**INTERNAL MPFT APPLICATIONS ONLY** Senior Community Nurse

Job overview

**INTERNAL MPFT APPLICATIONS ONLY**

We currently have a permanent Senior Community Nurse opportunity within our Leek PCN community Nursing team based at Leek Moorlands Hospital.

Community nursing teams deliver holistic, complex care to housebound patients within their own home environments. You will be responsible for leading the community nursing team, managing the caseload and supporting staff development. You will work alongside the leadership team to ensure proactive and effective care delivery, liaising and working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure individualised and evidence- based care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

-You will be responsible for allocating patient visits within the skill set for the community nursing team. You will work alongside the Lead Practitioner to manage the caseload, including reviewing demand and capacity.

-You will be competent in a variety of clinical skills, and be able to share your knowledge and expertise with others, signposting to more specialist services as appropriate.

-You will an effective leader, demonstrating care, compassion and empathy and role modelling the Trust values. You will be able to support staff within the team to develop their own skills and will offer a high standard of supervision.

-You will be able to engage complex patients, agree mutually beneficial treatment plans and to plan, implement and evaluate care pathways.

-You will support with quality assurance, including audit, incident reporting and gaining patient feedback. You will work with the leadership team to evaluate this in line with objectives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

These posts are available to internal MPFT Employees only.

What we ask from you?

-Working in a multi-disciplinary team alongside Clinical and Operational Leadership to ensure high quality care delivery to service users.

-Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers.

-Evaluate treatment plans and undertake discharge planning and promote self care.

-Be responsible for an agreed caseload.

-Co-ordinate the work of the Team.

-Support development of skills and competencies in others.

Essential Qualifications and training

Nursing Registration with the NMC Degree in nursing or equivalent  Mentorship/Assessor Qualification

Essential experience

Experience in leadership MDT working Caseload Management Clinical skills relevant to community nursing- fully completed skills passport

For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents below.