Clinical Nurse Lead

Welcome to Rural North Chichester Community PCN TeamWe have the pleasure in recruiting an experienced nurse who has the Specialist Practitioner Qualification.Someone who is committed to nursing and attaining to the highest standards of assessment, treatment and support to our community patients and their carers.If you read the job description and specification you will see that the role requires you to have expert clinical knowledge to guide and support staff in the team to provide the best care and support. To be energised in the role to encourage staff to develop and patients to engage in their treatment plans.Main duties of the jobThe post of Clinical Nurse Lead 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.The focus of this role is to provide safe, effective and quality clinical care using advanced qualifications to support clinical practise 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.About usWe are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.Why work for us?Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingVaried environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across SussexFlexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirementExcellent training, development, and research opportunitiesCost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and BrightonActive EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networksLevel 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware TrustBeautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coastOur values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.Job responsibilitiesTo lead the processes for delivering, monitoring and improving the quality of care provided to patients. This includes risk management, complying with and contributing to CQC requirements, incidents and clinical audit.Delivers effective skilled, case management including care co-ordination, care planning and treatment for complex patients.Identify risks to service delivery and problem solve to ensure resources are allocated across the team/ teams to appropriately prioritise careEnsure clinical research is conducted in line with Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust protocols and in liaison with the research team, ensuring that the research has had ethical approval.Ensure that patients receive the information they need and are treated with dignity and respect for their privacy.Carry out risk assessments and adhere to safe systems of work. This includes understanding and adhering to the reporting procedures for clinical and nonclinical incidents/near misses. Employees must attend relevant courses and mandatory updates, take a pro‑active role in contributing to risk identification and management and be responsive to lessons learned from incidents and near misses.Reports clinical and non‑clinical incidents and proactively manages risk to patients including vulnerable adults and staff.Supports, monitors and challenges caseload management processes to ensure quality, safe and effective care delivery.To promote an environment conducive to effective learning and to comply with statutory and mandatory responsibilities in line with current local and National monitoring requirementsSee the job description and job specification for further information.Person SpecificationExperienceExtensive Clinical Experience- Case ManagementEvidence of up-to-date knowledge and skills, particularly in long term condition managementEvidence of ability to maintain/monitor high standards of careEvidence of continuing professional developmentClinical leadership experience at a senior levelSkills and KnowledgeAble to analyse Complex Situations and Problem solve as nescessaryEvidence of Ability to identify and Manage RiskEvidence of Knowledge and Experience of Team Dynamics and Leadership RoleEvidence of ability to work in a MD TeamEvidence of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality Health CareAbility to work in a flexible way and respond positively to changeAbility to work autonomouslyUnderstanding of Clinical GovernanceUnderstanding of National and Local PolicyAcknowledges limitations to own practiceAwareness of own development needsEvidence of Managing Long Term and Chronic ConditionsEvidence of Complex Case ManagementEvidence of Compassionate LeadershipAwareness of ResilienceOthe RequirementsCar Driver with access to car for work purposes, unless under the Equality Act for reasonable adjustmentsProfessional QualificationsQualified RNPost graduate level degree or equivalentAdvanced Physical Assessment course Masters ModuleNon-Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards Masters qualificationPublic Health Module or willing to work towardsLeadership Qualification or HR Leadership sessionsMentoring Course or equivalentDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr