District Nurse Team Lead

Central London Community Health Trust; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking a dedicated Community Nurse Manager to lead nursing teams and provide high-quality evidence-based care to patients with complex needs. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse experienced in community settings, with skills in team management and collaboration. Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations, ensuring patient well-being, and promoting integrated care. This full-time role offers competitive salary and benefits, including flexible working options and ongoing training.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction

Car lease scheme available for Band 5 and up

Flexible working options

Training, support, and development in your career

Qualifications

• Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community nursing.
• Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of teaching others and mentoring students.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a designated community nursing team.
• Provide skilled, effective, and evidence-based nursing care to patients.
• Act as a patient's advocate and facilitate their choices.

Skills

Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration

Evidence of continuing professional education and training at degree level

Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct

Knowledge of principles of care for long term conditions

Ability to plan and prioritize own workload

Education

Mentor or practice based learning training

Community or Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification

Post-registration qualification in district nursing or equivalent

Job description

• To lead and manage a designated community nursing teams, taking overall responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings,
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of the team.
• To promote effective teamwork within the wider Primary Health Care Team, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
• To monitor the quality of care provision and to identify and promote areas for service development.
• To be responsible for the performance of the team, and individuals within it.
• To support the Service Manager and clinical lead in delivering high quality care that delivers best value, and meets the requirements of commissioners.
• To work in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure high quality, integrated and seamless care is delivered.
• To act as a key point of contact for GPs and other general practice staff.
• To ensure that each member of the nursing team is competent, able to meet the full needs of their clients and operates to high standards.
• To be responsible for the effective management of a caseload and provide proactive case management to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.

Main duties of the job

• To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients with complex care needs, in a variety of community settings.
• To act as an autonomous nurse taking on-going responsibility for the assessment, planning, evaluation and implementation of nursing care to individuals, groups of patients and their families on the district nursing caseload, delegating activities as appropriate.
• To undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process. To include the needs of carers
• To act as the patient's advocate and to facilitate the patient's own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care as appropriate.To work in a collaborative manner with Primary Care staff, Acute services, Social Services and other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care.
• To provide information and support to patients, relatives and other carers that promotes and optimises positive health

About us

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

**Please refer to job description, person specification and CLCH Trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional education and training at degree level
• Qualification in team / service management or prepared to work towards.
• Mentor or practice based learning training
• Community or Independent Nurse Prescribing qualification or prepared to work towards
• Post - registration qualification in district nursing or equivalent

Experience

• Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community nursing
• Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of working with people with complex needs
• Experience of co-ordinating and managing a team
• Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
• Experience of evidence-based care
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and developing complex care plans
• Experience of co-ordinating and delivering care for people with complex, long term conditions.

Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of principles of care for long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards
• Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
• Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
• Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
• Knowledge of clinical governance & clinical supervision
• Knowledge of clinical governance & clinical supervision
• Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
• Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• Able to travel around the district (car/bike/public transport/foot)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.

£50,008 to £56,908 a yearper annum, inclusive of HCAS