Neighbourhood Lead

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a personal desire to succeed and make a difference as a Community Nursing Operational Lead.
As a Community Nursing Neighbourhood Lead, you will play a crucial role in leading and managing a multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in the community. Working closely with GPs, community services, and social care teams, you will ensure effective case management and promote patient independence.
Experience of effective team management, including dealing with conflict is essential and forms an integral part of this role.
The post covers the North East Essex area so a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work is essential.
**You will be required to**:

- Lead and manage a team of community nurses and healthcare professionals
- Provide expert assessment, planning, and delivery of evidence-based care
- Triage new referrals, manage complex cases, and support palliative care patients
- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic patient care
- Ensure high standards of clinical practice and governance

Assist in developing closer working relationships / shared working between co-located teams, travelling and working at other sites as required, regularly reviewing processes and procedures ensuring tasks are completed in the most efficient way.
To support the Community Nursing Operational Leads within the department displaying the organisational requirements of attitude, behaviour, competence and delivery and acting as a positive example for peers.
The successful applicant will have an excellent manner, be fluent in computer systems and typing, be able to remain calm and work under pressure, will adhere strictly to the rules of confidentiality and have a professional manner at all times. Also, the ability to be able to work under pressure is a vital element to this role.
Report directly to the Operational Lead for Community Nursing.
This is a full-time position with the service operating 0800 - 1800, 7 days a week, offering a fantastic opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills in a community setting.
Join us and make a real difference in your community
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care & want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.