Clinical Nurse Specialist for Older Persons in Care Homes

We are looking for enthusiastic, creative, progressive and adaptable individuals to be part of our future developments in supporting the care of older people across our urgent care pathways from acute hospitals to care homes. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Older People you will need to demonstrate a good understanding of how to manage the complex care needs of older people and be willing to develop the service in line with the Enhancing Care in Care Homes framework, and work collaboratively to support the PCN s to enable the care homes to feel part of the community health family. Having excellent assessment and communication skills and being able to articulate key information to patients and families is a key requisite for the role, as the CNS role supports the Pathway 3 assessment process from the Hospital Discharge and Community Support; policy and operating model. (July 2021) You will share the CARE values of the trust and work within a close-knit group of people who bring the feeling of community to the team through their hard work and dedication to the people of the area., As a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist you will use your clinical experience, expertise and advanced skills to provide leadership and effective caseload management, working closely with users of our services and other stakeholders. Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided across the health economy by:

• Keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and using evidence-based policies and procedures
• Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with everyone involved in care planning.
If you are a band 6 looking to progress in your career there is a commitment to support you develop in this role.Working for our organisation Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.