NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 395-BD189-24-A
Site: Barking and Dagenham
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa (plus HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
Barking & Dagenham, North East London Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse with a Specialist Practitioner qualification to work in the Integrated Care Team as a Band 7 District Nurse Team Leader.
You will need to be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria skills for the post:
* Excellent clinical skills
* Managerial skills
* Leadership skills
* The ability to travel between sites
* Non-medical or community Nursing Prescribing
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of safe care to a caseload of patients allocated to the team, including being professionally and legally accountable. The post holder will also line manage a team of Community Nurses and Health Care Support Workers, supervising and appraising staff members and students.
The post holder must possess excellent leadership and communication skills and hold a valid UK driving licence.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a Registered Nurse ideally with Specialist Practitioner qualification and experience of working within the community setting. They will be responsible for a locality caseload of patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.
The post holder will support their peers and locality lead and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise staff members and students.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training, and the allocation of equipment.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
Person specification
* Qualification
* Experience
* Knowledge
* Skills
* Other
Experience
* Community Experience
* Experience of community nursing
* Evidence of further education relevant to role
* DN Qualification
Leadership
* Experience of managing a team
* Previous experience as team lead
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long-term/chronic conditions, and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme and staff psychological support.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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