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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Nurse Lead

The closing date is 26 May 2025

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a fulltime Band 7 Lead Nurse within the Stowmarket Community Integrated Team.

Based at Stowlodge in Stowmarket you would be expected to manage and Lead a team of Community Nurses and support staff to meet the nursing needs of the local community.

We are a forward thinking motivated integrated team consisting of amazing staff with a wealth of experience and knowledge

Main duties of the job

Responsibility for the provision of nursing services within the Integrated team to the local community. Including the development and implementation of new initiatives within nursing services here in Stowmarket.Responsibility to support, maintain and develop best practice among the team to ensure quality care provision to patients and their carers and families.Responsibility to manage and oversee the complex cases liaising with specialist services and multidisciplinary team to ensure a coordinated care approach for patients while supporting staff to feel able and confident to care for such complexity of patient need.Ability to act as a role model motivating and empowering staff within the Nursing and wider INT team.Expectation to support further development of the Integrated Team welcoming new services and staff joining the team. Working professionally with different disciplines, professionals and organisations to achieve the best patient outcomes.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Details

Date posted

13 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR201-25

Job locations

Stowlodge

Chilton Way

Stowmarket

IP141SZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience leading a community team
  • Proven years' experience practising as a qualified District Nurse or equivalent
  • Management of complex patients, sharing within the Integrated Neighbourhood Team to foster and grow knowledge and skills
  • Advanced Clinical assessment skills
  • Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients with long-term conditions
  • Ability to manage people
  • Provide and role model high standards of care
  • Work within the Alliance to identify and drive service developments and improvements
  • Excellant communication skills

Desirable

  • Experience of interview and recruitment skills
  • Understanding and knowledge of Health and Social Care Act

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC registration
  • Nursing Degree or relevant experience
  • Specialist Practice Qualification in District Nursing
  • Prescribing qualification - V100 or V300
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Evidence of ability to teach and assess learning

Desirable

  • Additional Leadership/management qualification
  • Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training
  • Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE
Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience leading a community team
  • Proven years' experience practising as a qualified District Nurse or equivalent
  • Management of complex patients, sharing within the Integrated Neighbourhood Team to foster and grow knowledge and skills
  • Advanced Clinical assessment skills
  • Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients with long-term conditions
  • Ability to manage people
  • Provide and role model high standards of care
  • Work within the Alliance to identify and drive service developments and improvements
  • Excellant communication skills

Desirable

  • Experience of interview and recruitment skills
  • Understanding and knowledge of Health and Social Care Act

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC registration
  • Nursing Degree or relevant experience
  • Specialist Practice Qualification in District Nursing
  • Prescribing qualification - V100 or V300
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Evidence of ability to teach and assess learning

Desirable

  • Additional Leadership/management qualification
  • Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training
  • Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stowlodge

Chilton Way

Stowmarket

IP141SZ


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stowlodge

Chilton Way

Stowmarket

IP141SZ


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Integrated Neighbourhood Team Manager

Michelle Chaplin

michelle.chaplin@esneft.nhs.uk

07984655363

Details

Date posted

13 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR201-25

Job locations

Stowlodge

Chilton Way

Stowmarket

IP141SZ


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