Clinical Team Leader (Fixed Term Contract)
Employer: Sue Ryder
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Salary: GBP 19.19 - 21.74 per hour
Closing date: 2 Feb 2025
Position Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About Us: Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice in Cheltenham is Gloucestershire's only inpatient unit for specialist palliative care. We support people aged 18 and over who are living with life-limiting conditions such as cancer, heart failure, and lung disease by combining specialist medical care with emotional, practical, and spiritual support.
About the Role: In palliative care, no day is the same. Working on our inpatient unit provides a unique opportunity to care for patients with various conditions and symptoms. Our clinical team leaders manage a team of Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants, ensuring the effective assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of high standards of holistic care for our service users.
Responsibilities include:
1. Recruitment, induction, development, supervision, and appraisals of team members.
2. Rota management including the provision of out of hours services.
3. Managing and assessing risk.
4. Auditing and monitoring quality standards.
5. Deputising in the absence of the Head of Clinical Services/Ward Manager.
About You: If you're ready for a new challenge in your nursing career and have a minimum of 5 years' experience as a Registered Nurse with an interest in palliative care, there is an opportunity for you to take the next step and become a Team Leader at Sue Ryder. Our ideal candidate will have experience in a leadership role within Palliative and End of Life Care and can offer support, leadership, and mentorship to junior members of staff.
Minimum Requirements:
1. Registered Nurse (Degree Level Desirable).
2. Experience in specialist palliative care.
3. Proven skills in leading, building, and influencing in a clinical setting.
4. Knowledge of current legislation within the independent care sector.
5. Demonstrable experience of practicing in a self-directed and highly motivated way.
6. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
7. Negotiation and conflict management skills.
8. Able to effectively manage change and performance.
Benefits:
1. Enhanced pay for unsociable hours.
2. Company pension scheme.
3. Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply).
4. 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays.
5. NHS annual leave honoured (T&Cs apply).
6. Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
7. Enhanced sick pay.
8. Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non-Binary Individuals.
9. Staff discount of 10% on new goods online.
10. Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services. If you want more than just a job, we want you. Join the team and be there when it matters.
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