Community Matron

37.5 Hours Per Week

We are looking for a motivated and dynamic Community Matron to work as part of our Neighbourhood Teams within the Barnsley Integrated Services Care Group.

As Community Matron you will:

Support the patient throughout their journey including triaging & signposting referrals, admission avoidance, hospital discharge & managing long term conditions at home or in a patients long-term place of residence.

Support the prevention of inappropriate hospital admission/readmission following discharge from acute care.

Support the Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes service office in Barnsley, being involved & supporting MDTs & ward rounds alongside Primary Care.

Work on new & emerging pathway developments including Virtual Ward roll out alongside partner organisations.

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including nursing specialists, AHPs, Primary Care & Acute colleagues.

The successful applicant will be expected to work across a seven-day week shift pattern including weekends & bank holidays, 8am-8pm., The successful candidate will:

Be a Registered General Nurse with substantial post qualifying experience.

Have or be willing to complete the Nurse Prescriber course.

Work autonomously as an Advanced Practitioner & as part of an MDT & be able to suggest & contribute to improvements within the pathway/team.

Maximise patients health, clinically assess, treat patients & reduce risks that contribute to ill health, reducing unnecessary admissions to acute services, reducing demand on Primary Care.

Provide care across our neighbourhood footprint, working in an integrated way with Therapy, Community Nursing, Acute, Primary Care & Adult Social care colleagues as part of the wider system.

Deliver an efficient, effecting & safe pathway from triage to discharge, undertaking crisis & proactive interventions to people at home or residing in care homes across Barnsley.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.