Senior Nurse for NHS Continuing Healthcare
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, forward-thinking, enthusiastic, and confident manager to join the Norfolk & Waveney ICB Continuing Healthcare leadership team. As an integral member of the management team, the Senior Nurse will be accountable for the delivery of key performance targets and high-quality, person-centered care. Act as a positive role model through the provision of effective professional leadership and demonstration of competent, accountable clinical practice.
You will be responsible for managing Band 7 Lead Nurses and their teams of Band 6 CHC Nurse Practitioners. It is essential therefore, that you have significant experience of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care, commissioning, and managing complex cases. You will also have excellent organisational and people skills and the ability to work with and influence staff within and outside of the ICB.
You will be an exceptional communicator with excellent interpersonal skills. You will create and maintain good, professional relationships with individuals and their Carers, providers of services, the local authority, and NHS colleagues across the system. Applicants who do not have experience of CHC will not be considered.
Main Duties of the Job
Provide expertise throughout localities regarding NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care - ensuring that own knowledge is up to date and correct. Daily support and oversight for Lead Nurses NHS Continuing Healthcare to ensure the delivery of the NHS Continuing Healthcare portfolio - this will involve travel throughout the localities of Norfolk and Waveney.
Develop and promote a compassionate, open, and transparent culture whereby the professional judgements of clinicians and social care practitioners are valued, even where opinions differ.
About Us
Health and care services in Norfolk and Waveney are working closely together to further improve services and provide more joined-up care for local people. In Norfolk and Waveney, we have already achieved a lot by working in partnership to improve health and care outcomes. These changes have been made possible by different organisations - NHS hospitals, GPs, mental health and community health services, local councils, care homes, social workers, voluntary and community organisations, and others - joining forces to agree and plan for local people's needs.
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) includes a statutory Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), and an Integrated Care Board (ICB) called NHS Norfolk and Waveney. This partnership and organisation dedicated to making sure that organisations work together for the benefit of our residents, staff, and communities is an important step change, helping to create positive differences to local people and joining up health and social care. This is the culmination of many years of effort to build partnership working across the NHS, local authorities, the third sector, and patient groups.
Job Responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
* Comprehensive background work history in the specialist area of NHS Continuing Healthcare
* Should have an appreciation of the relationship between NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
* Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
* Problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
* Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
* Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
* Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
* Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to the manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
* Will be required to travel within and outside of the ICB's geographical area.
* Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
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.
NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
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