Role Summary
The Associate Community Matron is a pivotal member of the integrated Health and Social care team linking with and supporting Primary care, Community Nursing and the multidisciplinary team at practice and complex care team level for patients with long term conditions.
The Associate Community Matron will work towards setting up, implementing and evaluating the Associate Community Matron role supporting patients with Long Term Conditions and complex needs. This will inform and develop the Trust’s provider service management approach to Long Term Conditions, contributing to the care of complex patients.
The Associate Community Matron will case manage and work with patients and their carers to maximise on the benefits of the Associate Matron role in supporting their care programs, encouraging self-care and self-management approaches to long term conditions.
The Associate Community Matron will work towards developing expert clinical skills relating to long term conditions and case management. The role is pivotal in ensuring patients receive appropriate care and treatment as close to home as possible and that health and social care is patient centred and delivered to a high standard. This involves making close links with secondary care providers to facilitate appropriate and timely discharges.
The Associate Community Matron is a pivotal member of the Primary Health Care Team and develops professional relationships with medical colleagues, other health professionals, Social Services, voluntary agencies, secondary care hospitals, community hospitals and liaison staff, to enhance the service and care pathway provided to patients who have complex needs and their families due to the presence of Long Term Conditions.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Do you have an interest in supporting patients to remain at home and avoid a hospital admission or facilitate their discharge from hospital?
Are you a motivated and dynamic Registered Nurse with a ‘can do’ attitude?
Are you already working as a Band 6 or an experienced Band 5 looking for a chance to progress?
If you answered 'yes' the above then you could be just what we're looking for to join our Urgent Community Response Team (UCR) covering the Honiton, Ottery St Mary and Cranbrook areas.
The Urgent Community Response Team is an integrated multi-disciplinary community-based service comprising of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nursing including Community Matrons and an Admiral Nurse, Co-ordination, Adult Social Care, Support Workers and Rehabilitation Support Workers. We work with our patients to manage any short-term health and/or social care needs they may have. For example, during a period of acute ill health, when their main carer is suddenly unable to provide the support the patient requires, following an injurious fall or when returning home after a hospital admission. We work closely with the teams within our Trust as well as many others including local GP practices, care providers, Hospiscare and Marie Curie. We are committed to patient-centred care and have a culture of shared learning, integrated working and promote positive risk taking.
This exciting role will give you the opportunity to further enhance and develop your clinical skills and participate in the support and training of support workers as well as identifying and exploring service development opportunities. You will have roles in triaging referrals, rapid response and case working. You are supported to undertake additional study and training to further develop in your role and are encouraged to engage with services UCR links with to build on existing or establish new working relationships. We are keen to have a strong team player join our successful team; somebody who can manage their own workload autonomously but also work closely in an integrated manner with other team members, sharing learning and supporting colleagues.
The successful candidate will have a wide range of experience working with older adults, end of life care delivery and patients with complex needs. Alongside this, the successful candidate should possess the knowledge and skills to provide a rapid assessment and safe discharge planning with the appropriate level of risk taking which comes within the Admission Avoidance and Discharge to Assess (Home First) models.
You will be joining us as we near our first anniversary of our local response to the national Ageing Well programme. This has seen Urgent Community Response teams extend service delivery to 08:00-20:00 across 7 days per week. This role will require active participation in a clinician rota that covers 08:00-20:00, including some weekend working. The current job description used as a template for this post is attached; this is subject to amendment as the UCR job descriptions are currently being reviewed and re-written. Working patterns or preferences can be discussed.
Whilst the primary base for this role will be in UCR, as a successfully integrated and flexible cluster, there may be some requirement to, at times, support or work within other teams including the Community Nursing Team. A car driver is essential. Whilst this is a full-time post, we welcome those looking for part-time hours to apply, but would request you state your preferred number of hours in your application.
Working pattern: 37.5 hours/ week
Interview date: week commencing 23rd January 2023
We warmly welcome informal visits and/or discussions about this role. Please contact Hannah Baker, UCR Lead on hannahbaker2@nhs.net or via 01404 540530 for more information or to arrange a visit.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
