Nurse Case Manager

Job overview

Are you looking for an interesting and challenging community based role?

We are a dynamic, friendly and specialist team and can offer you the time and opportunity to make a real difference to the quality of care that the people we support receive in community nursing home settings.

We are looking for an innovative nurse case manager to join the team, working in close collaboration with colleagues from social care, Acute trusts, primary care, care home providers and our clinical commissioning group (CCG) to really make a difference for  service users and their families.

The successful candidate will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, responsible for providing person-centred, holistic assessment to facilitate discharge.

Our team provides therapy and nursing input across 3 different care homes throughout the city. You will be expected to move between units as required to meet service need.

Our caseload is referred into us from acute trust wards and often have complex medical history including fractures, frailty, respiratory, cardiac conditions, amputees and neurology. Our patients are with us for a short term rehab program and needs assessment to facilitate returning home as quickly as possible, facilitating discharge from hospital, ensuring their future needs are met.

There is a possibility for work hours to be increased in the future.

Main duties of the job

To manage a caseload of Intermediate Care Unit based patients with complex needs, using specialist skills and evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To provide supervision of students on practice placement.

To participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of Intermediate Care services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

To be an active member of the inter-disciplinary Intermediate Care team in the provision of patient-centred care.

To develop and provide clinical expertise in a designated specialism and participate in the dissemination of evidence based practice across the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.