Job summary
As a
team leader in Treatment Rooms you will be responsible for the operational
management and co-ordination of the Community Nursing treatment rooms across
Halton, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of a high-quality effective
service. You will assist the Operational Manager and Clinical Lead in
maintaining operational, clinical, professional, organisational, and national
objectives. As the post holder you will have the autonomy to act independently
and will be responsible for leadership, maintaining and improving all aspects
of clinical governance, evidence-based practice and quality assurance. You will also be expected to
undertake highly complex assessments.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to be able to perform comprehensive complex patients and ensure delivery of
evidence-based care within the Treatment Room setting across sites in Halton. You will contribute in Multidisciplinary
meetings and work with other members of the wider multidisciplinary teams. You will be required to plan patients care
and perform a wide range of clinical skills required in the treatment room
service. You will adhere to the NMC code
of conduct and maintain a high standard or record keeping. To be able to work independently
maintaining best practice.
You will be required to
manage clinics, develop staff, and undertake clinical supervision.
You will be required to manage
all personnel issues including complex personnel issues within your own area of
responsibility including capability, conduct, behaviour, fraud and attendance
management. You will also within the service manage flexible working and
innovation appropriate to practice. You will lead the recruitment process,
undertaking interviews and the selection/interview process. The role will also be active in the retention
and professional development of staff, this will include undertaking Personal
Development Plans and use this information to devise and monitor action plans
to inform the training agenda through the Personal Development monitoring
process. You will ensure the induction,
preceptorship and mentorship programmes are implemented within area of
responsibility. Including development of competency packs.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
To be responsible for the operational management and co-ordination of the Community Nursing treatment rooms across Halton, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of a high quality timely service. To assist the Clinical Nurse Manager in maintaining operational, clinical, professional, organisational and national objectives. The post holder has the autonomy to act independently and is responsible for leadership, maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance. To undertake highly complex assessments.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- To perform comprehensive assessment of highly complex patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs using prescribing skills
- To ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care
- To actively contribute to multidisciplinary meeting as appropriate
- To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations
- To work collaboratively with the Primary Care teams other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met
- To involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care
- To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post
- To maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC standards
- To identify skills and knowledge to address self and individuals training needs by undertaking PDPs under the KSF framework
- To participate in the health needs assessment of practice populations to identify areas of unmet needs
- To demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems
- Provide advice, guidance and support to Nursing staff on all clinical and professional issues, e.g. vulnerable adults, legal and ethical issues in nursing.
- Act as an agent for highlighting and disseminating best practice in nursing.
- Supervise and monitor professional standards as laid down by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Ensure record keeping standards are met in accordance with the NMC Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.
Managerial/Leadership:
- To manage time to ensure that 80% of time is spent on managerial duties and 20% clinical.
- To be responsible for the equitable distribution of workloads across teams. Manage the Treatment Room Services in Halton through the development and supervision of staff in order to maintain an efficient service and ensure the Treatment Rooms teams and caseloads are managed effectively.
- Lead, implement and monitor, within the locality, developments in the Treatment Room service that are in line with local and national directives.
- Lead and chair working groups specific to the Treatment Room Nursing service.
- To lead, within the locality, in multi-professional negotiations/presentations involving the development of the service and to support an integrated, seamless service across the acute and primary care trusts, with District Nursing Matrons and Social Services.
- Take designated lead responsibility for all of the following at locality level; education, audit, Treatment Room Services, and Clinical Risk Management.
- Develop partnership approaches with other agencies/services to inform and enhance service delivery.
- Represent the service at multi-agency and multi-disciplinary forums and facilitate/chair as appropriate.
- To have responsibility for managing projects within the Treatment Room Service.
- Monitor service delivery and highlight resources required to respond to the changing needs of the service.
- Ensure that appropriate information is available and evidenced to the Clinical Nurse Manager to inform the strategic development plan.
- To provide advice and support to the Clinical Nurse Manager to inform strategic projects, future service provision and business planning for Treatment Room Service, i.e. provide business plans for extension of new and existing services.
- Manage all personnel issues including complex personnel issues within own area of responsibility, i.e. capability, conduct, behaviour, fraud, managing attendance.
- Manage flexible working and innovation appropriate to practice.
- Lead the recruitment process, interview and select staff and chair interview panels. Actively participate in retention and professional development of staff.
- Manage staff development and identify training needs through Personal Development Plans, linked to KSF. Through the appraisal process and other systems monitor the performance of staff.
- Utilise information to devise and monitor action plans to inform the training agenda through the Personal Development monitoring process.
- Ensure induction, preceptorship and mentorship programmes are implemented within area of responsibility. Including development of competency packs.
