Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join a wonderful, dynamic and patient focused team providing high quality services to the Walsall community.

Whether it be supporting a team member with new skills or attending to a patient and advising their family, your role as a ICS Senior community Nurse provides you with the opportunity to deliver a high standard of care to patients in their homes (pathway 1), and patient’s that require comprehensive holistic clinical assessment and monitoring in the ICS pathway 2 and 3 beds, alongside developing your leadership skills supporting your team.

To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with GPs, Care home managers and colleagues and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies for patients on the ICS pathway 1-3.

To provide clinical advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to promote maximum independence, health and wellbeing. To enable patients living with long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs.

PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Main duties of the job

Communication

·        To be able to communicate effectively with multiple agencies, staff, patients and carers in the community setting and input all discussions onto the mosaic system.

·         To be able to undertake comprehensive assessments and lead on discharge planning from pathway 2/3 beds.

·         To provide clear and concise reports in a timely manner.

·         Co-ordinate and chair discharge planning meetings for patients who have complex and high post discharge health care needs (where appropriate).

Teaching/Training Skills

·         To deliver training programmes in relation to complex discharge planning to multi-disciplinary team members.

·         To review and evaluate training programmes.

·         To provide mentorship to student nurses, newly qualified nurses and junior members of the team.

·         To be responsible for student nurses on placement and their learning outcomes.

·         To participate in induction programmes for new members of staff.

·         To lead on induction programmes for new staff in the absence of the Team Manager.

·         To be responsible for your own learning and to ensure that you keep your practice up to date and actively involve in training offered from ICS to enhance your Senior Nurse role.

·         To act as the lead Nurse at the MDT meeting for patient’s in the ICS pathway 2 beds.

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space