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Job summary

Main area
Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
825-5411471-OPS-C
Employer
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
North East IDT
Town
North east shropshire
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust logo

Caseload Holder

NHS AfC: Band 6

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here-   https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list

https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Caseload Holder to join the North East IDT team in the provision of Urgent and Planned Care to patients living in the community. We are a proactive & forward thinking team, who constantly strive for the delivery of excellent patient care and modern ways of working. 

The multidisciplinary teams provide nursing and therapy services offering an alternative to hospital admission, supporting timely discharge. We enable our patients to realise their potential independence in their most appropriate place of care.

Main duties of the job

As a Caseload Holder you will manage a designated group of patients to ensure that they receive timely and evidence based care. You will have a skill mixed team to support the delivery of this care. You will need to be qualified to RN level, be registered with the NMC and be able to demonstrate current clinical experience in the Community setting. We are committed to clinical support, CPD & training.

There is a need for excellent communication skills and a dedication to multi agency working; you will need to work flexibly within a busy, demanding environment with the ability to develop new skills and working patterns.

Working for our organisation

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.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
  • Diploma/Degree Specialist Practice District Nursing or alternative post registration qualifications in a relevant discipline or portfolio of significant relevant experience
  • Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing (V100 or V150) or willing to work towards this

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Wide range of nursing experience within a community setting
  • Evidence of personal and professional development
  • Mentor qualification/equivalent and experience of undertaking clinical assessment

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills
  • Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients
  • Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Knowledge & understanding of safeguarding practice, policy an guidance including statutory frameworks

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to meet travel requirements of the post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gareth Biggs
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07970968880
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