Community Matron - Twickenham, United Kingdom - Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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Twickenham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for Community Matrons to work across Richmond.

You will work with patients, focusing proactively on managing individuals who have complex long term conditions to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions.

The role will incorporate working within a community nursing team and in partnership with primary health care and social care professionals, providing expert case management, clinical assessment, diagnosis and individualised treatment plans and promoting self-management, to reduce inconsistencies in the care patients receive, plan interventions for fluctuations in health status and to prevent inappropriate hospital admission.

If any of the caseload is admitted to acute provider, then the post holder will actively work to facilitate a timely and safe discharge.

Working days Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, with flexibility to working times.

We are looking for an experienced Nurse for Band 7 Community Matron Role.

Applicants need to be confident, self-motivated and energetic as well as reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant.

Applicants must have qualification and skills in advance assessment; long term condition management and V300 prescribing

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job.

It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named 'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction' by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards.

In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year.

We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.

If you enjoy a challenge and want to go home each day knowing you made a difference, you will thrive in our organisation.

Infection Control

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification attached

For further information please contact

Claire Moloney - Service Manager Richmond