Specialist Nurse

Are you an enthusiastic Nurse, looking to develop in a community rehabilitation team? Do you want to work in a diverse multidisciplinary team? Do you like supporting patients in their home and avoid unnecessary admissions? If so…
The aim of the Intermediate Care Lambeth is to provide community based care and rehabilitation to prevent unnecessary hospital admission, facilitate early hospital discharges and promote independence reducing reliance on long term social care services.
The successful applicant will work alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Social Care Assessors, Pharmacists, Doctors/GPs and Rehab Support Workers as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
The nursing role includes the clinical assessment of patients' conditions and intervention planning for management of blood pressure, pressure care and prevention, continence assessment, medication reconciliation, review and/or administration, urgent wound assessment and management, falls prevention and support therapists to optimise rehabilitation.
The nursing team plays a proactive role in the prevention of unnecessary admission to hospital with 8am to 10:30pm on the phone support and same day patient reviews.
These roles would be ideal for enthusiastic Band 6 or experienced Band 5 Nurses looking to develop in the specialist areas of community rehabilitation, admission avoidance, holistic assessment, and integrated care.
Closing date: 23/09/2024
Interview date: 03/10/2024, Professional / Clinical Responsibilities
+ To be competent in using a wide variety of specialised assessment and treatment approaches with adults with a range of conditions, including those with severe physical and cognitive impairment in order to formulate treatment plans, maximise rehabilitation potential and set goals.
Management and Leadership
+ To monitor the quality of nursing/rehabilitation services offered and contribute to the development and review of quality measures and performance indicators.
Communication
+ To be skilled in communicating, using both verbal and non-verbal means, with clients, carers and families who may have a range of physical disabilities or other barriers to understanding.
+ To offer advice and communicate written and verbal information to clients/ carers and agencies including other health professionals regarding a client's management., + To monitor the quality of services offered by the team and when areas of development are identified, to implement an action plan to address these under the direction of the Clinical Manager.
Personal & Professional Development
+ To reflect on practice at all times and to effectively participate in clinical supervision.
+ To maintain Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration and to work within NMC code of conduct., + To be professionally and legally responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of treatment delivered to the client to ensure a high standard of clinical care.
+ To work as an autonomous lone practitioner, case managing clients in the community and coordinating their care.
+ To carry out timely assessment and rehabilitation of community clients to prevent hospital admission or re-admission and facilitate early discharge home from hospital.
Management and Leadership
+ To deputise in some tasks in the absence of the Senior Specialist Nurse if required.
Communication
+ To work in a client centred manner with mutually agreed goals, appointments and rehabilitation programmes.
+ To communicate effectively with clients, carers and family members and to develop effective working relationships with the multidisciplinary team and external agencies., + To induct, supervise, appraise and teach students on placements within the team.
Audit, Benchmarking & Research
Personal & Professional Development
+ To use evidence based practice to develop and maintain a high quality clinically effective and cost-effective service.
+ To identify and be responsible for own training needs as well as identifying team training needs and supporting development of others.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals
+ Guy's Hospital
+ St Thomas' Hospital
+ Evelina London Children's Hospital
+ Royal Brompton Hospital
+ Harefield Hospital;
As well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
GSTT Values are to:
We are caring, we are ambitious, we are inclusive.
The team is a vibrant multidisciplinary, integrated team that that supports each other to share knowledge, skills and expertise. Through strong team relationships with our Adult Social Care partners, we work to meet the needs of people living in the London Borough of Lambeth.