North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
If you have the appetite to work as part of a team that is setting out on this transformational journey, the skills required to meet the role of a senior nurse and want to play a part in our change story we would love to hear from you.
An exciting Band 7 Community Nurse Team Lead opportunity has arisen with us at Copeland ICC.
The successful candidate will work with our evolving Community Team, as part of the developing Integrated Care Community (ICC) you will be based at Flatt Walks Health Centre, Whitehaven.
There is an expectation that the successful candidate be enrolled to complete the Specialist Practitioner Qualification (if not already done so), within 18 months of starting the post.
Main duties of the job
This role requires you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge to support the provision of high quality care, to support patients with complex needs within the community setting. The role will also require you to provide clinical leadership and operational management of the community nurse team along with the management of the clinical caseload for the team.
ICCs aim to address the challenges of an aging population and increasing demand on health and care services by providing more out of hospital care and empowering people to take control of their health and wellbeing. This will require new ways of working to focus on preventing ill health and ensure services are sustainable for the future. These new ways of working will follow the same approach across all eight ICCs with flexibility to tailor services to the needs of the local people.
We are able to provide an individually tailored preceptorship program to experienced nurses.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
* Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
* If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc/MSc/SPQ equivalent clinical nursing experience or advanced practise
* Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development
* Mentorship Course or Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
* Specialist chronic disease management course
* Nurse Prescribing qualification (V150 or V300)
* Willingness to work towards Specialist Practitioner Qualification (SPQ)
Experience
* Leadership or Team Management experience
* Experience of service modernisation or change management
* Experience in primary or urgent care
* Clinical Audit
* Community working
Skills Knowledge and Aptitudes
* Demonstrate clinical knowledge in acute and chronic disease management
* Knowledge of good clinical practice
* Knowledge of current health and social care policies and legislation
* Demonstrable knowledge of Clinical Governance
* Demonstrate clinical competence in minor illness management
* Able to demonstrate excellent motivation and communication skills
* Able to demonstrate consultation and assessment skills
* Able to understand reflective practice and its application
* Self awareness and appreciation of limitations
* Ability to challenge effectively and present solutions to issues within service design and delivery
* Able to work independently and effectively within a team
* Flexible and motivated
* Ability to adapt to change within working situation
Other
* Able to travel independently
* Able to work 24/7 and flexibly across a range of in-patient and community settings.
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.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
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