Senior Community Clinician

Job overview

Senior Community Clinician - Fixed term or Secondment post for 12 months

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse who will provide professional and clinical support within the Discharge Teams and community beds as the service requires, which can include the Transfer of Care Hub, the Transfer of Care Team, Discharge to Assess, and the Intermediate Care at Home Team

This is a really exciting time to join our team to become part of our integrated service as we have many new and exciting initiatives to challenge and develop our staff .

The candidate should demonstrate strong communication/negotiating skills and be able to work closely with members of the MDT and other stake holders to facilitate timely and safe discharges to aid patient flow within the hospital and the community beds.

You will provide clinical leadership, expertise and advice to staff pertaining to all matters of discharge, quality and safe patient flow.

Main duties of the job

The key aims are as follows :

• Delivering a consistent, co-ordinated approach to assist patients to identify potential needs at the point of discharge to avoid unnecessary delays in transfer of care
• Working collaboratively with external and internal partners for the benefit of the patients to ensure smooth transition from hospital and reduce risk of readmission
• Transparently providing information and expert advice to patients, carers and other professionals
• Reporting all delayed transfers of care, sitrep reportable and non sitrep reportable, as per the local delay standards and criteria

Operating hours are  08:00-18:00 seven days a week, this may increase to 20:00 in the future

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

‘Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager’

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.