Main area: Nursing and Midwifery
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 25.5 hours per week (over 3 days; service runs 7 days a week)
Job ref: 190-8438-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Michael Carlisle Centre
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 26/11/2024
Sister/Charge Nurse (Intensive Home Nursing Service)
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Intensive Home Nursing Team for a Band 6 Nurse delivering high quality patient care within palliative care. The service, which is community-based in the Michael Carlisle Unit in the Southwest of Sheffield, provides palliative and end of life care (EOLC) for people who are approaching EOL and their preferred place of care is at home.
This post will provide leadership which will help shape the service provision for the future. This role requires close working relationships with patients, families, Continuing HealthCare, Community Nursing, Discharge teams, Hospices, and Social Care Providers.
We welcome applications from experienced nurses who have proven leadership and service improvement expertise. Some hands-on clinical care will be required and you must have a valid UK drivers’ licence and have a vehicle for work purposes.
Working Hours/Pattern: 25.5 hours a week for 3 days. Please note that the service is a 7-day service, 365 days a year, and a working day consists of 8.5 hours.
Main duties of the job
* To support the Operational Service Lead and Clinical Services Manager in providing coordinated, high quality effective care to patients requiring End of Life care at home.
* Deputise in the absence of the Operational Service Lead and provide daily support with the operational management of the Intensive Home Nursing Service.
* To provide supervision, mentorship, and professional leadership support for the Nurses, Health Care Support Workers, and Administrators.
* To ensure that high quality patient-focused care is delivered by IHNS and that it meets the expectations of individual patients and reflects the strategic direction of the service.
* To work flexibly to ensure care is delivered 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, including participating in weekend working.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* RGN Level one
* NMC registered
* Completion of the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998 or equivalent qualification/experience
* Academic courses relevant to the role to complement academic qualification and experience e.g., postgraduate qualification in palliative care.
* First degree or evidence of working towards one (demonstrating graduate attributes)
Experience
* Relevant post-registration experience at AFC Band 5 across a range of patient conditions
* Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
* Experience and knowledge of Palliative Care and End of Life approaches and care
* Completion of Band 5 clinical competencies
* Experience of implementing service improvements
* Relevant experience in a junior sister/charge nurse role
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to-one basis and with motivational skills
* Good understanding of the national strategic context of the NHS
* Excellent performance management skills
* Demonstration of compassionate and inclusive leadership
* Ability to manage complex workloads under pressure and prioritise to meet organisational priorities
* Persuasion and influencing skills – ability to present ideas and proposals effectively
* Motivated, innovative, receptive to change
* Car Driver
* Ability to work flexibly to cover the service need
* Palliative Care skills and knowledge across a range of patient care pathways
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position, please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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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