Main area: District Nursing
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 331-C10981024
Employer: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: To be confirmed dependant on recruitment
Town: Cross Bay
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum, Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/10/2024 23:59
District Nurse Team Leader Cross Bay Out of Hours
NHS AfC: Band 7
"Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work"
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce and encourages applications from protected groups including BAME, LGBT+, and people with a disability.
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a District Nurse Band 7 Team Leader to our Out of Hours (OOH) District Nursing Teams as part of the Integrated Community Care Group.
Post available: 1 x 37.5 hr permanent District Nurse - Team Leader (Band 7). This will be a mix of 30 hours OOH and 7.5 hours within core hours.
You will have direct and non-face to face contact with patients, their family, and carers to undertake holistic assessments of health and social needs to coordinate and deliver treatment, education, advice, and support.
Successful applicants will require the ability to travel across the Bay independent of public transport.
Main duties of the job
You will work as an integral part of the Community Nursing Team, with flexible working required to meet patient needs, and hold 24-hour responsibility for the team caseload. You 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 high-performing team.
You will liaise with other service providers from both statutory and voluntary agencies to gather information and advise on additional care needs to 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 needs accurately and problem-solving to ensure services are coordinated and delivered in a timely manner appropriate to patient needs.
You will manage a small caseload of highly complex patients and work with your team to ensure high-quality assessment and treatment for all.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as several community healthcare premises.
Detailed job description and main 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 about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay on our website here.
Person specification
* Registered Nurse
* Significant recent community experience
* Evidence of relevant post-graduate education in related areas
Experience
* Post-graduate experience including community and acute settings
* Highly advanced levels of assessment and goal planning skills
* Evidence of managing complex patients and evaluating effectiveness of own practice
* Good working knowledge of the Clinical Governance agenda
* Experience of audit
* Ability to travel across the Bay independent of public transport
* Previous senior position in a related field
Skills, ability, and knowledge
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to handle difficult emotional situations
* Excellent organisational skills, including time management
* Ability to provide professional/clinical leadership
Personal Qualities
* Organised
* Flexible
* Reliable
* Friendly and approachable
The Behavioural Standards Framework
Everybody’s responsibility in everything we do.
PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be effortlessly inclusive.
The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
Informal discussion/ visits are encouraged.
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