Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service. The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.
We are looking for a Team Lead who shares our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can help devise & deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own home. The post holder will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Virtual Ward Multidisciplinary Teams to provide clinical responsibility for a defined delegate patient caseload, and managerial support for the locality team. They will ensure the delivery of high quality, responsive, efficient and effective management of patients in their usual place of residence, to enable them to remain in their home at a time of crisis, or as an alternative to admission. The post holder will undertake the line management of all personnel within the team.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on therole, please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on therole, please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification document.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience and caseload management within community setting.
- Experience of implementing change management techniques.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency health/social care environment.
- Successful track record as an effective leader/team manager in a health care environment.
- Experience of planning and providing clinical care in a community setting.
- Experience of managing resource, planning work and delegating duties within a team.
- Ability to develop, implementation and deliver successful service improvements.
- Experience of building successful partnership working arrangements with other services.
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Degree in Allied Health Profession with relevant registration to Health & Care Professions Council.
- Qualification in management studies or similar, to diploma level e.g. Leadership in Clinical Excellence or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of ongoing professional/management development.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- IT skills and computer literacy.
- High level of understanding of current professional issues.
- Line management experience and knowledge of HR policies and procedures.
- Experience in change management with evidence-based practices.
- Good knowledge and understanding of community and primary care services, integrated care pathways, clinical guidelines and Governance and risk management acquired through training and proven experience.
- Good working knowledge of safeguarding requirements and standards for clinical care within the relevant area.
- Knowledge of benchmarking and audit requirements to continuously develop services and improve standards of care, with an ability to evaluate clinical practice.
- Transfer acquired leadership and management skills - ability to adapt and adjust style to meet the needs of a situation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience and caseload management within community setting.
- Experience of implementing change management techniques.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency health/social care environment.
- Successful track record as an effective leader/team manager in a health care environment.
- Experience of planning and providing clinical care in a community setting.
- Experience of managing resource, planning work and delegating duties within a team.
- Ability to develop, implementation and deliver successful service improvements.
- Experience of building successful partnership working arrangements with other services.
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Degree in Allied Health Profession with relevant registration to Health & Care Professions Council.
- Qualification in management studies or similar, to diploma level e.g. Leadership in Clinical Excellence or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of ongoing professional/management development.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- IT skills and computer literacy.
- High level of understanding of current professional issues.
- Line management experience and knowledge of HR policies and procedures.
- Experience in change management with evidence-based practices.
- Good knowledge and understanding of community and primary care services, integrated care pathways, clinical guidelines and Governance and risk management acquired through training and proven experience.
- Good working knowledge of safeguarding requirements and standards for clinical care within the relevant area.
- Knowledge of benchmarking and audit requirements to continuously develop services and improve standards of care, with an ability to evaluate clinical practice.
- Transfer acquired leadership and management skills - ability to adapt and adjust style to meet the needs of a situation.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
