Deputy Head of Nursing Leadership Role

6 days ago

Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent Full time

Job Summary

The Deputy Head of Nursing is a key leadership role within our community nursing team, responsible for the assessment, development, and evaluation of programmes of community nursing care. This role ensures uniformity of nursing care across all community services and equity of access to nursing care for all patients according to their needs and preferences.

Main Responsibilities

  • Ensure the delivery of high standards of effective care for patients in our communities with specialist palliative care needs.
  • Promote a caring and sensitive approach to patients, visitors, and colleagues.
  • Oversight of community team staffing levels and skill mix to meet the care needs of the patient population.
  • Line management responsibility for Clinical Nurse Specialists, Palliative Specialist Nurses, and Hospice at Home Team Leader, including recruitment, onboarding, professional development, and appraisal, performance, and sickness absence.
  • Create an environment where professional learning is actively encouraged and supported, underpinned with a culture of continual learning and reflective practice.

About Us

Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent provides end of life care services to patients and their families across east Kent. Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families both in the community and in-patient units.

Our Benefits

  • Friendly and highly professional working environments alongside people passionate about what we do.
  • Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning.
  • A workplace pension scheme. Those joining us from the NHS may retain eligibility to membership of the NHS pension scheme.
  • A good work-life balance and realistic working hours.
  • Financial discounts, provided through the Blue Light Card scheme.
  • A sense of achievement in supporting a worthwhile cause.
  • A sense of wellbeing.

Job Requirements

Position in Organisation

Reports to: Head of Nursing

Responsible for: Community nursing services

Direct reports: Clinical Nurse Specialists, Palliative Specialist Nurses, and Hospice at Home Team Leader

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • First level Registered Nurse
  • First degree in appropriate subject
  • Appropriate post-basic qualification in end of life/palliative care
  • Masters degree or equivalent experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrates positive leadership skills

Desirable

  • Advanced symptom management skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of successfully managing people as a senior post holder
  • Extensive experience working as a community nurse
  • Working within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of having provided formal and informal teaching and of developing nursing practice
  • Experience of having provided clinical supervision and reflective practice
  • Management and leadership experience

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