Nurse Practitioner (Intermediate Care Unit) in317 Trustwide in317 Trustwide PUBLISHED
THU 7 NOV 2024
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Nurse Practitioner to join their Intermediate Care Unit. This role focuses on supporting patients in avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and aiding their rehabilitation to achieve independence post-hospitalization. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including physiotherapists and occupational therapists, to provide high-quality care and comprehensive assessments for patients, typically during a stay of around six weeks.
Key responsibilities include making autonomous clinical decisions, conducting physical examinations, formulating care plans, and managing a caseload. Candidates should possess or be willing to obtain non-medical prescribing qualifications (v300). Strong leadership, advanced communication skills, and a keen interest in rehabilitation are essential. The position requires flexibility to work various shifts across seven days a week.
Applicants should have a solid clinical background, exemplary managerial skills, and familiarity with electronic patient records. The role also involves educating and training nursing staff and students within the unit. The Trust promotes flexible working arrangements where feasible. Candidates must cover their DBS check costs through a salary deduction.
Interview date: December 4, 2024. Interested candidates are encouraged to read the full job details and apply through Trac.
We have an exciting opportunity for Band 7 Adult Nurse to join our team as a Nurse Practitioner within a busy Intermediate care unit. Intermediate care supports people to avoid going into hospital or residential care unnecessarily facilitating people to be as independent as possible after a stay in hospital, or a period of not managing within their own home.
Our unit provides high quality care to patients requiring rehabilitation, to optimise health before returning to their own home, we work in collaboration with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers to do this.
We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, self-motivated, hard-working staff who are looking for a new challenge, in a supportive fast paced environment.
We are looking for dynamic candidates with an enthusiasm for change, promotion of care, forward thinking and innovative, whilst supporting the junior workforce.
There will be an expectation that staff work various shifts covering 7 days.
- Interview Date Wednesday 04 December 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
The post holder will work as a Nurse Practitioner within an established team of Nurse Practitioners and Therapists, they will be a skilled, independent practitioner, required to make autonomous, clinically led decisions, there will be a requirement to undertake clinical / physical examinations, and formulate a plan of care based on these findings.
Completion of the history taking in physical assessment, and demonstrable clinical skills are a significant part of this job role, if not already possessed a willingness to undertake this is essential, this role also has a need for the right candidate to possess non-medical prescribing to work to the level of nurse practitioner, again the right candidate would be supported to achieve the v300 if not already achieved.
The team provides medical and therapy services to patients in Eden court including:
Comprehensive assessmentsDaily board RoundGoal and care planning with patients and their carersRegular reviews by the team to ensure a needs led and responsive service it is expected that stay in Eden Court will be approximately 6 weeks
About us
This role will require experience, as well as excellent clinical / managerial leadership. Advanced communication skills and the ability to act as an excellent role model are fundamental aspects of this role.
Acting as patient advocates when needed, an understanding of mental capacity, DOLS is an important part of this job.
The successful candidate will be expected to work alongside the existing Nurse Practitioner / Team Lead, as well as be part of the wider MDT ensuring high quality rehabilitation care is provided, a keen interest in rehabilitation is vital for this role.
The right candidate will be enthusiastic, dynamic and able to work under pressure.
Awareness of computer systems and electronic patient records is advantageous.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse practitioner as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to perform a specific technological procedure/s e.g. endoscopy, ultrasound in a defined patient group and/or advanced patient assessment and clinical decision making in a broad patient group e.g. H@N, pre assessment.
To deliver a quality of service matching clinical need to available resources within the focus of specialist nursing practice:
- To ensure that the patient is the central focus of a streamlined patient journey ensuring optimal quality of care.
- Working as a nurse practitioner, provide a prompt response to calls from colleagues, prioritising importance and clinical need.
- Manage own caseload to include assessment, investigation, diagnosis and treatment within defined parameters and training.
- Provide immediate care management of patient including communication of plan to patients and significant others.
- Review and refer to appropriate person, e.g. AHP, resident medical staff, specialist registrar or critical care outreach team.
- Liaising with Patient Services Coordinator where necessary.
- Communicate within multidisciplinary team, ward/departmental staff and/or out of hours team.
- Provide specialist education and training to departmental nursing staff, nursing and medical students.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
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