Junior Sister

Please see the full job description fore more information JOB PURPOSE: To provide clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff and students within the team. To be responsible for the day-to-day planning and delivery of the nursing services within the community healthcare Team. To manage a caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence based practise to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, with the patient at the centre To provide specialist Nursing input into planning, development and evaluation of clinical services within the team. Role of Practice Development Nurse is to provide support and direct supervision to facilitate and enable clinical training and competency assessment of unregistered and registered nursing staff, including nursing apprenticeship students across the six Community Health Teams in West Suffolk.

The Practice Development Role will be protected supernumerary time to invest in the development of nursing staff across the 6 community healthcare teams, unless clinical priorities and safety dictate a requirement for the time to be non-Practice Development activity.