Complex Care Nurse

Job Description

Job Title:

Complex Care Nurse (office based)

Location:

Edinburgh

Salary: £21.00 per hour

Hours:

Bank Nurse / 0 hours. Monday to Friday availability to meet demands of the branch. Some flexibility needed in unsocial hours to cover the needs of the branch. Office based with some travel to clients.

• Competitive salary.
• Holiday pay accrual % of your pay (equivalent of 28 days per year).
• An additional paid day off for your birthday.
• Family friendly policies designed to offer you more support, flexibility and additional time off when you most need it.
• Reward and recognition programmes to acknowledge value, loyalty and going the extra mile.
• Annual leave purchase (ALP) scheme to provide more time off during the year.
• Cycle to work scheme to support healthier more sustainable travel choices.
• Blue Light Card & Health Service Discounts to help save money on your spending.
• Wellbeing support via the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) confidential phone line and online support and resources available to you and your loved ones 24/7.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your potential.

Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for 80 years and we have 30 local offices in England and Scotland. Our aim is to lead the care industry by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services to our clients.

Our services span the generations across a number of environments:
Adults of all ages, including the elderly and frail, based in their own homes and community setting;
Babies, children and young adults in and outside of the home setting i.e. at school, college, social activities and play.

We offer complex nursing care, led by an experienced registered nurse, managed by the office based Complex Care Nurse and provided in the client's own home / community setting and delivered by professional nurse, carers or support colleagues. Our client needs, which vary, mainly arise from physical disability, long term conditions, neurological impairment, sensory impairment, learning disability and autism and mental health issues.

We work in partnership and collaborate with health‑care professionals already involved; we value the importance of integrated and joined‑up care provision. We offer a supportive working environment with lots of potential for learning and development and a friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

The Complex Care Nurse is an office-based role that is an integral part of the excellent care delivery Prestige Nursing & Care provide to our adult and child social care clients. The role will manage a client caseload whilst collaborating with stakeholders and other healthcare services to ensure the specialised care is delivered to the highest possible standard.

• Accountable for and lead on the clinical components of care delivery.
• Support the assessment, mobilisation and implementation of complex care clients to support business growth.
• Regularly risk assess individual client needs.
• Provide evidence based clinical expertise and advice relating to care‑planning and delivery across the pathway and evaluate outcomes.
• Attend meetings and/or liaise with MDT, commissioners, case managers and clients to build and manage clinical caseload.
• Act as a role model and leader for all members of staff.
• Facilitate and deliver an ongoing programme of clinical knowledge, skills training and competency assessments to non‑registered members to enable them to competently deliver care with minimal supervision.
• Delegate clinical tasks required for clients to maintain a quality of life within the community.
• Maintain high standards and proactively manage quality improvement, clinical risks, safety concerns and complaints relating to client case load.
• Drive best practice to ensure high quality care.
• Promote compliance and adherence to internal policies and standards.
• Keep up with national standards and requirements surrounding clinical services.
• Assist the branch in identifying best practice regarding client complexity to ensure delivery of safe and high‑quality care.
• Commitment to improving client / family experience at every step of the care pathway.
• Identify,…