Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment/Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 150-OM1155-EAS
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sackville House
- Town
- Lewes
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
Foundry Healthcare Lewes Primary Care Network (PCN) team are looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic community nurse who is able to lead, coordinate and support an established community nursing team in the provision of care for patients unable to leave their homes.
Our patients' care is organised around their individual identified needs through collaborative working by service providers resulting in the delivering of excellent patient care at the heart of the community
Working in the Lewes team is rewarding, and if you are patient-centred, committed to delivering high quality care, and have excellent nursing care skills, a “can do” attitude and a desire to be the best, then this is the job for you. We cover Lewes and the surrounding areas
If you are passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to an organisation which is continuously striving to achieve excellence then we would love to hear from you.
Car driver essential - please include this on your application.
Main duties of the job
The post of Clinical Lead Nurse is for an experienced and qualified community specialist practitioner who has advanced practice qualifications including clinical and leadership skills.
You will be expected to coordinate complex care and the assessment and management of long term conditions. Case management skills are required to enable self-management of health, independent living in the home/community, and reduction of hospital admissions through robust contingency plan provision.
The post holder will also be responsible for staff management, supervision and development, including appraisals and supervision of junior staff. As an educator, mentor and preceptor working with others, you will take the lead in the development and supervision, particularly for the community nurses, as well as promoting self-care management principles with patients using innovative patient activation strategies.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The focus of this role is to provide safe, effective and quality clinical care using advanced qualifications to support clinical practice along with strong clinical leadership, advice and support to the team.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills are essential in order to effectively liaise with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team as well as an ability to reflect upon and where needed challenge the status quo.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical experience - case management
- Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary
- Evidence of ability to identify and manage risk
- Evidence of knowledge and experience of team dynamics/leadership role
- Evidence of ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health
- Ability to work in a flexible way and respond positively to change
- Ability to work autonomously and make own decisions
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Understanding of local and National policies
- acknowledges limitations to practice
- Awareness of own development needs
- Evidence of long term condition management
- Evidence of complex case management
- Evidence of compassionate leadership
- Awareness of resilience
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Car driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified RN
- Prescribing qualification or willing to work towards
- CSP qualification or working towards
- Practice assessor/mentorship qualification
- Advanced Physical Assessment
- Leadership qualification
Desirable criteria
- MSC
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Hays or Tina Simmons
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07435 732982
- Additional information
Applicants are welcome to visit the team for an informal visit.
07435 732982 or 07825 932917
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