Job summary
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
District Nurse Team Leader - Band 7
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a District Nurse Team Leader to join our St Albans and Harpenden Community Nursing Team. The Community Nursing team covers 8am-6pm, 7 days a week.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Team Leader to join the St Albans and Harpenden Team. The post holder will provide leadership working alongside the other Team Leads to support the community nursing team to provide holistic, evidence-based care to the patients on the caseload.
The post holder will be part of the leadership team but must maintain clinical competencies, and approximately 50% of your hours will be clinical. This is to ensure that those patients with complex needs are managed effectively and the team are supported to develop their skills and competencies.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop their clinical leadership and operational management skills, taking responsibility for a range of tasks to support the smooth running of the service and the delivery of high quality clinical care. You will be supported by the Locality Manager and will have the opportunity to develop strong peer relationships with colleagues from the wider leadership team for the Planned Care Clinical Services Unit across all four localities in West Herts.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients with complex care needs, in a variety of community settings.
To act as an autonomous nurse taking on-going responsibility for the assessment, planning, evaluation and implementation of nursing care to individuals, groups of patients and their families on the district nursing caseload, delegating activities as appropriate.
To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process. To include the needs of carers.
To act as the patients advocate and to facilitate the patients own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care as appropriate.
To work in a collaborative manner with Primary Care staff, Acute services, Social Services and other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients with complex care needs, in a variety of community settings.
To act as an autonomous nurse taking on-going responsibility for the assessment, planning, evaluation and implementation of nursing care to individuals, groups of patients and their families on the district nursing caseload, delegating activities as appropriate.
To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process. To include the needs of carers.
To act as the patients advocate and to facilitate the patients own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care as appropriate.
To work in a collaborative manner with Primary Care staff, Acute services, Social Services and other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- RGN / RN with current registration
- Evidence of continuing professional education and training at degree level
- Mentor or practice based learning training
- Community or Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards
Desirable
- Post -registration qualification in district nursing or equivalent
- Qualification in team / service management or prepared to work towards.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community nursing
- Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Experience of co-ordinating and managing a team
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of evidence-based care
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and developing complex care plans
- Experience of co-ordinating and delivering care for people with complex, long term conditions.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
- Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Possesses clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Basic computer skills
Other
Essential
- Able to carry out the duties of the post With or without reasonable adjustments
- Able to travel around the district (car/bike/public transport/foot)
- Hold a clean UK drivers licence with access to a car (Barnet only)
Desirable
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- RGN / RN with current registration
- Evidence of continuing professional education and training at degree level
- Mentor or practice based learning training
- Community or Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards
Desirable
- Post -registration qualification in district nursing or equivalent
- Qualification in team / service management or prepared to work towards.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community nursing
- Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with complex needs
- Experience of co-ordinating and managing a team
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of evidence-based care
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and developing complex care plans
- Experience of co-ordinating and delivering care for people with complex, long term conditions.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
- Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of clinical supervision
- Possesses clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Basic computer skills
Other
Essential
- Able to carry out the duties of the post With or without reasonable adjustments
- Able to travel around the district (car/bike/public transport/foot)
- Hold a clean UK drivers licence with access to a car (Barnet only)
Desirable
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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).
