Job Description
JOB TITLE: LEAD NURSE - Potters Bar
REPORTING TO: REGIONAL SUPPORT MANAGER & LEAD VET
AREA: VET NURSE
Company Profile:
Linnaeus is a forward-thinking partnership of highly respected primary care and referral veterinary practices across the UK and Ireland, comprising some of the best clinicians in the profession.
We are all individual but two important things bring us together; a commitment to excellence in everything we do and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.
At Linnaeus we carefully select the practices we partner with to ensure the highest levels of patient care across our group. Together we provide a growing community of like-minded veterinary professionals who are passionate about what they do. We work with different types of practices, in every field of veterinary medicine, including small animal, farm and equine.
We also have our Five Principles which form the foundation of how we do busines today and every day and we put these at the centre of every decision we make. This means:
* We are committed to Quality of work and contributions to society.
* We embrace our Responsibility (as individuals and a company) to act now.
* We base decisions on Mutuality of benefit to our stakeholders.
* We harness the power of Efficiency to use our resources to maximum effect.
* We have the financial Freedom to make our own decisions, unrestricted by motivations of others.
Overview
The Lead Nurse role is key to the business ability to provide a high level of clinical standards.
The Lead Nurse will ensure that patients are managed as effectively as possible from a nursing perspective to support the profitability and further growth of the practice. Working enthusiastically with your team you will help maintain a happy, efficient working environment whilst providing outstanding patient and client care.
Main purpose & goals
Maintain an overview of the nursing team and provision of patient care across the team that you lead
• Managing your area of responsibility by working with other lead nurses and the Regional Nursing Manager in order to achieve this
• Demonstrating an excellent work protocol in all nursing duties including high level of hygiene and the ability to recognise and undertake relevant actions with regards to infection control
• Approximately 95% of the role will be clinical duties, to allow 5% for administration that may come with that role including a full share of the on-call rota
• Ensure that you and those working in your area of responsibility provide a high and sustainable quality of nursing care
• Provide leadership to those working in your area of responsibility and others across the business
• Ensure effective communication within your area of responsibility, other lead nurses and the Regional Nursing Manager
• Ensure that all patients in your team area are dealt with in a timely manner, and that unnecessary delays are prevented at all times
• Ensure that in your area of responsibility the team are implementing accurate patient record keeping and that all patient care instructions are followed by the nursing team
• Ensure all members in your area of responsibility team are aware of their roles and are clear on the objectives they are working towards
• Work with the Regional Nursing Manager where required to help develop a skills matrix for nursing requirement within your area of responsibility your area of responsibility
• Work with the Regional Nursing Manager to help support the identification, prioritisation and implementation of learning, development and CPD for nurses in your team where required
• Work with the Regional Nursing Manager to ensure all new nurses entering the business are supported to complete their induction
• Provide effective line management of those in your team including regular feedback to the Regional Nursing Manager who can ensure mentoring, coaching and development discussions where needed
• Carry out Nurse appraisals if and when required by the Clinical Nursing Manager for those who work as part of your team
• Participate in external CPD appropriate to your role plus any training in-house, ensuring post-training feedback forms are completed/cascade of relevant information to appropriate team members
• Implement the Practice Standards Scheme across the practice
• Implement the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) standards across the practice
• Use Vetsafe reporting to target training where nursing care can be improved
• Ensuring all equipment across the practice is appropriately maintained and serviced
• Liaise with Linnaeus central office as necessary, attend Linnaeus nurse meetings and devolve any developments to the nursing team and Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
• Report and summarise critical incidents as part of Practice Clinical Governance Policy
• Be fully aware of all Health & Safety issues and read all information supplied
• Adhere to confidentiality relating to all aspect of the business including complying with and assisting with all requirements relating to GDPR compliance.
Key responsibilities
Add 5 - 6 specific responsibilities that the role holder will need to focus on. This should be based on the Lead Nurse role they are recruited into.
1.Work closely with the Lead Vet to meet objective set by the SLT
2.Work closely with the nursing team to implement Linnaeus/Mars objectives
3.Mentor and support nursing team to develop skills sets as per Linnaeus objectives.
4.Work with the Regional Nursing Manager to ensure all new nurses entering the business are supported to complete their induction
5.Working with Regional Support Manager to ensure smooth running of the practice, recruitment and achieving SLT objectives
6.Maintain and revise clinical standards at practice
Person specification
Specification
Essential
Desirable
Experience
* A minimum of 3 year’s post RVN registration
* Experience of leading a team
* Mentoring experience
Knowledge
* RCVS Code of Conduct
* Confident in the use of IT packages, email and online internet browsers
* Knowledge of SVN training processes
* Knowledge of the different work-based assessment tools e.g. NPL, E-portfolio
Qualifications
* RVN
Skills & abilities
* Excellent listening and communication skills
* Team player
* Highly organised with the ability to multitask, plan and prioritise effectively in accordance with business needs
* Proactive and well organised with an eye for detail
* Ability to manage projects through to completion, meeting deadlines and targets
* Remains calm under pressure
* Problem solving
* Innovative and forward thinking
* Mentoring qualification
Other qualities
* Ability to make decisions that benefit the whole team not individuals
* Knowledge of organisational restrictions
Health & safety
• Be fully aware of all Health & Safety issues and read all information supplied
Other (if applicable)
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