Community Nursing Lead-Out of Hours Service

NHS; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Community Nursing Lead-Out of Hours Service

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*

Do you have the vision to know what great community nursing care looks like and the passion to help us reshape the way we deliver care? Are you a forward-thinking and clinically credible practitioner equipped with community nursing experience, to lead the evening & overnight community nursing team?

We have an exciting development opportunity for a community nursing lead to join our established out of hours team. The role is diverse and practice focused with innovative service developments and collaborative working to create an outstanding service for patients and families. You will join an established highly experienced peer group of Community Nursing Leads within the Integrated Community Teams.

We are currently in the early stages of strengthening and enhancing our out of hours community nursing service and the individual appointed to this post will be a part of these upcoming conversations to support the ongoing development of the service. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced community nurse who is looking for further leadership development. The successful candidate will work closely with the Countywide Community Manager and Business and Project Lead to provide leadership and management of the service.

Main duties of the job

As the Community Nurse lead for the out of hours service, you will be a role model to the team, providing clinical support, mentorship and supervision. Your transition into this new role will be supported with a comprehensive induction plan, regular supervision and leadership support.

• To provide operational line management of evening and overnight district nursing teams in the County ensuring business continuity with in-hours community and district nursing services.
• To provide leadership, clinical supervision and support for the team within the evening and overnight service.
• To oversee the management and prioritisation of the evening and overnight workload to ensure effective care delivery and best use of the organisation's resources including the budget for this service.
• To ensure the development and effectiveness of the evening and overnight service, and links to the Integrated community teams and community nursing agendas countywide.
• To ensure the operational stability and functioning of the evening and overnight service to provide a consistent, equitable countywide provision.
• To assume delegated responsibility and activities as directed by the Community Manager.
• Ensure service delivery is of high quality and operating within a clear governance structure ensuring patient safety and continuous learning.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that: 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%. This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered
• Educated to degree level (or diploma equivalent)
• SPQ or equivalent
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Experience

• Extensive post registration experience in Community Nursing
• Significant community nursing experience /leadership
• Breadth of clinical / professional experience
• Experience of supporting staff through change and service development.

Professional /Managerial Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of HR issues e.g. recruitment and retention, performance management.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance, audit and effectiveness monitoring.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of governance and its application to practice and service development.

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum, pro rata