Community Matron

We are looking for a Community Matron to work across Richmond based in East Sheen.

You will work with patients, focusing proactively on managing individuals who have complex long term conditions to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions.

The role will incorporate working within a community nursing team and in partnership with primary health care and social care professionals, providing expert case management, clinical assessment, diagnosis and individualised treatment plans and promoting self-management, to reduce inconsistencies in the care patients receive, plan interventions for fluctuations in health status and to prevent inappropriate hospital admission. If any of the caseload is admitted to acute provider, then the post holder will actively work to facilitate a timely and safe discharge.

Working days Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, with flexibility to working times.

We are looking for an experienced Nurse for Band 7 Community Matron Role. The role will incorporate working within a community nursing team and in partnership with primary health care and social care professionals, providing expert case management, clinical assessment, diagnosis and individualised treatment plans, promoting self-management.

Applicants need to be confident, self-motivated and energetic as well as reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant.

Applicants must have qualification and skills in advance assessment; long term condition management and V300 prescribing.

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust (HRCH) provide a wide range of healthcare services for the population of London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the London Borough of Hounslow.

The Clinical Services Directorates have a wide range of responsibilities to manage, including coordinating and delivering community primary care services on behalf of the Trust. A wide range of these healthcare services are delivered by staff in the community, who include medical staff, paediatric therapists, therapy assistants, health visitors, specialist nurses, nurses, nursery nurses, paediatric phlebotomists and healthcare support workers with the support of administrative staff working in localities with GPs, other health professionals, early years, education, and social care professionals.

The digitalisation of health services is underway with a requirement to become paper-light by 2023 through improving the use of digital tools and adopting mobile and agile working practices and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical delivery.

**Please see the attached supporting document/s which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification