Locality Team Leader Nurse

Job summary

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We are looking for an experienced Nurse to take on team leader responsibilities of one of our team localities.

Working under the clinical leadership of the Associate Director of Patient Care and Communities, you will adopt a person-centered, coaching approach to the leadership of a locality team, fostering self-coaching, team working, self-awareness, personal growth and professional competence. With responsibilities for line management of the multi professional locality team and ability to deputise when needed. A minimum of 60% of time will be spent in direct clinical care.

You will ensure clinical practice is reflective of current developments in Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care. Promote a learning environment and participate in the development and delivery of educational programs.

Main duties of the job

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You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and clear leadership capabilities.

You should have a relevant degree or diploma and its essential that you have Palliative care or oncology experience. If you are enthusiastic, personable and share our values and care about making a difference in the last years of someones life, we would love to hear from you

As well as joining a caring organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include:

About us

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Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex.

Our Hospice at Home service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into our patients homes. This allows patients, their families, and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most.

Please note: our vacancies are subject to eligibility to work in the UK. We are a small organisation with limited funds and therefore, we are not able to to employ you if you if you are outside the UK as we are not able to obtain a work permit or visa sponsorship on your behalf.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Team Leadership

Under supervision by the Associate Director Patient Care and Communities, create a self-coaching team environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking, and cohesive team work.

Provide the team with a vision around how their objectives link to the Hospice strategy.

Motivate and inspire team members.

Coach people in order to help them:

Develop new skills and recognise and use their and each others talents.

Help them generate their own solutions to the problems they face

Develop and maintain good relationships,

Act early and be proactive, competent and confident in managing conflict.

Overcome barriers and try new things in a safe and supportive environment.

Motivate, support and mentor each other as team colleagues

Facilitate problem solving and collaboration

Ensure discussions and decisions lead to an outcome

Be creative, courageous and focused on constant improvement

Facilitate problem solving and collaboration

Ensure discussions and decisions lead to an outcome

Be creative, courageous and focused on constant improvementCommunicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives and carers, usingspecialist advanced communication skills and restorative conversationsInfluence practice and policy through the establishment of partnerships andnetworks with colleaguesPromote harmonious relationships within the inter-professional team, supportingthe vision and values of the HospiceMaintain effective and responsiveexternal partnership working with health and social care colleagues such asCommunity Teams and Acute Trusts.Ensure integration of the various multi-disciplinary professions, particularlyin relation to processes Assure that the team members have the necessary education and training toeffectively participate on the team.

Recognise and celebrate team and team member accomplishmentsand exceptional performance

Monitor the performance and promote the development of theteam, providing regular supervision and development conversations, observingtheir practice and coaching them to develop new skills. Manage and monitor the proper and effective use of thefinancial and other resources available to your service.

Actively and regularly engage your team in how they can helpachieve the strategic aims of the Hospice.

Support people to achieve their development outcomes.

To deputise for the Associate Director Patient Care andCommunities, supporting the strategic delivery of all services pertaining tothe community.

To submit statistics and activity reports as required.

To liaise frequently with the members of the team to ensurethat patients on the caseload are reviewed and supported according to thecaseload management guidelines.

To support the Associate Director Patient Care andCommunities to implement the Princess Alice Hospice Clinical Strategy andService Plan.

To receive and disseminate information through chairinglocality team meetings and attendance at other relevant meetings.

Supports the delivery of activity by clinical volunteers whowork with the Community team ensuring integration and support needs are met.

Participates in the recruitment, selection and retention ofstaff, to ensure that adequate staffing levels and skill mix are maintained,and that staff receive appropriate induction and personal development plans.

Supports multi-professional caseload management for allpatients, ensuring that all necessary information on patients is available asappropriate.

Under supervision and leadership by the Associate DirectorPatient Care and Communities contribute to the Hospice Governance arrangementsand apply Clinical Governance and Risk Management standards ensuring thatpolicies and guidelines are available and adhered to.

Clinical

Participates and takes a lead role in multi professionalteam meetings to provide informed specialist practitioner opinion and caremanagement options.

Will spend a minimum of 60% of the working week in direct contactwith patients and families

Promotes and supports the team to deliver a seamless packageof care, including liaison with external agencies, to enable patients to bemanaged in their preferred place of care

Works alongside the Nurse Consultant develop advancedpractice within the team, developing a team that is responsive and skilled inphysical assessment and non -medical prescribing, ensuring that any advicegiven is within the scope of practice

Under the supervision of the Associate Director Patient Careand Communities and the Nurse Consultant develop clinical leadership for theHospice at Home Team throughout the patient pathway from referral, triage,advance care planning to preferred place of care and death at the end of life. To participate in cover and the 24 hour on-call rota as appropriate, thatcovers the Princess Alice Hospice catchment area.

Educational

Keeps abreast of current developments in SpecialistPalliative Care and End of Life Care, and the implications they may have toclinical practice.

Acts as a role model and mentor, providing informaleducation and support to colleagues in their provision of care.

Promotes a learning environment for students, other clinicalplacements and visitors to the Team specifically and the Hospice generally.

Participates in the development and delivery of formaleducational programs internally and with external clinical and academicpartners.

Participates and leads as appropriate in developing andauditing nursing specific and multi professional standards.

Participates in and supports nursing specific andcollaborative clinical research, and leads in the development of evidence basedpractice.

Professional:

Ensures own Professional registration is valid and currentand adheres to own code and scope of professional practice.

Ensures that a professional portfolio is kept and updated inaccordance with revalidation as appropriate

Ensures that personal knowledge and skills meet therequirements of the post and that they are in line with current practice.

Acts as an ambassador for the Hospice at all times,including representing the Hospice in fundraising and public relationsactivities as requested.

Other responsibilities

To undertake any other such duties or general tasks andhours of work as may reasonably be required and to work in other locationswithin the hospice organisation.

A job description is not a rigid or inflexible document butacts to provide guidelines to the duties expected while in post.

This job description will be reviewed and amended in thelight of changing professional demands

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

Evidence of highly developed communication skills both written and verbal Record of demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills Able to demonstrate understanding of professional integration Able to work effectively in an emotionally demanding environment Understanding of specialist palliative care provision Computer literate and supportive of digital technology Clear Leadership capabilities Clinical assessment and evaluation Decision making skills Organisational skills Ability to influence

Personal Qualities and other requirements

Desirable

Flexible, motivated, self-directed Pleasant and calm manner Ability to work under pressure Ability to work well within a team Car driver/full driving licence Cover on-call rota including weekends and bank holidays as appropriate Awareness of, and commitment to the Mission, Vision and Values of the Hospice

Qualifications

Essential

Current Professional Registration and qualification Relevant training appropriate to role Evidence of ongoing professional development Willingness to undertake further training as required

Personal Qualities and other requirements

Desirable

Demonstrate team working and building and maintaining effective working relationships in a multidisciplinary environment and across health care boundaries Able to work under pressure and to prioritise Quality focused with an innovative approach and able to solve complex problems Support Advanced clinical practice and assessment skills Commitment to the development of staff

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