Older Peoples Medicine Flow Support Nurse

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000

Job description

Older Peoples Medicine Flow Support Nurse

Are you a clinical Band 4 Nurse who is looking for a new challenge? Older Peoples medicine (OPM) is a specialty that has evolved in recent years to meet the needs of the growing population of people over the age of 80 years old.

It holds the first Older People's Emergency Department (OPED), which provides emergency care to patients in an environment dedicated to meeting the needs of the client group.

Older Peoples Ambulatory Care (OPAC) works alongside OPED and our short stay ward Loddon to provide same day emergency care and short stay medicine.

OPM's 4 remaining wards each have a unique specialist focus within the specialism. Brundall and Dunston Wards are acute wards that care for patients requiring a prolonged stay due to complex medical conditions and discharge planning. Elsing Ward is an acute ward caring for patients with complex cognitive impairment and delirium.

Main duties of the job

Earsham is an ortho-medical ward providing care for patients who are over 65 years who have had a fractured neck of femur (NOF), with a background of multiple comorbidities.

OPM prides itself on its multi-disciplinary team working to provide every patient with a high standard of individualised care, with a goal of safely discharging patients home or to a placement suitable to meet the needs of the patient when they are medically fit to leave the acute trust. OPM is praised for its high standard of care and support to patients and their families at the end of their life.

We are looking for someone to work with our front door services and our acute OPM wards to support the management of bed flow through the department and to support the teams with initial nursing assessments when a decision to admit a patient has been made.

There couldn't be a better time to join our team as we begin to change the way we triage our patients using the Rockwood frailty score and moving from Older Peoples Medicine to Frailty.

About us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.

• To support the OPM Matron and medical Matron of the day in decisions regarding bed allocation of OPM patients from OPED and AMU to an appropriate OPM ward to support their needs.
• To support manageable flow to the OPM wards and provide the Nursing teams with support for nursing assessment and routine MRSA surveillance.
• To develop and maintain efficient and effective administration systems for the Unit and the Patient Flow Coordinator and Discharge Coordinators.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experienced RNA or Assistant Practitioner.
• NVQ 3 or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience within acute Health Care.

Experience

• Extensive experience of multi-disciplinary working in the NHS.
• Setting up databases.

Skills

• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£26,530 to £29,114 a year, pro rata.