Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekdays including 1 weekend in 15 working) Job ref 327-25-245
Employer Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Tewkesbury, Newent & Staunton Community team Town Tewkesbury Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus 2% enhancement for on call Salary period Yearly Closing 10/04/2025 23:59
Community Nursing Lead - Tewkesbury, Newent & Staunton
Band 7
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Job overview
Community Nurse Lead - Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury, Newent & Staunton Integrated Community Team
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Nursing Lead (CNL) to join our established teams to work with our community nurses in the Forest, Tewkesbury, Newent & Staunton (TNS) Integrated Community Team. This post will be based in the TNS team from Tewkesbury Borough Council Offices.
The role is diverse, varied and practice-focused, upholding the professional standards of practice, innovating service developments and working in collaboration with colleagues to create an outstanding service for the patients and families we work with. You will join an established, highly experienced collaborative peer group of professionals within Community Nursing as well as Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Home First / Reablement.
Main duties of the job
What will your role involve:
* You will clinically lead, supervise and manage a community nursing team working closely alongside them each day providing both direct and indirect patient care.
* Apply your Clinical operational experience, maintaining and improving quality, monitoring standards utilising data, audits and reports.
* Identify service delivery development or system opportunities working with our partners across Health & Social care and community networks.
* Build Key relationships with internal and external stakeholders to promote and build community nursing services.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC registration
* Educated to degree (level 6) (or diploma equivalent)
* Extended skills qualifications relevant to the discipline (District Nurse SPQ)
* Hold a recognised teaching and assessment/mentoring qualification
Experience
* Post registration Community Nursing Experience
* Clinical team leadership including professional and clinical supervision to staff at a variety of levels
* Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Use of SystmOne
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
* Flexible, family-friendly and agile working opportunities
* Recognition and long service awards
* Fast Track physiotherapy
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
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