Band 6 Senior Early Intervention Nurse

Work in accordance with the NMC Code of professional Conduct.

Be aware of and adhere to BCHC policy and procedures.

Be aware of and adhere to BCHC policy and procedures.

Carry out comprehensive holistic assessments of the care needs of people referred to the service seeking support and advice from senior colleagues in situations that are outside the post holder's sphere of competence.

With support where necessary from senior colleagues, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care designed to maintain the patient in his/her own home.

In situations where the patient cannot be maintained safely at home facilitate admission to the most appropriate setting.

Actively promote participation by the team in current quality initiatives for example, falls prevention.

Manage own time effectively and prioritise workload.

Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experience members of staff.

Promote health by collaborative working with patients and their relatives.

Demonstrate teach and supervise basic nursing care that families can safely provide between visits.

In conjunction with therapist on the team, measure for and order special adaption's and equipment indicated by the assessment and plan of care., Please ensure you check your TRAC account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS, telephone contact details and postal address
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Want to live in the youngest city in Europe? Truly cosmopolitan with a diverse population of over 1.1 million, Birmingham has the largest open space in Europe and fantastic network links to the rest of the UK.

Look no further, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Nurse to join our Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country.

Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has so far delivered: 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days and people spend 11.5 fewer days in the system. Overall having an impact of £25.8million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.

You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, and facilitating early hospital discharge, plus the added bonus of Birmingham being a fantastic place to work and live.