- Develop and implement Standard Operational Procedures (SOP). Implement Trust Policies, Procedures and ensure staff adherence through education and audit.
- To ensure compliance of self and others with Health and Safety Policies and provide a level of knowledge, training and support which contributes to providing a safe working environment and meets the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act, i.e. essential steps auditing, PDR, mandatory training. To manage prompt recording and reporting of accidents/incidents.
- Investigate accidents, formal and informal complaints and untoward incidents in accordance with Trust policy and produce, implement and monitor action plans, as appropriate. Reporting to the CCG panel as required.
- Undertake investigation on pro-active management of individual and team performance issues within the locality, including grievance and harassment, poor performance, conduct and ill-health; seeking HR and line management support as necessary.
- Ensure staff compliance with recording and monitor activity patterns in order to inform decision making re service delivery, allocation of resources, skill-mix, etc.
- Ensure that all communication systems are effective.
- To take the lead role in maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance.
- Identify and implement change and use management and leadership skills to initiate improvements in practice.
- To ensure timely accurate information is provided on annual leave, expenses and study leave. Responsible for work force planning ensuring safe staff levels within locality. Authorised signatory for mileage, annual leave and study leave, ensuring staffing levels are safe.
- Manage and maintain ESR data base including all staff activities.
- To monitor and report to Clinical Manager any general HR issues discussing and taking action as appropriate
- To actively manage sickness and absence of staff accessing support from the Clinical Manager as applicable.
- To ensure effective use of physical and financial resources including the ordering of supplies and equipment
- To ensure that weekend working is coordinated across the individual division
- To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe and staff adhere to loan worker policy
- To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encouraging clinical supervision
- To contribute to the development of the district nursing service
- To oversee the collection of all monitoring data and contribute to performance management
- Deputise, in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager, in operational and professional issues within Treatment Room Service.
- Identify and implement change and use management and leadership skills to initiate improvements in practice.
- Monitor locality budget and ensure resources are utilised effectively.
- Manage and encourage audit activity, ensuring development of action plans where required and re-audit. Triangulation audits.
- Revalidation confirmer status for all registered staff within locality.
- Cascade alerts to all members of clinical team
- Lead on redesign of services within treatment rooms.
- Integrate, support and work collaboratively with the District Nurse coordinators across Halton within designated skill set.
Please See Full Job Description Attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
To be responsible for the operational management and co-ordination of the Community Nursing treatment rooms across Halton, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of a high quality timely service. To assist the Clinical Nurse Manager in maintaining operational, clinical, professional, organisational and national objectives. The post holder has the autonomy to act independently and is responsible for leadership, maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance. To undertake highly complex assessments.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- To perform comprehensive assessment of highly complex patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs using prescribing skills
- To ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care
- To actively contribute to multidisciplinary meeting as appropriate
- To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations
- To work collaboratively with the Primary Care teams other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met
- To involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care
- To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post
- To maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC standards
- To identify skills and knowledge to address self and individuals training needs by undertaking PDPs under the KSF framework
- To participate in the health needs assessment of practice populations to identify areas of unmet needs
- To demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems
- Provide advice, guidance and support to Nursing staff on all clinical and professional issues, e.g. vulnerable adults, legal and ethical issues in nursing.
- Act as an agent for highlighting and disseminating best practice in nursing.
- Supervise and monitor professional standards as laid down by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Ensure record keeping standards are met in accordance with the NMC Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping.
Managerial/Leadership:
- To manage time to ensure that 80% of time is spent on managerial duties and 20% clinical.
- To be responsible for the equitable distribution of workloads across teams. Manage the Treatment Room Services in Halton through the development and supervision of staff in order to maintain an efficient service and ensure the Treatment Rooms teams and caseloads are managed effectively.
- Lead, implement and monitor, within the locality, developments in the Treatment Room service that are in line with local and national directives.
- Lead and chair working groups specific to the Treatment Room Nursing service.
- To lead, within the locality, in multi-professional negotiations/presentations involving the development of the service and to support an integrated, seamless service across the acute and primary care trusts, with District Nursing Matrons and Social Services.
- Take designated lead responsibility for all of the following at locality level; education, audit, Treatment Room Services, and Clinical Risk Management.
- Develop partnership approaches with other agencies/services to inform and enhance service delivery.
- Represent the service at multi-agency and multi-disciplinary forums and facilitate/chair as appropriate.
- To have responsibility for managing projects within the Treatment Room Service.
- Monitor service delivery and highlight resources required to respond to the changing needs of the service.
- Ensure that appropriate information is available and evidenced to the Clinical Nurse Manager to inform the strategic development plan.
