Community Matron

Are you looking for a new challenge that will develop your clinical, leadership and team-working skills?, The post holder will work within the Community Matron Team to proactively manage, co-ordinate and support an identified caseload of patients with multiple complex long-term conditions, with responsibility for ensuring all health and social care needs are met to improve health outcomes, functional status and quality of life, ensure integration of all elements of care, increase patient choice and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and reduce the stay of necessary hospital admission.

We are looking for highly skilled, enthusiastic, self-motivated senior nurse to join our Community Matron Team based at Clarendon, Hebburn.

The role of the Community Matron is an essential part of the Integrated Community Team - working closely with GPs in the locality.

We want to recruit senior clinicians who are able to support and empower patients to manage their long term conditions whilst working to achieve realistic goals that are patient-led., You will be an excellent communicator and work well both individually and within a team. You will be patient focused and have the ability to undertake clinical assessments to arrive at a differential diagnoses; start, plan and evaluate care. You will also have organisational and time management skills. You will demonstrate leadership skills across the inter-professional team.

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.