Main area Surrey Downs Health & Care
Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working - 1 in 4)
Job ref 343-SDH&C-6410842-G
Employer Surrey Downs Health and Care
Employer type Public (Non NHS)
Site Medwyn Centre
Town Dorking
Salary £48,270 - £54,931 Pro Rata per Annum inc Fringe HCAS
Salary period Yearly
Closing 19/01/2025 23:59
Surrey Downs Health and Care
An opportunity has arisen to join the Dorking PCN team as a Band 7 District Nurse Team lead on a permanent basis.
The successful candidate will be welcomed into an established district nurse team who work closely with members of the wider multidisciplinary team across the PCN and Surrey Downs Health and Care.
We have a strong focus on staff support and development, encouraging opportunities for further learning.
If you are looking for an employer that is working to remove traditional boundaries and barriers, bringing care to patients when and where they need it, and you want to work alongside motivated, passionate, and visionary colleagues, we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
* Provide leadership within the District Nursing Team and be responsible for the assessment of needs of the patient and the development, implementation, and evaluation of a programme of care within agreed standards.
* Facilitate educational programmes for basic, post-basic, and in-service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team.
* Lead and facilitate patient-focused, innovative research-based practice, in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.
Working for our organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care delivers care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services, and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person-centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual.
* The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care, and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area.
* CSH Surrey
* Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care, and treatment more easily than ever before.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all staff, both internal and external on behalf of Surrey Downs Health and Care.
* Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times.
* Be accountable for assessments and care planning, and prescribing appropriately for the patient group.
* Promote the health of patients and provide support and advice.
* Be responsible for planning cover, appropriate staffing, and skill mix ensuring adequate cover at all times.
* Provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the Surrey Downs Health and Care strategic agenda.
* Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to procedures.
* Identify workforce planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection, and retention of clinical staff.
* Provide support and an appropriate learning environment for both pre and post-registration students as required.
* Ensure adherence to policies, procedures, and standards of care at all times.
* Manage effectively and efficiently any budget that is within the remit of this post.
* Participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate.
* Provide assistance with the resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty, or sphere of responsibility.
* Negotiate and work effectively across all agencies for the maximum effectiveness of care.
* Lead and implement the SDH&C Clinical Governance Strategy within your practice area.
* Lead and implement the SDH&C Risk Management Strategy within your practice area.
* Undertake any other duties as may be required consistent with the responsibilities of the post.
* Be responsible for individual timely data entry and responsible for the corporate teams data entry.
* This post holder is employed to work within Surrey Downs Health and Care localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs.
Person specification
Qualifications
* 1st level registration educated to Level 3.
* Evidence of team Management.
* District Nurse Qualification.
* Management qualification/courses and/or willingness to work towards.
Experience
* Experienced mentor at pre and post-registration level.
* Experience of nurse leadership and management.
* Experience of appraisal and clinical supervision.
* Experience of developing strategies, clinical guidelines, and policies.
Skills
* Critical analysis skills.
* Ability to assess, deliver, evaluate, and benchmark quality care.
* Ability to deal with conflict in a professional manner.
* IT skills and timely data entry.
Other
* Car owner with clean UK Licence.
* Innovative and flexible.
* Team player.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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