- To provide advice and support to the Clinical Nurse Manager to inform strategic projects, future service provision and business planning for Treatment Room Service, i.e. provide business plans for extension of new and existing services.
- Manage all personnel issues including complex personnel issues within own area of responsibility, i.e. capability, conduct, behaviour, fraud, managing attendance.
- Manage flexible working and innovation appropriate to practice.
- Lead the recruitment process, interview and select staff and chair interview panels. Actively participate in retention and professional development of staff.
- Manage staff development and identify training needs through Personal Development Plans, linked to KSF. Through the appraisal process and other systems monitor the performance of staff.
- Utilise information to devise and monitor action plans to inform the training agenda through the Personal Development monitoring process.
- Ensure induction, preceptorship and mentorship programmes are implemented within area of responsibility. Including development of competency packs.
- Develop and implement Standard Operational Procedures (SOP). Implement Trust Policies, Procedures and ensure staff adherence through education and audit.
- To ensure compliance of self and others with Health and Safety Policies and provide a level of knowledge, training and support which contributes to providing a safe working environment and meets the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act, i.e. essential steps auditing, PDR, mandatory training. To manage prompt recording and reporting of accidents/incidents.
- Investigate accidents, formal and informal complaints and untoward incidents in accordance with Trust policy and produce, implement and monitor action plans, as appropriate. Reporting to the CCG panel as required.
- Undertake investigation on pro-active management of individual and team performance issues within the locality, including grievance and harassment, poor performance, conduct and ill-health; seeking HR and line management support as necessary.
- Ensure staff compliance with recording and monitor activity patterns in order to inform decision making re service delivery, allocation of resources, skill-mix, etc.
- Ensure that all communication systems are effective.
- To take the lead role in maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance.
- Identify and implement change and use management and leadership skills to initiate improvements in practice.
- To ensure timely accurate information is provided on annual leave, expenses and study leave. Responsible for work force planning ensuring safe staff levels within locality. Authorised signatory for mileage, annual leave and study leave, ensuring staffing levels are safe.
- Manage and maintain ESR data base including all staff activities.
- To monitor and report to Clinical Manager any general HR issues discussing and taking action as appropriate
- To actively manage sickness and absence of staff accessing support from the Clinical Manager as applicable.
- To ensure effective use of physical and financial resources including the ordering of supplies and equipment
- To ensure that weekend working is coordinated across the individual division
- To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe and staff adhere to loan worker policy
- To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encouraging clinical supervision
- To contribute to the development of the district nursing service
- To oversee the collection of all monitoring data and contribute to performance management
- Deputise, in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager, in operational and professional issues within Treatment Room Service.
- Identify and implement change and use management and leadership skills to initiate improvements in practice.
- Monitor locality budget and ensure resources are utilised effectively.
- Manage and encourage audit activity, ensuring development of action plans where required and re-audit. Triangulation audits.
- Revalidation confirmer status for all registered staff within locality.
- Cascade alerts to all members of clinical team
- Lead on redesign of services within treatment rooms.
- Integrate, support and work collaboratively with the District Nurse coordinators across Halton within designated skill set.
Please See Full Job Description Attached.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Qualifications
Essential
- RN first level/RGN
- Relevant degree/ diploma
- Tissue Viability / leg ulcer qualification
- Ear care qualification / experience.
Desirable
- District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous NHS service combined with community experience
- Treatment Room service experience
Desirable
- Relevant community experience
- Audit & Research experience
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Proven management/operational skills
- Possess a broad range of extended clinical skills
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge
- Able to demonstrate initiative
- Able to implement audit and research
- Able to perform comprehensive assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
- Ability to teach, assess and mentor students, pre/post registration students.
- Effective written and verbal skills.
Desirable
- Proven leadership skills
- Recognised management qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Chronic Disease management qualification
- Understanding of HR processes
- IT skills
- Basic Budget management awareness.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Qualifications
Essential
- RN first level/RGN
- Relevant degree/ diploma
- Tissue Viability / leg ulcer qualification
- Ear care qualification / experience.
Desirable
- District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous NHS service combined with community experience
- Treatment Room service experience
Desirable
- Relevant community experience
- Audit & Research experience
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Proven management/operational skills
- Possess a broad range of extended clinical skills
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge
- Able to demonstrate initiative
- Able to implement audit and research
- Able to perform comprehensive assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
- Ability to teach, assess and mentor students, pre/post registration students.
- Effective written and verbal skills.
Desirable
- Proven leadership skills
- Recognised management qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Chronic Disease management qualification
- Understanding of HR processes
- IT skills
- Basic Budget management awareness.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
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).
