Community Matron (Annex 21)

Due to a retirement we have an exciting opportunity to join an established Community Matron Team Part Time 16.5 hours per week The post holder will be required to provide clinical case management to a group of patients who meet the Trust identified criteria, who have long term conditions and other complex medical and social problems. They will develop the clinical case management role and function across health and social care organisations. The primary function of the role is to maximise the patient's health, clinically assess and treat patients in a defined group and reduce risks that contribute to ill health, thereby reducing unnecessary admissions to acute services, reducing demand on GP time and facilitating the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and timely high quality care to patients. An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.,

• Maximise independence by supporting people with long term conditions and highly complex needs to remain in their own homes as appropriate, by utilising and commissioning available resources.
• Undertake clinical assessment and diagnosis and provide treatment for patients within the defined group.
• Link with existing services to facilitate early discharge from hospital and prevent re-admission.
• Develop Partnerships and joint working within the local health and social care economy.
• Work collaboratively across organisation boundaries to support the effective and co-ordinated provision of social care and health care services.
• Be aware of and adhere to, the Professional bodies Standards for administration of Medicines Act 1992, and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
• Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the Case Management role is focused on meeting the needs of service users, thus promoting continuity of high quality patient centred health and social care.
• Acts as an advocate and champion for patients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenges attitudes and behaviour.
• Act as a role model so that patients receive the most effective care possible through:
• Encouraging optimum management of long term conditions to ensure that the patient is functioning at the most independent level possible.
• Acting in patients' interests at all times.
  
  The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals. The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales. Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
• CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme