Clinical Practitioner Rugby

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic nurse to join the Urgent Community Response Team (UCR) in Rugby. The successful applicant will work alongside existing Clinical Practitioners and Advanced Clinical Practitioners in helping to deliver advanced clinical expertise,
levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care.

The post holder will be required to manage a busy workload within the urgent unplanned work flow, accepting referrals from a wide range of sources for complex patients to help prevent hospital admissions. In addition, the post holder will be highly visible to the PBT’s providing clinical expertise.

In return the applicant will be supported by a knowledgeable and experienced team with regular clinical supervision together with any relevant training.

We are looking for a competent and organised clinician with nursing experience at band 6 level or above, skills in assessing patients in their own homes, managing the complex care of long-term conditions, Frailty, prevention of hospital admission where appropriate, and supporting end of life patients. The clinician must be able to work closely with medical and nursing staff in Primary and Secondary care whilst autonomously assessing individual patient needs.

The post holder will exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care.

To work closely with Medical and Nursing staff in both primary and secondary care, to ensure patients receive appropriate investigation, intervention and treatment with mínimal avoidable delays, whilst improving the quality of care.

To work autonomously assessing individual patient needs, initiating investigations, determine a differential diagnosis and initiating appropriate holistic, research based treatment with the development of a personalised clinical management plan, including independent prescribing.

To put the patient at the centre of all decisions, reinforcing the concept of a more streamlined patient journey, improving the quality of care.

Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through, supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Leadership & Consultancy

Role model standards of care and behaviour through clinical practice.

Be highly visible in the clinical area.

Be flexible to service demands to enable a high quality responsive enhanced care service including out of hours working.

Contribute and where appropriate lead the development of the MDT/team objectives for the area of expertise.

Act as role model of standards for behaviour and professions, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within role and workplace.

Contribute to local networks and speciality specific groups, working in partnership with other key professionals.

Analyse relevant national policy, within area of expertise, advising on impact for service, leading the implementation of changes and evaluation of processes in partnership with the MDT.

Maintain professional registration and practice through CPD.

Maintain personal standards of conduct and behaviour consistent with Trust and NMC/HPC/other professional body guidelines.

Allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess own workload and that of individuals or the service, ensuring resources are deployed appropriately.

Ensure appropriate use of resources in order to meet service/client needs.

Identify the need for change, proactively generate innovations and lead new practice and service design solutions to better meet the needs of the patient and service.

Recognise and act as advocate for patient, carer, service and organisation.

Lead change as required and ensure resolution of conflict.

Clinical Direct Care Practice

Be a champion for the care of the frail older person.

Practice autonomously and self-directed.

Hold high-level MDT working skills to support others