Falls Nurse / AHP Specialist - Team Lead

This is an exciting 1-year secondment opportunity for a Band 7 or experienced band 6 nurse/AHP to be a part of the falls team at LUHFT. The successful candidate will be expected to provide first line management and lead a team of specialist nurses. The candidate will undertake clinical review and support of patients at risk of falling in hospital. They will be highly visible in the clinical setting promoting falls prevention. The candidate will utilise advanced clinical skills and evidence-based knowledge to assess patients with highly complex presentations and ensure individualized care management plans are implemented. The successful candidate will manage and contribute towards the continual development of evidence-based practise in Falls Prevention, and act as a role model for all staff in the area of patient safety. Providing continuing education to trust staff. The candidate will contribute to achieving the Falls team objectives and corporate objectives. The candidate will be responsible for the maintenance of own accurate written records in line with legal, professional and departmental requirements. The candidate will use the Trust's IT resources to maintain accurate statistical information to be provided to Wards/Departments, Divisions, Trust and Commissioners.Main duties of the job To provide first line management and undertake clinical supervision for falls team members on an individual or group basis. To perform Specialist Falls assessments on patients who have sustained a fall or at a high risk of falling. Planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills. To act as a resource for health care professionals by being visible, available and accessible for support and advice in relation to the management of patients who are at risk of falls. Act as an innovative, enthusiastic role model providing leadership, guidance and advice to staff on operational and professional issues promoting an open, honest and transparent culture. Demonstrate clinical leadership and challenge speciality and directorate boundaries to enhance and support the patient's journey. Lead a team of specialist nurses/AHP's towards achieving directorate and Trust objectives. Take the lead, develop and influence practice in the clinical area through service development and in conjunction with Matron, General Manager, Lead Clinician and Assistant Chief Nurse To ensure appropriate skill mix, cover is provided when planning rotas and delegating workload. To participate and take the lead in clinical audit within the Falls Team supporting others to participate and ensuring agreed results are implemented. To support and facilitate research to ensure evidence-based practise in the specialist area., The successful candidate will be expected to provide first line management and lead a team of specialist nurses. The candidate will undertake clinical review and support of patients at risk of falling in hospital. They will be highly visible in the clinical setting promoting falls prevention. The candidate will utilise advanced clinical skills and evidence-based knowledge to assess patients with highly complex presentations and ensure individualized care management plans are implemented. The successful candidate will manage and contribute towards the continual development of evidence-based practise in Falls Prevention, and act as a role model for all staff in the area of patient safety. Providing continuing education to trust staff. The candidate will contribute to achieving the Falls team objectives and corporate objectives. The candidate will be responsible for the maintenance of own accurate written records in line with legal, professional and departmental requirements. The candidate will use the Trust's IT resources to maintain accurate statistical information to be provided to Wards/Departments, Divisions, Trust and Commissioners., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

• Registered Nurse / Midwife
• Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
• Recognised Teaching Qualification
• First Degree
Desirable criteria
• Research qualification
• Recordable specialist qualification
• Masters
• Independent Nurse Prescriber, Demonstrable Post-Reg. experience
• Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
• Extensive clinical experience
• Evidence of the application of management / leadership skills and managing staff
• Involvement in audit
Desirable criteria
• Experience as Specialist Sister
• Participation in research
• Management qualification, In depth specialist knowledge, Teaching / assessment skills
• Organisation and negotiation skills
• Effective communicator
• Leadership & motivation skills
• Evidence of audit and change management ability
• Computer literate
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Root Cause Analysis
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of leading and facilitating change
• ECDL, Evidence of continued professional development
• Diplomatic
• Assertive and confident
• Personal and professional maturity
• Recognition of own limitations
• Demonstrates enthusiasm
• Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
• Flexibility
• Able to travel between sites, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.