District Nursing Lead & Clinical Mentor

NHS Jobs; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust is seeking a nurse leader to oversee a team of nurses, contribute to policy development, and ensure high standards of care. The role includes clinical supervision, mentoring students, and coordinating care for patients in the community.

The post requires prioritising workloads, liaising with partner agencies, referring to services as needed, and escalating risks where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Management and leadership responsibility for a team of nurses.
• Development and implementation of policies as required.
• Accountable for management of work priorities for self and team.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead in setting standards of care amongst the team and to teach, deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the team, recognising their knowledge/skills and development potential.
• Assess and implement care interventions to meet identified health needs of individuals, families and communities.
• Maintain associated records.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to pre- and post-registration nursing students.
• Assess and identify any complications surrounding patient care and to act accordingly to enable the patient to remain at home where appropriate.
• Assess and prioritise unscheduled requests for nursing intervention and allocation to an appropriately skilled clinician as required.
• Work in partnership with other agencies to deliver strategic national and local health priorities.
• Refer patients to other services / agencies as appropriate.
• Escalate Risk appropriately.
• Ensure that patients are treated with care and compassion at all times.
• If you have a non-medical prescribing qualification, you will be expected to practice as a prescriber as part of this role.

Job description

East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust is seeking a nurse leader to oversee a team of nurses, contribute to policy development, and ensure high standards of care. The role includes clinical supervision, mentoring students, and coordinating care for patients in the community.

The post requires prioritising workloads, liaising with partner agencies, referring to services as needed, and escalating risks where appropriate.