Main area: 317 Evening & Night Nursing Service
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 sessions per week (This post would be working predominantly out of hours)
Job ref: 317-2025-04-33-DR
Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Trustwide
Town: 317 Trustwide
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 14/02/2025
Team Lead Evening and Night Nursing Service
Band 7
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Team Lead for the Evening and Night Nursing Service which is part of our Urgent Community Response Team based at Regent Point in Newcastle. This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative team of friendly, experienced and professional staff who provide care for patients in their own homes and care homes out of hours.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for the operational management of the nursing team.
* To support the Clinical Manager in managing the service and its resources.
* To work in partnership with community teams and services to support the delivery of high standards of patient care.
* To identify areas for potential improvement, to support the development of services.
* To demonstrate leadership of the team, taking an active role with the professional development of the workforce.
* To facilitate an environment where team members are supported to work and develop clinical practice.
* To work with the Clinical Manager to meet national, local and service priorities.
* To support the Clinical Manager to lead and manage change through a multi-skilled team approach, supporting the development of staff and services to meet identified gaps in the service and in line with Government policy.
* To work collaboratively to meet the needs of service users in order to provide greater access, choice and to enhance current service use.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
* Registered Nurse (appropriate to Branch)
* Valid NMC registration
* Degree / Masters levels study or equivalent specialist study / experience
* UK Driving licence
* Leadership course
Knowledge & Experience
* Extensive clinical practice in speciality, some of which will be at senior level
* Meets nursing and midwifery counsel requirements for Mentorship
* Experience of managing / leading nursing teams
* Evidence of achievement in current post and on-going professional development
* Knowledge of adult / child safeguarding
* Knowledge and understanding of current relevant NHS policy context
* Research experience
* Experience of Adult / child safeguarding
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to demonstrate effective leadership
* Ability to demonstrate change management
* Effective organisation and time management skills
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