Main area District Nursing Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent: 12 months secondment also available Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 350-CC6949532
Site Sefton Place Town Sefton Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed, competent and passionate team leader to join our District Nursing Teams within the Community Division for patients across Sefton Place.
The District Nursing Service currently operates an 8am-8pm working model. There is an expectation for the candidates to work within these working hours, including a variety of shifts across 7 days a week to support the needs of the service.
Main duties of the job
To operationally manage and lead a District Nursing Team whilst being accountable for the performance, quality, and clinical effectiveness of the team. A key outcome of the role is to support your team to understand and own their quality, recognise, and respond to patient safety concerns, whilst identifying, assessing, and managing risk. The post holder is expected to provide direct patient care when necessary, acting as an expert practitioner and a role model to the whole team whilst actively supporting integration.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder is responsible for the ongoing assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of care. The post holder will carry out all relevant forms of care and will take responsibility for caseload holders in their absence.
Person specification
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Qualifications
* First level Registered Nurse
* Nurse Prescriber V150/300
* Evidence of Post registration education in related areas
Knowledge/Experience
* Evidence of leadership & management qualities
* Experience at Band 6 level in community nursing setting
* Demonstrable contribution to practice developments in community care /chronic disease management/long term conditions/palliative, end of life care
* Evidence of collaborative working with multi-professional colleagues
* Evidence of effective communication across all levels of the organisation and with all stakeholders
* Knowledge and experience of budget management
Skills
* Ability to communicate highly complex information
* Ability to exercise critical thinking skills
* Ability to analyse data and present information to various audiences
* Demonstrates up to date evidence based clinical knowledge in relation to community nursing
* Must have access to a vehicle & be able to commute to meet the demands of the role and remain flexible – to meet the demands of the service
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