University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Nurse Practitioner
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Experienced Senior Nurse Opportunity
Are you an experienced Senior Nurse looking for an opportunity to utilise your proven leadership skills alongside patient clinical assessment and acute care delivery? If so, this unique role is for you.
About the Role
The Acute Care at Home service is a partnership between the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), University Hospital of Derby and Burton (UHDB), Royal Wolverhampton Trust (RWT) and Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT). The successful applicants will join an integrated, collaboratively focused team, employing proactive clinical practice and knowledge, to provide clinical assessment, monitoring and support, as part of our urgent care pathways.
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Competence: The post holder will be an experienced Acute Care nurse with proven team leadership skills and clinical competence to deliver direct care to a wide range of patients.
- Prescribing and Assessment: They will incorporate independent non-medical prescribing, physical health assessment, diagnostic testing and interpretation.
- Treatment Plans: They will formulate tailored treatment plans in conjunction with the Ward Consultant, to provide safe, seamless care to patients recovering from a wide range of illnesses in a community setting.
- Leadership and Oversight: They will act as the shift lead working closely with the Matrons and nurse coordinators, acting as a professional role model to provide clinical leadership, support and guidance to the Virtual Ward team and ensuring full clinical oversight of quality and safety.
- Change Management: They will initiate, manage and drive change in practice for the benefit of patient care and service development in line with local and national policy and the NHS People Plan.
- Training and Development: They will take an active role to ensure that evidence-based practice is maintained to deliver the Virtual ward agenda supporting earlier discharge from hospital and admission avoidance.
- Managerial Responsibilities: They will hold delegated managerial responsibilities under the supervision of the Matrons and provide ongoing support to junior members of the team, participating in induction and training programmes.
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Qualifications
- Prescribing Qualification: The post holder is required to hold a non-medical/supplementary prescribing qualification. However, applications will also be considered from clinically experienced applicants with the relevant skillset currently undertaking the course or willing to undertake on appointment within the first 12 months.
About University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
We create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
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Name: Jacqueline Tideswell
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Job title: Matron
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Email address: jacqueline.tideswell@uhnm.nhs.uk
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Telephone number: 01782 652005
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