Digital Health & Care Nurse Specialist Practitioner
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Oxleas’ Adult Community Physical Health and Adult Community Mental Health Services. We are looking for a highly motivated and forward-thinking senior nurse with significant clinical experience, a proven record of leadership, change management and innovation.
You will be a dedicated and committed person whose expertise will support Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to deliver the vision for a joint NHS and Royal Borough of Greenwich Assistive Technology Enabled Care (ATEC) service that seeks to improve the way health and social care is delivered to the residents of this diverse London borough.
The role will be accountable for and lead on the implementation of care and health technologies under the ATEC programme, including managing clinical safety and governance, along with key responsibilities for service development, process and pathway design, training, and expansion of the offer.You will empower and support colleagues to think about new ways to deliver good outcomes, being an ambassador for the ATEC service and driving forward new practice and process.
This is an exciting time to join us as we embark on this innovative transformation programme. The use of digital technology in Greenwich is helping people to stay in their homes, be more independent and better manage their health conditions. Our vision is for Greenwich residents to receive the highest quality of care in the safest environment.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for embedding a new mindset across the systems in which you will be operating, supporting your health and social care peers with understanding and embracing the vision for how technology can transform people’s lives, helping them live more independently at home, better connect to community and loved ones, and manage or improve their health conditions.You will be accountable for ensuring that this is done in a way which is safe and appropriate, looking to maximise patient care and outcomes alongside managing risks and complex conditions.
As a senior clinician you will exercise autonomy and provide appropriate clinical assessment, formulation, and interventions - with a goal of supporting colleagues to refer and employ ATEC safely and appropriately, to influence individual outcomes and system-wide change.You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, working collaboratively with people, their families, operational teams, our culture change partner and the ATEC service provider to achieve the best possible outcomes.
You will work alongside a specialist occupational therapist and specialist social worker, in close collaboration with stakeholders and partners in RBG, Oxleas and the NHS to drive forward this exciting and aspirational new integrated service for residents in Greenwich.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed job description, main responsibilities and role requirements
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria- A registered nursing professional qualification
- Current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
- MSc degree qualification or equivalent, within the candidate’s professional field
Experience
Essential criteria- 5+ years of experience working as a Nurse in an NHS acute or community setting
- Evidence of leading effectively at a senior level in a multi-disciplinary health and social care setting
- Evidence of promoting clinical research, evidence-based practice, clinical excellence and quality approaches to support outcome focussed care
- Proven expertise in establishing and managing ongoing relationships with key stakeholders
- Experience in managing a complex caseload
- Risk Analysis management - experience of making and communicating recommendations based on analysis, investigations and risk assessment
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential criteria- Understanding of clinical processes and pathways
- Understanding of relevant health care legislation and its impact on practice (e.g. Mental Capacity 2005, NHS and Community Care Act)
- Produce and present complex information in a variety of formats at board level and to large groups of staff and external stakeholders
- Develop and implement highly specialised programmes of care; care packages; provide specialised clinical advice concerning care
- Develop, deliver and evaluate training packages, for a range of audiences including Trust staff
- Information governance knowledge and demonstrable experience of its application in health and care, including work with partners across integrated care systems
- With the MDT, implement and evaluate systems that monitor risk.
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