Registered Nurse - Hospital at Home

Working Full or Part time

The National Health Service (NHS) has a number of sub-acute services that have developed in recent years from the guidance of NHS white papers such as the NHS Long term plan (2019) and NHS five year forward view (2014), which recommend for NHS trusts to deliver more care and services closer to a person's home rather than in acute hospitals.

As pressure on emergency departments across the UK grows, new care models will be pivotal in delivering and relieving some of these pressures by diverting work away from the hospital and into the community through the 2-hour Urgent Community Response and virtual ward offers.

In Cheshire West, the 'Hospital at Home' service has implemented virtual wards allowing patients to get the care they need at home safely and conveniently, rather than being in hospital. The NHS is increasingly introducing virtual wards to support people at the place they call home, including care homes.

The Hospital at Home workforce fits the NHS model well in supporting hospital level care at home experienced General Practitioners, advanced clinical practitioners with prescribing rights, registered therapists/nurses and support workers offer a 7-day service that runs from 8am-8pm. Allowing for wrap around care and an excellent patient experience as evidenced in the services monthly feedback from patients.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a hard-working, enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurses to join our Hospital at Home team to support this innovative way of working, to cover a maternity leave.

We would welcome applications from registered Nurses with experience in acute medicine as well as community experience in the management of long-term health needs of our ageing population.

The primary focus of the role is to provide patient-centred clinical care, encompassing the skills of assessment and diagnosis of patients and providing ongoing acute management under the guidance of the GP's and Advanced Clinical Practitioner's within the Hospital at Home team. The posts are intended to provide improved outcomes for our patients by providing safe, kind and effective care.

If you are looking to join an innovative service at the forefront of real system change, then this is certainly an exciting time to join our existing team.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

1. The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
2. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
3. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN Degree / Diploma
• Mentorship and assessing qualification Experience within the respiratory, frailty or community specialities

Desirable

• Management qualification or equivalent training tool.
• Post registration courses including Community Specialist Practitioner course or Level 7 Clinical Assessment and diagnostic modules

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Speciality knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives.
• Basic IT skills in word processing/Hospital systems

Desirable

• Experience in a community / Hospital at Home setting

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients / staff of varying levels of understanding
• Able to communicate sensitive information
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
• Skills in managing own workload and coordinating the work of others

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ellesmere Port Hospital
Chester Road
Ellesmere Port
CH65 6SG

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210-2024-884