Job overview
The Intensive Home Nursing Service is a service provided by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust IHNS provides short term care for patients who are approaching end of life and wish to spend their remaining time in their home.
The direct care is provided on a one-to-one basis by Band 3 Clinical Support Workers with support from other health and social care teams. The Clinical Support Workers are directly managed and supported by the nursing team within the Intensive Home Nursing Service.
In this role, you will be required to:
To carry out patient assessment visits in the community setting.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care required by the patient, ensuring that the service criteria is being met and that the documentation on SystmOne is up to date and correct.
Undertake thorough risk assessments regarding suitability and safety of patients dwellings prior to allocating care from the band 3 CSWs.
To be trained as a transcriber to ensure all relevant drug administration charts are completed accurately and safely.
To ensure that all medication charts are correct and up to date.
Provide supervision and support to the Band 3 clinical support workers to maintain high quality effective health care.
Main duties of the job
Assess, Plan, Implement and Evaluate Patient Care in a community based setting.
Support the duty Coordinator in organizing and deploying staff according to competencies and workloads in order to meet patients’ needs.
To be part of the continual assessment of care needs and liaise with other multi agency professionals as appropriate. Report any concerns to senior staff nurse or team leader.
To support the senior staff nurses in the effective management and use of resources to ensure a reactive service.
To provide training and support to the Band 3 Clinical Support Workers in the home environment and at the monthly support and education sessions.
To ensure that planned nursing actions are delivered safely, effectively and are evidence based.
Assume responsibility for own professional development.
To ensure that clear verbal, written and digital communication takes place with a range of people, including Community Nursing Teams, St Lukes Hospice, Continuing Health Care colleagues, Transfer of Care team, Active Recovery, GPs, inpatient areas and voluntary sectors as well as patients, carers and relatives.
To participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings, daily Palliative Care Huddles, CHC huddles and case conferences.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of a maximum of twelve months due to maternity leave of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust’s legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and statutory maternity provisions.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
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Desirable criteria
Experience
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Skills and Knowledge
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Personal Qualities
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Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
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You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.
If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
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Applicant requirements
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.
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NameLisa SteeleJob titleOperational Service LeadEmail addresslisa.steele10@nhs.netTelephone number0114 3078350Additional information
Elaine Green
Clinical Services Manager
Email: elaine.green3@nhs.net
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