PCN Care Homes - Nurse Practitioner

This is an innovative, clinically led Care Homes Service.

The role is essential to support the clinical lead within the team and act as adeputy in their absence, supporting day-to-day organisational and clinicaldecisions.

The post holder is an experienced nurse, with a minimum of 3 years post registration training, who acts within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the patient from initial history taking, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and reasoning and care for patients within care homes on behalf of the PCN practices. They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary care homes team and GP team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes DES.

The post holder will be able to perform comprehensive assessments of older people living with illness or long-term conditions which affect their daily lives. This involves close inter-disciplinary working with nurses, therapists, pharmacists, dietitians, social workers and many other health and care professionals. In addition, working closely with GPs, Old Age Psychiatrists, hospital clinical specialists and frailty services to ensure that older people receive the highest possible levels of care.

The post holder will ideally require an understanding of the comprehensive geriatric assessment toolkit as per the British Geriatric Society but this is not essential as training will be given.

Channel Health Alliance was established in April of 2017providing a range of primary and community services on behalf of the NHS. Weare delighted to have attained accreditation with the Care Quality Commission,and a CQC rating of good which only a few federations have achieved.

Channel Health Alliance has embraced the continuingchallenges faced by health and social care which has enabled us to provide high quality, innovative services for our diverse population.

Total Health Excellence (THE) East and West Primary Care Networks (PCNs) work with our partners to provide proactive, personalised carefor people close to home. We operate across the Dover and Folkestone areas andeight GP practices form our PCNs. Our PCNs are led by a Clinical Director, whois a GP, supported by a team of around 50 highly qualified health professionals.

Develop individualised treatment and management plans usingevidence based practice and proactively monitor patients and review care plans.

To identify and plan preventative measures and anticipatorycare needs.

To make direct referrals on to other services orprofessions, discuss diagnostic tests and instigate treatments and interventions as required working collaboratively with the MDT and patients GP.

To analyse signs and symptoms, laboratory tests and othermeasures of function, in formulating a diagnosis.

To work as an autonomous practitioner, managing andprioritising own caseload, through clinical judgement, according to local and national guidelines and identified need.

To work in a variety of settings, exercising a high level ofjudgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care.

To continuously review practice and participate in implementing change as appropriate and defined within the organisation policy

To always work according to the NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice and the relevant legislative framework and exercise professional accountability

To understand and or have experience with advanced care planning decisions/discussions around resuscitation and escalation using DNAR,TEP and RESPECT.

Maintain responsibility for the patients pathway throughoutall components of the health and social care system to prevent duplication, anddelays in care.

• Operational experience of supporting people with long term conditions
• Working with care homes
• Experience of working in a variety of settings (hospital, primary and community)
• Experience of leading change
• Experience of working as a change agent to improve patient care

• Registered Nurse
• 3 Years post registration experience Operational experience of supporting people with long term conditions Working with care homes
• Experience of working in a variety of settings (hospital, primary and community) Experience of working as a change agent to improve patient care

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£36,631 to £44,110 a year

Pro Rata depending on hours and experience