Job summary
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Part Time B7 Team Leader to join our Community Adult Planned Care team based in Potters Bar Community Hospital, Potters Bar.
The team consists of Community Nurses, District Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Health Care Assistants.
The Community Nursing team covers 8am-8pm, 7 days a week. Our aim is to be the best we can, offering safe, patient-centred and evidence based care to those accessing our service.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Team Leader to join the Planned Care Team in Hertsmere. The post holder will provide leadership working alongside the other Team Leads to support the community nursing team to provide excellent, evidenced based care to the patients on the caseload.
The post holder will be part of the leadership team but must maintain clinical competencies, of which approximately 50% of your hours will be clinical. This is to ensure that those patients with complex needs are managed effectively and the team are supported to develop their skills and competencies.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their clinical leadership and operational management skills, taking responsibility for a range of tasks to support the smooth running of the service and the delivery of high quality clinical care.
You will be supported by the Locality Manager and will have the opportunity to develop strong peer relationships with colleagues from the wider leadership team for the Planned Care CBU across all four localities in West Herts.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
1. A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
2. Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
3. Flexible working options
4. Annual travel card loan
5. Training, support and development in your career
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide skilled, effective, and evidence-based nursing care to patients with complex care needs, in a variety of community settings.
To act as an autonomous nurse taking on-going responsibility for the assessment, planning, evaluation, and implementation of nursing care to individuals, groups of patients and their families on the district nursing caseload, delegating activities as appropriate.
To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological, and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process. To include the needs of carers.
To act as the patients advocate and to facilitate the patients own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care as appropriate.
Please refer to job description, personal specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Education /Qualification
Essential
6. Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
7. Evidence of continuing professional education and training at degree level
8. Qualification in team / service management or prepared to work towards.
9. Mentor or practice based learning training
10. Community or Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards
Desirable
11. Post - registration qualification in district nursing or equivalent
Experience
Essential
12. Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community nursing
13. Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
14. Experience of working with people with complex needs
15. Experience of co-ordinating and managing a team
16. Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
17. Experience of evidence-based care
18. Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and developing complex care plans
19. Experience of co-ordinating and delivering care for people with complex, long term conditions.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
20. Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
21. Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, social care and voluntary services
22. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
23. Basic computer skills
Key Attributes
Essential
24. Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)