Specialist Nurse for Care Homes
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post
Our ‘Home First’ vision is for Greenwich residents to receive the highest quality of care in the safest environment, and wherever possible, this will be their home.
An exciting opportunity in the Adult Community Physical Health Services directorate has arisen for a Specialist Nurse for Care Homes in Greenwich. This is a positive time to join us as we embark on a range of transformation projects within our services.
Our ‘Home First’ and Virtual Ward programmes are well established and have supported keeping patients at home instead of being admitted to hospital. The successful applicant will be a crucial part of our model within Care Homes to support care in the community and promote health and wellbeing for residents of care homes in Greenwich.
The Complex Case Management in Care Homes service utilises an MDT approach under the Enhanced Health in Care Homes framework (EHCH). The postholder will act as a Senior Nurse and work closely with Primary care, community services, Care Home Managers and Social Care teams to support effective interventions for Care Home residents. The role aims to reduce hospital admissions and maintain high standards of care in the community.
Please Note
The post holder will work across a range of organisations and services and provide clear coordination of the EHCH model for Greenwich. To ensure the coordination of agreed interventions is planned, managed and delivered effectively with support of the MDT. This will include direct working relationships with Care Home Staff, Geriatricians, LAS, GP’s, other Primary Care professionals and Adult Social Care with the inclusion of other service providers when appropriate.
- Have a good understanding of working with complex health issues and particularly older adults living with frailty, residing in Care Homes
- Able to build good relationships with key stakeholders and the MDT and communicate effectively.
- Have experience of working with an MDT and be able to lead staff of different disciplines, working collaboratively with medical colleagues.
- Work closely with key stakeholders in South East London.
- Work as part of the Greenwich Home First and Virtual Ward programmes to develop care closer to home and support early hospital discharge.
About Us
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
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Helen Michel
Job title: Complex Case Manager - Greenwich Care Homes
Email address: helen.michel@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07385 394 499
