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Location

St Luke's, Essex | United Kingdom

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Job description

The Care Home Practitioner will work as part of the Integrated Community Team, be multi-skilled and will work across the various disciplines. The Care Home Practitioner will provide evidence based up to date training and education within the care homes across MSE.

The Care Home Practitioner will undertake a wide range of interventions and supporting actions such as working with hydration and nutrition tools and care home assistant education. They will support care home to deliver quality care and refer where appropriate.

To work as an autonomous practitioner within the care home team, supporting the delivery of the EPUT vision of being the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community Service and Liaises with other agencies on the Education, training and competencies of care home staff.

The Care Home Practitioner will work as part of the Integrated Community Team, be multi-skilled and will work across the various disciplines. The Care Home Practitioner will provide evidence based up to date training and education within the care homes across MSE. The Care Home Practitioner will undertake a wide range of interventions and supporting actions such as working with hydration and nutrition tools and care home assistant education. They will support care home to deliver quality care and refer where appropriate. To work as an autonomous practitioner within the care home team, supporting the delivery of the EPUT vision of being the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community Service and Liaises with other agencies on the Education, training and competencies of care home staff.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Clinical/Professional Duties: The role of the Care Home Practitioner will include:
• To undertake clinical training and practice development within identified care homes within remit.
• To work in collaboration with Care home managers to deliver various training to care home staff including the use of Whzan.
• To provide professional support and advice to staff in the Care home setting, and to facilitate education and training to registered care homes using evidenced based care.
• To plan, implement and evaluate Education needs in care homes involving District Nurses, EPUT care home team members and care home staff
• To develop education packages using research and current clinical evidence with particular emphasis to the care home needs for training to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
• To actively contribute to the delivery of the NHS and Midlands ambition, to eliminate all avoidable pressure ulcers and reduce 999 calls and ambulance conveyances within the care homes
• Work in partnership with all members of the integrated team both internally and externally to the Trust to ensure continuity of care and training and to avoid duplications.
• Attend MDT meetings and care home meetings when required.
• Support the assessment and management of residence care needs through monitoring of progress, feedback discussions, reports and multi-disciplinary meetings.
• Work with and alongside care home staff, relatives and carers, sharing knowledge and skills to promote understanding of the aims of intermediate care and/or rehabilitation to ensure a consistent approach to care provision.
• Perform extended skills following training and assessment of competency with registered practitioner.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with the patient, carers and relatives and care home staff to engage them in health promotion, prevention and rehabilitation processes.
• Adapt communication style to meet the needs of the individual to breakdown any existing barriers to communication. Using appropriate methods to convey messages and support the expression of thoughts and ideas.
• Develop effective working relationships and work collaboratively with medical, nursing, therapy and care homes colleagues to provide an integrated and coordinated service.
• Under the direction of the relevant professional appropriately and effectively communicate to patients, carers and relatives, information that may be sensitive.
• Use strategies to adapt to barriers such as cultural beliefs and language deficit.

This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Mar 2024

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