Community Matron

Welcome to Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Primary Care Home (PCH) teams.

We are seeking 2 Registered Nurses (Adult) with experience of supporting patients with long term chronic disease management to join our team.

Applicants should be enthusiastic, flexible, highly motivated and committed to the delivery of excellent patient care. Experience at Band 6; clinical examination skills; experience of multidisciplinary / integrated working to support patients with long term condition; experience of case management and experience of line management would be advantageous. A Health Coaching qualification is desirable, but training will be provided if required.

The successful candidate will have Non medical (v300) independent and supplementary prescribing qualification or confirm willingness to complete. This post is 80% clinically facing.

The PCH team provides community services 7 days per week 07:00- 20:30 hours

The core shift is 08:30- 16:30. Weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis as part of the Band 7 leadership role. The post is offered up to 37.5 hours per week. We are able to support flexible working arrangements and other shift patterns would be considered. Applications are welcome from staff who will be new to Community Healthcare, and a full induction will be provided.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

As a core member of the PCH leadership team the Community Matron will ensure PCH patients with complex needs and those in crisis are treated effectively by providing independent specialist nursing input and clinical advice to patients and staff; lead on admission prevention, promote well-being and reduce demand on Primary Care and ECCH specialist services. Community Matrons are integral in supporting admission avoidance, by being part of a rota to work alongside the Acute Hospital "Front Door" team to identify patients who can be safely managed within their own home.

Community Matrons support the Unscheduled Care Coordination hub, which reviews the ambulance waiting Stack to identify patients that can be mananged within an alternative Community provider.

The Community Matron role is a senior clinical position within the PCN, in addition to direct patient care you will gain leadership experience in facilitating clinical supervision; complaint investigation; clinical audit and supporting integrated working across the Primary Care Homes. You will have direct line management responsibility for a number of clinical staff. As a Community Matron you will be working in close collaboration with the Lead Nurse, Lead Therapist, and Locality Lead to provide clinical leadership within the Primary Care Homes.

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website -(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

The PCH is a multidisciplinary team delivering health care to local communities. The combined skills of the team mean they are able to respond to the changing needs of patients and support those who may previously been admitted to hospital to remain  will become an active member within this team of clinicians.

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