Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and engaging Band 5 NMC Registered Nurse, who has a distinct passion for the delivering high quality patient care within community services.



You will be joining our North Alliance LAP Service on a full-time basis to provide remote triage of calls and referrals made to the North community nursing teams.



As a triage staff nurse you will be expected to have professional and clinical knowledge of community nursing. Whilst not providing regular face to face patient contact you will need to maintain an up to date knowledge of the clinical aspects of community nursing in order to resolve clinical queries over the phone and to enable effective remote assessment and clinical triage. To ensure to a high standard of care is provided, occasional delivery of care to patients in a community setting in order to maintain up to date clinical experience.



You will be based at Weaver House, Cheadle. Due to the nature of this role shifts are 7-3pm, 9-5pm or 10-6pm covering 7 days a week.



Making appropriate decisions following comprehensive remote triage to ensure the safe management, and allocation visits where needed, in response to calls and referrals received by the community nursing service.

As part of this role you will also be required to:

Determine eligibility of patients referred to the service and collect additional information to support decision making. To transfer or redirect referrals to appropriate internal or external services as appropriate. Liaise with patients; families; carers and other service providers to support clinical decision making to identify appropriate management of referrals and messages. This may include providing advice on self-management; transfer to other services or adding contacts for home visits or clinic appointments. Liaise with nurse in charge of the appropriate nursing team to allocate urgent visits and to discuss potentially complex referrals. To review all referrals and messages to the community nursing service, this will include an understanding of the following areas of care:

Symptom management of deteriorating patients.

Palliative and end of life care.

Wound care.

Bladder catheter and bowel care.

Recognition of deteriorating patients and potentially life threatening conditions.

Complex patients with co-morbidities.



(NB. This list is not extensive)



By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;



Supporting your career development and progression

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources

If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients

Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate

Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates

Salary sacrifice bikes up to 2k

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations every year

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to 250 (if the criteria is met)



And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.



Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications



For further information of this role please see attached the job description and person specification.