Responsive Workforce Specialist

The Responsive Workforce Team (RWT) is part of the DCHS workforce strategy aimed at ensuring that quality people are available to deliver a quality service in line with the DCHS Way.

The RWT will provide high quality professional nursing care in a range of locations and specialties’.

Team members will need to be flexible about location, working patterns and environment as they will be required to regularly face new challenges in both hospital and community settings.

Team members will receive training and support to enable working in both hospital and community settings.

Team Members will be required to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way whilst maintaining the patient’s privacy and dignity.

To provide advice and support to junior staff in the delivery of high quality care and actively support the local manager in the management of the health care environment.

The role requires specialist knowledge across a range of procedures underpinned by theory to enable them to work in a variety of settings.

We have exciting opportunities in substantive positions for highly motivated, enthusiastic nurses to provide cover across our inpatient wards and in community settings with flexibility to provide specialist support for longer term gaps and meet service demand.

You will work within teams within both community hospitals and community services to offer support and to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care in the most efficient and clinically effective way whilst maintaining the patient’s privacy and dignity. To provide high quality care and work within your scope of clinical practice

This role is an ideal opportunity to gain personal development and experience across range of services and work across the organisation with some amazing teams

This role is an exciting opportunity, you must have two years or more band 5 experience and hold a full driving license, having access to a car.

If you can demonstrate good communication skills, have the ability to plan and provide evidence based clinical care delivery we want to hear from you.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We care for patients in 6 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

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There has never been a better time to join the NHS for a rewarding career as we celebrate 72 years of the NHS and the nation recognise the care and compassion delivered by the NHS during the recent pandemic.

If you are looking to start, maintain and advance your career in a healthcare setting and within a thriving and supportive workplace Derbyshire Community Health Services have a range of opportunities available

DCHS is a top performing NHS Trust that strives for innovation and improvement for the service and individuals that work within it, we currently have the following opportunity available.

Derbyshire Community NHS Foundation Trust have been leading the way with a responsive workforce model to support clinical services in delivering the best standards of care. In light of this success we are expanding the existing team of Community Registered Nurses, Emergency Care practitioners and Healthcare Assistants to include Registered Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses to provide flexible support to the Trusts specialist services, as well as recruiting more Adult RNs to support the community and inpatient areas across Derbyshire

KEY DUTIES TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To undertake clinical assignments across a range of locations covering gaps in rotas. For example to cover periods of service redesign, longer term sickness absence, seasonal pressures.
- To support the local manager in the day to day operational management, taking on agreed tasks. For example day to day co-ordination of healthcare assistants, link for specific key developments, appraisals for health care assistants.
- Be responsible for the assessment, implementation of treatment and the development of programmes of care for designated patients and provide feedback / escalate discussion regarding meeting patient need through supervision/monitoring processes.
- Work in close liaison with the Community Nursing sister/ Team Lead to take responsibility as a named nurse for patients on the caseload.
- Be responsible for the assessment, implementation of trea