District Nurse Team Leader - Morecambe South District
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
We are very excited to be looking at appointing a District Nurse Band 7 Team Leader to work predominantly in the Morecambe South District Nursing Team as part of the Integrated Community Care Group. There will also be a requirement to support the Lancaster Team one day a week.
You will have direct and non-face to face contact with patients, their family, and carers at each visit or as the need arises to undertake full holistic assessments of health and social needs to co-ordinate and deliver treatment/education/advice and support.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to work as an integral part of the Community Nursing Team; flexible working will be required to meet the needs of the patients and will hold 24-hour responsibility for the team caseload. While working with other health care professionals, the post holder will develop the ethos of integrated care and seamless services ensuring that patient care is delivered to the highest possible standard.
As the District Nursing Team Lead, you will work closely with the locality senior management team to develop an effective and highly performing team.
You will liaise closely with other service providers from both statutory and voluntary agencies on a frequent basis to gather information, advise on additional care needs, and ensure appropriate plans are in place.
Other key relationships include GPs, hospital staff, care staff, and community pharmacists. Such relationships require effective interpersonal skills and communication in identifying the needs accurately, using knowledge and experience in problem-solving and identifying solutions to ensure services are co-ordinated and delivered in a timely manner appropriate to the patient needs. You will be responsible for managing a small caseload of highly complex patients and working with the staff within your team to ensure high-quality assessment and treatment for all.
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website here.
Person Specification
* Registered Nurse
* Significant recent community experience
* Evidence of relevant post-graduate education in related areas - which may be varied, e.g. frailty, falls, long-term condition management, neurological, rehabilitation, oncology.
* Community specialist practitioner course
* Previous management courses
Community Specialist Practitioner
* Previous experience of senior position band 6 within DN team
Experience
* Post-graduate experience including community and acute settings
* Highly advanced levels of assessment and goal planning skills in elderly rehabilitation, frailty, falls, long-term condition management, and orthopaedic conditions.
* Evidence of being able to practice and manage complex patients and able to evaluate the effectiveness of own practice.
* Awareness of current initiatives within the Local and National health economy and of applicable guidelines, frameworks, protocols.
* Understanding of adult protection issues.
* Good working knowledge of the Clinical Governance agenda.
* Knowledge of other service providers.
* Experience of audit.
* Ability to travel across the Bay independent of public transport.
* Previous senior position in related field.
* Teaching and communication skills.
* Experience of working within an inter-disciplinary service.
* Research and Development experience.
Skills, ability and knowledge
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to handle difficult emotional situations.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Ability to work independently.
* Excellent organisational skills, including time management, negotiating, and decision-making skills.
* Ability to organise workload of self and others.
* IT skills.
* Ability to provide professional/clinical leadership at postgraduate level.
Personal Qualities
* Ability to travel across the Bay independent of public transport.
* Personal Leadership qualities to listen, inspire, motivate, and support.
* Organised
* Flexible
* Reliable
* Friendly and approachable
* Take an active part in training for personal and professional development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum, Pro rata
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