Job summary
Exciting new opportunity for a Senior Community Nurse Lead role within Community Service.

We are looking for a compassionate, hardworking and motivated Senior Leader to join our Community nursing team in the South East Essex area on a permanent basis at Band 7. This is an opportunity for a developing leader to gain experience and enhance their skills.

You will have responsibility for managing & leading the community nurses. In addition you will support the team in Triaging calls/referrals and providing unplanned care to patients within the community setting. You will liaise closely with other members of the wider MDT as well as with patients and their families, therefore excellent communication and IT skills are essential.

To provide clinical leadership within the South East community nursing service. To provide specialist advice in community nursing and to be the interface with primary and acute care. To hold close working relationships with partners and to engage in local system transformations.

Main duties of the job

• To provide expert senior leadership within the team. To work autonomously within the guidelines and the policies and procedures of the Trust.
• Provide leadership advice and support to colleagues as per Manager's Handbook.
• To work in conjunction with other Team Managers/Leaders and Head of Community Nursing ensuring that all services work collaboratively to provide best possible quality of care to patients 24/7.
• Lead the team in the evaluation and monitoring of the service in conjunction with Head of Community Nursing, including audits, projects, benchmarking, safer staffing, transformational work, etc.

About us
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Demonstrate an awareness of national and local policies that affect health and wellbeing of patients with complex medicalconditions. In addition, ensure team members are aware of new policy requirements.

Lead on or contribute to the development of community nursing policies, procedures and guidelines ensuring they are implemented and monitored.

To ensure learning from audits and complaints are cascaded to appropriate staff, which may influence service policies, guidelines and procedures.

To take an active interest in working parties and groups in the Trust to develop and improve on service delivery, protocols and guidelines

To champion and participate in team, PCN, directorate and initiatives as required with a specific focus on the implementation of the out of hospital model of care and development of locality virtual integrated teams.

Ensures the effective and efficient use of resources e.g. staff supplies within their own sphere of responsibility.

Comply with the EPUT standing financial instructions, standing orders, policies and Code of Conduct for NHS Managers.

Support the Head of Community Nursing with regard to service reviews as necessary for the role, including value for money exercises, to ensure efficient use of all resources and ensuring the most appropriate person undertakes tasks/care.

Responsibility for the supervision and co-ordination of staff within the community nursing team on a daily basis.

Conducts appraisals for the community nurses within locality.

To support the learning and development of others including students and newly qualified nurses undergoing preceptorship.

Identify workforce-planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff.

To participate in the development of performance management systems towards monitoring sickness absence, annual leave and bank usage and take appropriate action as necessary

Implements, monitors and maintains agreed standards of care, reporting to Matron/Head of service when standards are not of an acceptable level.

Person Specification
Education
Essential

• Registered Nurse with 3+ years Community Experience

Desirable

• District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification
• Independent or Nurse Prescriber
• Leadership qualification

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience in Community Nursing
• Minimum 3 years post Registration
• Previous Line Management/Senior experience

Desirable

• Leadership & decision making skills

Skills
Essential

• Current driving licence and access to a car
• Proficient in use of clinical systems (S1)
• Sound knowledge of current local and national agenda

Desirable

• Awareness of New NHS Long Term Plan

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).