District Nurse Team Leader

2 months ago

London Borough of Hillingdon, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

9 month secondment opportunity - District Nurse Team Leader Band 7 (Qualified DN Team Leader)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for qualified District Nurses with relevant experience including community nursing to join our District Nursing Teams in Hillingdon.

Our forward-thinking District Nursing teams are committed to the delivery of high-quality patient care. As a District Nurse Team Leader or a Team Lead, you will play an integral part in leading the delivery and development of the service. This is an ideal role for an experienced District Nurse or a newly Specialist Qualified District Nurse looking to further develop their leadership skills and relevant experience including Community Nursing.

The successful candidate will have significant experience of nursing at a Band 6 level or above and an understanding of community nursing is essential.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide management support and professional nurse leadership to all members of the nursing team. They will work with Senior Nurses in developing, implementing and reviewing any new initiatives involving District Nursing services and motivate staff to effect any necessary change.

The post holder will have to manage a clinical caseload, which will be GP attached. The caseload will consist of house bound patients but there are sites where commissioned wound clinics are also held. The post holder will hold responsibility for all staff in their designated team where clinical and managerial support is paramount to the team and service development. The role also consists of change management where the DN Team Leader or Team Lead will support his / her own team to embed change positively.

As a Team Leader, you will work within an integrated service including specialist care teams such as palliative, tissue viability, bladder and bowel, cardiac, neurology, diabetes, rapid response and specialist therapy teams such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy. The District Nursing service is also supported by our evening Twilight team. All community services strive to work collaboratively to ensure individualised patient centred care alongside support from our GP colleagues and practices.

About us

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing integrated high quality, innovative healthcare. Our track record in recruiting only the best people is well known and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

Hillingdon is the second largest London borough by area, located 14 miles west of Central London. We are also leaders in developing our Hillingdon Health & Care Partnership working, united to enable shared services and Neighbourhood working across the whole of Hillingdon Borough. As we have Heathrow airport within our boundaries, it is thought that we are the gateway to the UK

There are many benefits of working as District Nurse Team Lead in CNWL Hillingdon with a few mentioned below:- Great team working and a supportive environment

- Outer London Weighting

- Training and career development opportunities

- Opportunities for research and audit to support innovative practice

- Intensive support from an assigned mentor and induction period.

- Open to flexible working patterns

- Personalised Clinical and Management Supervision

- DNTL Developmental Days

- Multi-disciplinary team working with other CNWL specialities

- Support from the Lead Nurses the DN Clinical Facilitator

Job description

Job responsibilities

As one of the leads for District Nursing and in association with other members of the locality team, the post holder will facilitate all aspects of care and information to patients and assist staff already involved in the care of patients through the following interventions.

Act as a role model in expert practice facilitating and supporting the delivery of effective patient care by use of clinical judgement and decision making skills. Responsible for ensuring District Nursing teams develop appropriate plans of care for individual patients, families/carers or patient groups. To take continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for and with individual and their families. Lead the production of health profiles, formulate objectives and set priorities within the caseload. Develop innovative ways of case-finding patients with a particular focus on house-bound patients and the elderly from community locations and provide assessment & programmes of care to meet their primary health care needs. To provide a visible professional presence where staff, patients, carers, voluntary, statutory and private services can approach for assistance, advice & support to enable provision of holistic care. Implements the framework of informed consent. Use advanced specialist knowledge to enable patients & carers to develop self-care skills with respect to health and health services. To ensure appropriate supplies and equipment are in place and maintained in line with best practice in relation to client care and review as per local policy. Document consultations and practice to incorporate both audit and the setting and monitoring and evaluation of standards of care. Acts as a key coordinator promoting the delivery of seamless services. Lead and promote areas for practice development, devising guidelines and procedures to support the delivery of care. Implements the National Service Frameworks. Ensure that nursing care is evidence-based/best practice. Lead and facilitate appropriate audit to ensure evaluation of programmes of care & maintenance of high standards. Facilitate and participate in Trust-wide groups that require specialist input. Support the delivery of care through nurse prescribing. Plan and implement management of chronic diseases and work towards preventing the complications of long term conditions. Develop and contribute to health promotion programmes. Work with the training and development staff and other health care professionals and voluntary organisations to build the capacity of Primary Care Teams to address the health care needs of the communities. Work with other partners to facilitate access to other programmes to promote health for the communities ( training, basic skills training, adult education). Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

RGN Educated to Degree Level or above Degree qualifications in Public Health, Community Health or Specialist Practitioner Mentorship

Desirable

Management course - Cert. in Management Studies ( CMS) Teaching Qualification - working towards

Skills and knowledge

Essential

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills IT skills Ability to devise & deliver teaching packages patients and colleagues, formally, informally individually and in groups. Ability to sensitively manage & resolve complaints Ability to work across boundaries to develop new ways of service delivery Presentations/ Report writing Facilitate change Ability to plan own workload and manage time effectively with minimum supervision Ability to effectively manage /delegate others workload Caseload management Group facilitation

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential

Flexible to change process High priority in multi-agency engagement. Flexible and understanding to staff and team needs.

Other

Essential

Ability to act as Clinical Locality Lead in their absence Car Driver

Experience

Essential

Community Nursing experience at Band 6 / equivalent or above. Experience of team/staff management including PDP & appraisal Experience of implementing NMC / NICE Guidelines & Essence of Care Benchmarks Multi-agency working Audit experience

Desirable

Project Management

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