Falls Prevention Specialist Nurse / Practitioner

The Falls Specialist Nurse will work with the service lead to develop, implement and evaluate falls prevention strategies and measures across the NCA to ensure patients receive the highest standard of safe care. They will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the falls prevention and enhanced care team. Actively initiating and participating in clinical activity and audits, ensuring effective communication to manage change.

Working with the service lead they will contribute to and lead the ongoing development of falls prevention and quality improvement across the Trust, including development of policies and procedures. The post holder will support the Enhanced Care Team to provide support and education to wards teams on falls prevention practice development. Working collaboratively with Clinical Governance teams to ensure accurate reporting and address areas of potential concern or risk, working in partnership with senior management in relation to compliance of procedures, policies, legislation, codes of practice and standards.

Main duties of the job

Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of falls prevention strategies and measures in place ensuring patients receive the highest standard of safe care.

Demonstrate a high level of expertise within the falls prevention and Enhanced Care team.

Actively initiate and participate in clinical activity and audits, ensuring effective communication to manage change.

Work collaboratively with the Dementia specialist / admiral nurses within the enhanced care team to provide leadership and specialist support to staff, patients and their families.

Responsible for contribution to and leading of the ongoing development of falls quality improvement across the Trust including development of policies, procedures, and protocols/guidelines.

Support the delivery of Care Organisation Falls Steering Groups

In the absence of the Dementia and Falls Enhanced Care team Lead Nurse attend other local and NCA wide groups and committees, ensuring a nursing presence and voice at all levels within the Trust.

Provide support and education to ward teams on falls prevention with the enhanced Care co-ordinators (Band 6).

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.