Community Nurse Team Lead

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Full timePart time
Location: Helston
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Job offered by: Phoenix MCT
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Community Nurse Team Lead

Band 6

Main area

Adult community Services

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To include evening and weekend working)

Job ref

201-24-899

Site

Helston Community Hospital

Town

Helston

Salary

£37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

20/12/2024 23:59 Thank you for your interest in joining us at

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice. Strategic Themes Great Care Care based on what matters to people. Care provided at home or close to home. Improvement through learning, research and innovation. Prevention and alternatives to hospital. Great Organisation Buildings that support health and wellbeing. Technology enabled care. Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. Safe, efficient, effective and productive. Great People A place people love to work and feel valued. Living our values with staff (all voices count). Attract, grow and develop talent. Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen. Great Partner Encourage and enable effective partnerships. Joined-up community services. Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. Reduce our impact on the environment. At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and clinically skilled nurse to work as a Band 6 Team Leader nurse to join our dynamic, friendly Community Nursing Team, based in Helston, Cornwall.

The Team work alongside the Primary Care Network covering the South Kerrier area, including Helston and the beautiful Lizard Peninsula. This position involves managing and supporting a large busy team including staff working on the late shifts, visiting patients in their own homes and Urgent Care Response. The successful candidate will also need to be able to work flexibly across the disciplines in South Kerrier in order to provide excellent clinical and management support. Applications are invited from registered nurses who have some experience of working within the community setting and have experience working with patients with long-term conditions. Applicants must have the ability to work autonomously, whilst being a member of a team committed to excellence in patient care. If you have excellent clinical, people and organisational skills then we would welcome your application. Proposed interview date: to be confirmed Main duties of the job

As an autonomous practitioner the post holder will be responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients with complex health and social care needs. They will co-manage a clinical caseload within a community nursing team with guidance from the Community Nurse Team Leaders and Manager and Community Matron and ensure provision of a holistic nursing assessment and high quality, safe, evidence-based care to patients and carers with the aim of maintaining patients in their own homes. The post holder will work in partnership with patients and carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to offer support and advice and promote informed choice; maximising independence and optimising quality of life and will be required to provide clinical management and leadership to all staff within the team. Working for our organisation

Cornwall Foundation Trust is an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK. Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff. We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner. Just over 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services. Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’. Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

Current professional registration – RN (Adult) Evidence of recent relevant professional development A degree in nursing Skills and Aptitude

Essential criteria

Leadership skills – able to motivate a range of staff, organise self and others, delegating and prioritising workload duties Conflict resolution skills IT skills to include use of word, excel, spreadsheets, email and internet access Desirable criteria

Advanced computer skills At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available: Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management Protected CPD time for registered staff Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff Leadership and Management development programmes Coaching and mentoring opportunities A full clinical induction programme for operational skills Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff Individual professional development programmes Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include: Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues' physical and mental health Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff Free DBS checks where required Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions NHS Pension Scheme Salary sacrifice car scheme Cycle to work scheme The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status. The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment. If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation. If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses. Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

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