Clinical Nurse Lead - Prevention of Falls

In this post, the post holder will act as a clinical expert and be instrumental for ensuring that an integrated falls strategy is continued at Medway NHS Foundation Trust which will meet National and Local drivers in reducing falls and falls with harm within the hospital and local community.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust., Lead the Falls Service across specified areas of responsibility to ensure a unified approach to care, consistent standards of care and patient access.
To lead on the development of appropriate policies and standards relating to services auditing results and responses.
To review local services for falls and fractures to identify gaps and to establish a baseline for service delivery, including the identification of multi-agency resources currently supporting Falls and fractures
Influence the care provided by other Health and Social care professionals through provision of guidance and involvement in formal teaching
Demonstrates a highly developed specialist knowledge within own discipline underpinned by current evidence-based practice acting as a reference for colleagues and other agencies.
To actively engage with clinicians and all key stakeholders and to foster good working relationships to ensure effective partnership approach to achieving multi agency outcomes
To coordinate and manage the ambulatory falls care pathway, triaging patients onto an appropriate clinic or activity programme.
The post holder is responsible for supporting the senior sister charge nurse and multi-professional teams In the day to day delivery of care, ensuring optimal high quality fall prevention and falls management is delivered and continuously monitored.

Division: Corporate
Care Group: Corporate Nursing
Band: 8a
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Interview Date: 25th November 2024
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Lead - Prevention of Falls who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.