Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic professional to join our dynamic District Nursing Service as a Community Nursing Deputy Team, to work alongside the team lead to provide leadership and day to day management of the Community Nursing Team. We have vacancies in Blyth, Brockwell, and Hexham, alongside other potential opportunities across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

As a deputy team lead the post holder will establish and maintain robust communication networks with patients, carers, team members, GPs and other professionals and agencies. You will act as a role model for the Community Nursing service, our patients and families exercising accountability for patient care in line the NMC code of professional conduct.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages pf care for patients on their caseload, delegating appropriately providing and leadership to inspire and motivate others to high performance by agreeing clear goals and objectives, providing support and guidance and creating opportunities for development

There is strong commitment to provide excellent leadership through mentorship, coaching and development for all grades of staff, to provide high quality patient care in line with Northumbria Healthcare Trusts Vision. Team Leads take responsibility for the management and supervision of the Community Nurse Teams.

About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities
The deputy team lead is responsible for the planning and delivery of the District Nursing services within a designated area, prioritising clinical need to provide holistic care, maintaining accountability for their own practice while working without direct supervision.

The post holder will leads a team of Community Nurses , responsible for the day to day management of the District Nursing Team, maintaining effective management and clinical supervision frameworks for all staff, with the responsibility of carrying out professional development reviews in line with Trust policy.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equlivent level of experience or knowledge.
• Practice Assessor
• Registered Mentor: Mentor supervisor/Assessor

Desirable

• District Nursing Practitioner qualification OR Non-Medical Prescribing (V300) & Advanced Clinical Skills
• Completion of in-house Development programme

Experience
Essential

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Previous post - registration experience

Desirable

• Experience and understanding of working in Community Setting

Other
Essential

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

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).