Community Nursing Deputy Team Lead

NHS; Watford; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job description

The Care Home Team deliver care for residential homes across Hertsmere, St Albans and Harpenden, Dacorum & Watford.

As a Band 6 Deputy Team Lead, you will be responsible for caseload managing the care of patients within residential homes within a geographical locality. You will line manage a small group of Band 5s, 4s, and 3s, ensuring that you nurture them to continue to be autonomous, skilled practitioners. You need to have strong assessment skills and will be well supported clinically, with a dedicated Band 7 nurse for the team, good access to Practice Development Nurses and link nurses aligned to the team to enable you to grow professionally, and encouraged to participate in numerous training opportunities provided by the CLCH Academy Team. There will be a requirement to work 1 in 4 weekends, and to work across the geographical locality depending on service need. The core hours of the service are 8am-6pm 7 days per week. The role will involve travel between homes and across the localities, occasionally assisting the other teams with visits in patients' own homes, so access to a car for work purposes and a full driving license is essential.

If you want to work with strong, supportive teams who have a real emphasis on listening to clinicians and are an experienced nurse wanting to progress in a leadership role, we would recommend you make your application to us.

Main duties of the job

1. To set and maintain standards of care and deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the nursing team and learners as required.
2. To provide leadership and management to a team of community nurses and other staff covering the four localities across Herts Valleys.
3. To be responsible for the team's assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care to patients living in a residential home. The service is provided seven days per week 8pm-8am.
4. To be responsible for the team's maintenance of patient and other records.
5. To participate in the long term management of patients within the locality.
6. To have continued responsibility for a defined caseload.

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 (band 5 and above).
• Flexible working options.
• 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 responsibilities

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Practice Supervisor/Assessor or equivalent
• Specialist Nursing Practice (District Nursing) Degree or will undertake training
• Nurse Prescribing or will undertake training
• Knowledge of recent developments in NHS
• Knowledge of Evidence based practice
• Evidence of personal development
• Knowledge of NMC code of professional conduct
• Relevant courses in Long Term Conditions Management
• Course of Top to Toe examination/diagnosis Experience

Experience

• Experienced Nurse
• Management of a team
• Management of change within a complex environment
• Experience of teaching others
• Proven clinical skill
• Experience of participating in investigation/management of complaints
• Evidence of participating in clinical audits in the workplace

Skills and Knowledge

• Management of change
• Knowledge of negotiation skills
• Understanding of current political and policy context in Primary Health Care
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications
• Evidence of expertise in clinical skills
• Experience of teaching others
• Knowledge of research processes
• Knowledge of resource management
• Knowledge and understanding of Adult protection issues
• An understanding of working within a competency framework

Other

• Car driver and holder of current UK driving licence (unless you have a disability as defined by Disability Discrimination Act 1995)

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.

£39,205 to £47,084 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS.