Caseload Holder

The caseload holder is a senior nurse with clinical responsibility for a defined delegated patient caseload, ensuring delivery of comprehensive, skilled and evidence based nursing care within community settings in order to maximise patient outcomes. This will include being a key member of the wider multi-disciplinary team supporting patients and their families. The post holder will provide clinical support to other members of the nursing team.

To be responsible for patient assessment and the planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care plans, in collaboration with the patient and wider multidisciplinary team, using Nurse Prescribing as appropriate to needs.

To facilitate short and long term nursing care in the community, being responsive to patient need, reviewing this with the team on a regular basis.

Undertake assessment of patients with complex problems by using clinical, investigative and analytical skills to make difficult decisions about treatment and management plans.

To engage in and ensure that data inputting and data collection requirements are met as identified by the Trust, submitting data promptly and accurately, including capacity planning tools and electronic patient records.

To implement and lead the delivery of handover and clinical review meetings regarding the caseload, sharing learning and best practice with other teams.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.