Liaison Sister/Charge Nurse

To work in partnership with a range of multi-disciplinary and organisational teams withinboth the hospital and community settings. To ensure safe discharge for End-of-life patientsand those requiring Dept of Health Fast Track Funding.

To facilitate clear and effective communication between patients, relatives, carers, and professional colleagues to ensure seamless patient care. Ability to provide and receive sensitive patient medical information.

To enable patients and their families/carers to participate in their discharge planning, encouraging independence and choice.

To prescribe need for equipment in order to promote patient safety and enable staff to provide safe and effective care in the community setting.

To manage GP Liaison service by receiving telephone calls from referrers, taking a basic triage, and signposting to appropriate service.

To practice clinical supervision for team members with regular 1:1 sessions with delegatedmembers of the team.

To recognise difficulties that may arise associated with cross boundary working in relation tocomplex patient needs and the various pathways available.

To work in partnership with a range of multi-disciplinary and organisational teams within both the hospital and community settings. To ensure safe discharge for End-of-life patients and those requiring Dept of Health Fast Track Funding.

To facilitate clear and effective communication between patients, relatives, carers, and professional colleagues to ensure seamless patient care. Ability to provide and receive sensitive patient medical information.

To enable patients and their families/carers to participate in their discharge planning, encouraging independence and choice.

To prescribe need for equipment in order to promote patient safety and enable staff to provide safe and effective care in the community setting.

To manage GP Liaison service by receiving telephone calls from referrers, taking a basic triage, and signposting to appropriate service.

To practice clinical supervision for team members with regular 1:1 sessions with delegated members of the team.

To recognise difficulties that may arise associated with cross boundary working in relation to complex patient needs and the various pathways available.

Ability to communicate with patients and families, including sensitive discussions regarding End-of-Life preferred place of care and death.

Able to work closely with the Acute Trust and all Local Authorities/ Community Health Services and ICBs.

Providing evidence based clinical information in order to request funding for care provision, ensuring accurate records are kept for each patient engagement through documentation.

Ability to manage efficient telephone conversations to receive referrals and signpost onwards to appropriate teams.

Ensuring Community Nurse teams receive timely referrals from the Acute Trust, checked for accuracy.

To assess, prescribe and order appropriate equipment for discharge within delegated delivery and order limits.

To understand the complexities of both health and social care funding entitlements which impacts when advising patients and families.

Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal.

To attend meetings as required by EEC and the Acute Trust.

To support with staff supervision.

Act as a support to facilitate the training and education of new staff.

Promote understanding of role to different involved staff groups.

Responsibility for identifying and developing a range of clinical knowledge appropriate to role.

To ensure awareness of any changing policies, guidelines or procedures associated with role.

To be aware of relevant legislation related to role.

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Any data that is taken or shared must be in line with Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Qualifications and Training

Essential: - Registered General Nurse (NMC registered)

Desirable: - Professional Qualification in Palliative Care/Community Care

Experience

Knowledge and Skills

Desirable: - Leadership skills (ie Chrysalis).; - Evidence based shared learning.; - Teaching and presentation skills.