Clinical Nurse Specialist for Older Persons in Care Homes

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic, creative, progressive and adaptable individuals to be part of our future developments in supporting the care of older people across our urgent care pathways from acute hospitals to care homes.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Older People you will need to demonstrate a good understanding of how to manage the complex care needs of older people and be willing to develop the service in line with the Enhancing Care in Care Homes framework, and work collaboratively to support the PCN s to enable the care homes to feel part of the community health family. Having excellent assessment and communication skills and being able to articulate key information to patients and families is a key requisite for the role, as the CNS role supports the Pathway 3 assessment process from the Hospital Discharge and Community Support; policy and operating model. (July 2021)

You will share the CARE values of the trust and work within a close-knit group of people who bring the feeling of community to the team through their hard work and dedication to the people of the area.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist you will use your clinical experience, expertise and advanced skills to provide leadership and effective caseload management, working closely with users of our services and other stakeholders. Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialists are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided across the health economy by: • Keeping the people who use our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments • Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and using evidence-based policies and procedures • Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with everyone involved in care planning.

If you are a band 6 looking to progress in your career there is a commitment to support you develop in this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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