Community Matron

3 weeks ago


StocktononTees, United Kingdom North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Working autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner, the post holder will have responsibility for proactively monitoring & managing patients, recognising the early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness & injuries based on the understanding of long-term conditions, disease processes, current evidence and practice standards.

The service is delivered to a population of patients within the community setting primarily residing in care homes. The key aim of the service is prevention of inappropriate hospital admission or readmission following discharge from acute care. In achieving these outcomes there will be a reliance on comprehensive physical assessment and treatment-planning along-side EHCPs and DNACPR.

Working autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner, the post holder will have responsibility for proactively monitoring/managing patients, recognising early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness & injuries based on the understanding of long-term conditions, disease processes, current evidence & practice standards. The service is delivered to a population of patients within the community setting primarily residing in care homes. The key aim of the service is prevention of inappropriate hospital admission/readmission.

Post involves liaising with health/social care providers & other agencies to ensure provision of high quality care management to this group of patients/carers. Post-holders will also forge strong links with the nurse-led unit and community hub which is located on the University Hospital of Hartlepool site delivering pathway based interventions.

The Community Matron service operates over 7 days a week, covering the hours of 08.00-20.00hrs across the Hartlepool and Stockton localities.

The Community Matron service is a team of highly skilled advanced nurse practitioners working within Care Group 1 of the Trust (Healthy Lives).

The matron deliver reactive & proactive interventions to people residing in care homes across the Hartlepool & Stockton CCG area.

The key focus of this team is to ensure that people are cared for in their own home environments & that hospital admission is prevented where possible.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

The Community Matron service is a team of highly skilled advanced nurse practitioners working within Care Group 1 of the Trust (Healthy Lives).

The matron deliver reactive & proactive interventions to people residing in care homes across the Hartlepool & Stockton CCG area.

The key focus of this team is to ensure that people are cared for in their own home environments & that hospital admission is prevented where possible.


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