Are you an empathetic, forward-thinking nurse who can adapt to changing priorities and deliver high quality care? The Domiciliary Care Agency that covers Bournemouth and Poole is looking for you to join.
You will be committed to improving lives for our service users and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will be pivotal in supporting and empowering the health promotion and health needs of our service users.
Our service users live in their own homes and have learning disabilities; some also have health diagnoses. You will support their health needs and health promotion to empower people with a learning disability.
Each service user is staffed by a passionate and dedicated team. This is an excellent opportunity to practice within the challenging yet rewarding field of community-based learning disability services while working alongside a multi-disciplinary team.
This Team Leader post is a full-time Monday to Friday role. We have an on-call system in place to support the health care assistants in their roles. The on-call system is 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, and is currently shared between the manager and the 3 team leaders. This post will require you to become part of this on-call rota. This will include a salary uplift depending on how many shifts you cover, and if called, you will receive overtime payment for out-of-hours work. As this is a community post, being a driver is essential for this role.
This role requires you to demonstrate your commitment to work proactively and in partnership with people with learning disabilities, using your professional knowledge and experience to support individuals within the community and maintain effective links with mainstream services, working in partnership with colleagues and supporting equal access to healthcare.
You will provide support and sometimes work directly with people with learning disabilities in their home, including working with their families, healthcare assistants, other health care professionals, and social workers. You will be a dedicated Team Leader for at least two services.
To ensure all practice is based upon the principles of Valuing People: rights, independence, choice, and inclusion, you will work with the individual and their carers in the formulation, implementation, and review of a person-centred care support plan and risk assessments that outline the support the individual requires to live successfully within the community.
As a Team Leader, you will also support Health Care Assistants that work daily with our service users, providing clinical expertise, advice, and guidance to ensure the specific needs of the service users are being met. You will carry out training and supervision, manage sickness returns, cover shifts via the rostering system, assist with medication management, and support staff with various issues that arise.
At Dorset HealthCare, we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities, and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience, and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are many ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do, and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future; we believe in equal opportunities and celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, can be authentic, and is encouraged to be the best version of themselves.
Working with us, you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. You’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all we do.
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role, please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application, please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
Dorset HealthCare is in partnership with The Prince’s Trust to support people getting into work. As part of this partnership, we offer an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills, and other employment support. Please contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net to access the support.
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