Job summary
- Main area
- Training and Education
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: southend care home project
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-7644
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Unit 8 Temple Farm. southend-on-sea. SS2 5TE
- Town
- Southend-on-sea
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CARE HOME EDUCATION NURSE
Band 6
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
- To work as an autonomous practitioner within the care home team, supporting the delivery of the EPUT vision of patients by caring, learning and empowering care home staff across the MSE delivering evidence base training and education.
- Liaises with other agencies on the Education, training and competencies of care home staff.
Main duties of the job
To undertake clinical training and practice development within identified care homes. To work in collaboration with Care home managers to deliver training to care home staff including Sepsis identification and the use of Whzan.
To provide professional support and advice to staff in the Care home setting, and to facilitate education and training to registered care homes using evidenced based care.
- To plan, implement and evaluate Education needs in care homes involving District Nurses, EPUT care home team members and care home staff
- To develop education packages using research and current clinical evidence with particular emphasis to Sepsis.
- To actively contribute to the delivery of the NHS and Midlands ambition, to eliminate all avoidable pressure ulcers.
- To develop effective communication mechanisms between Care home staff and EPUT Care home team, respond as required to warnings raised by Telehealth. Accountability for delivery of service within own caseload.
- Respond to all urgent clinical issues within care homes as raised by Whzan.
- To delegate appropriate patients to team members ensuring full utilisation of available skill-mix. To be responsible for effective time management decision-making, organising and planning. Formulate, often-complex work and staff plans
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake clinical training and practice development within identified care homes. To work in collaboration with Care home managers to deliver training to care home staff including Sepsis identification, EOL and the use of Whzan, To provide professional support and advice to staff in the Care home setting, and to facilitate education and training to registered care homes using evidenced based care.
- To plan, implement and evaluate Education needs in care homes involving District Nurses, EPUT care home team members and care home staff
- To develop education packages using research and current clinical evidence with particular emphasis to Sepsis.
- To actively contribute to the delivery of the NHS and Midlands ambition, to eliminate all avoidable pressure ulcers.
- To develop effective communication mechanisms between Care home staff and EPUT Care home team, respond as required to warnings raised by Telehealth. Accountability for delivery of service within own caseload.
- Respond to all urgent clinical issues within care homes as raised by Whzan.
- To delegate appropriate patients to team members ensuring full utilisation of available skill-mix. To be responsible for effective time management decision-making, organising and planning. Formulate, often-complex work and staff plans.
- To diagnose and prescribe and maintain competencies in this area.
- To ensure the effective delivery of the Education agenda for Care homes adhering to Health and Safety regulations.
- Sometimes exposed to hostile / volatile situations.
- To ensure effective handover of the caseload to another named Nurse during periods of absence.
- Participate in multi-agency training when required as we move towards greater integrated working partnerships with statutory and voluntary colleagues.
- Ensure caseload activity is recorded daily and that information department receive activity on all new patient contacts (to assist with forward planning of service provision).
- To be mentor to pre-registration students and new staff. To educate patients on self-management, independence and health promotion.
- To participate in clinical audit as identified by the Trust's Nursing Strategy for Clinical Governance.
- To participate and promote the Trust's Clinical Supervision programme and ensure team members are engaged.
- To be aware of current research findings and implement evidence based practice in line with the Trust's Nursing Strategy for Clinical Governance.
- Expected to be aware of your personal responsibilities in the identification and management of all risks, in particular clinical risks. Report near misses and encourage team to report.
- Maintain safe equipment – monitor and record service.
- Responsible for undertaking risk assessments when ordering specialist equipment.
- Authorised signature for equipment from stores and clinic stock.
- Develop IT skills.
- Act as advocate for patients and carers.
- To comply with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Regularly provide direct emotional support to patient / relatives / carers in distressing circumstances. E.g. terminal illness / palliative care.
- Regularly provide direct emotional support / supervision to team members when involved in above point.
- The post-holder will be diverse in their knowledge base in view of increasing roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
10 minute presentation during the interview
Essential criteria
- NMC registered
Desirable criteria
- Teaching Skills
Presentation
Essential criteria
- Car Driver
Desirable criteria
- Experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- EMEFA BALIS ALLANDI DOKOSI
- Job title
- Matron/manager for the care home education team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07896279408
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