (East)inStaffordinStaffordPUBLISHED MON 24 FEB 2025
In this dynamic role, you will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, providing holistic assessments and tailored care plans for patients with complex needs. You’ll oversee the triage of referrals while guiding and inspiring your peers, contributing to a culture of excellence and support. If you are passionate about leading innovative care practices and dedicated to helping others, we’d love to see your potential shine. Flexible and committed, you'll manage your shift patterns and travel across a wide area, making an invaluable impact right at the heart of our community. Join us and be part of a team that nurtures both its patients and its members!
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a NMC Registered Band 6 Senior Nurse Co-ordinator to join our Discharge to Access (D2A), Home First Service based in Stafford and surrounding areas of East Staffordshire.
The Home First Team provides clinical support for patients in the community to either avoid potential hospital admissions or to support people to return home through the Discharge to Assess Pathway following a period of acute care in hospital.
We pride ourselves on the delivery of quality care to community patients, many with complex needs and we actively promote the philosophy of self-care and the promotion of independence whilst offering the facilities of rehabilitation and assessment. The ethos of the team is to facilitate safe hospital discharges for patients leaving acute care and to offer them nursing support in their own home environment so they can remain in their own home and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
As an efficient and effective team member you will work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team alongside the Operational Leadership to ensure high quality care delivery to service users and provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers.
Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to work shift patterns covering a 24/7 365-day period. You will also be required to travel independently over a large geographical area.
As a Senior Nurse Co-ordinator you will assess, manage, plan and deliver care whilst providing support to your peers and team leader.
As part of this role, you will also so be expected to:
- Triage referrals for the discharge to assess pathway in line with the referral criteria.
- Provide holistic complex assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. For example, Chronic Disease Management, Tissue Viability, Palliative Care.
- Supervise pre-registration students.
- Work collaboratively and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
- Act as a role model and motivate team members in working towards an innovative and high standard of practice.
- Participate in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
- Take an active interest in working parties and groups within the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines.
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