Caseload Holder

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Caseload Holder to join the South East IDT team in the provision of Urgent and Planned Care to patients living in the community, on a permenant contract. We are a proactive and forward thinking team, who constantly strive for the delivery of excellent patient care and modern ways of working. The multidisciplinary teams provide nursing and therapy services offering an alternative to hospital admission, supporting timely discharge. We enable our patients to realise their potential independence in their most appropriate place of care.

Main duties of the job

As a Caseload Holder you will manage a designated group of patients to ensure that they receive timely and evidence based care. You will have a skill mixed team to support the delivery of this care. You will need to be qualified to RN level, be registered with the NMC and be able to demonstrate current clinical experience in the Community setting. We are committed to clinical support, CPD & training. There is a need for excellent communication skills and a dedication to multi agency working; you will need to work flexibly within a busy, demanding environment with the ability to develop new skills and working patterns.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work.

It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role. Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Training and

Qualifications · Essential

Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Diploma/Degree Specialist Practice District Nursing or alternative post registration qualifications in a relevant discipline or portfolio of significant relevant experience Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing (V100 or V150) or V300 non-medical prescribing or willing to work towards this

Experience · Essential

Wide range of nursing experience within a community setting Evidence of personal and professional development

Knowledge and Skills · Essential

Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to patients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients Able to utilise research and audit to maintain and promote best practice

Other · Essential

Must be able to meet travel requirements of the post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).