Divisional Lead Nurse - Birmingham Division

Modality Partnership; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Birmingham is looking for a Divisional Lead Nurse to deliver high-quality patient care and provide leadership in a primary care setting. The successful candidate will have responsibilities that include evidence-based practice, health promotion, and administrative tasks while ensuring that patient care standards are met. A competitive salary ranging between £45,000 and £50,000 is offered, alongside benefits such as flexible working and an NHS pension scheme.

Benefits

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Education and career pathways

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years post-registration experience.
• At least 3 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
• Experience of nurse-led management of chronic conditions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based practice for patients with chronic conditions.
• Provide preventative health care to the practice population.
• Support patients in adopting health promotion strategies.

Skills

Clinical leadership skills

Communication skills

Change-management skills

Negotiation skills

Teaching and mentorship

Education

Independent and/or supplementary nurse prescribing qualification

Job description

Divisional Lead Nurse - Birmingham Division

Modality PartnershipBirmingham Division has a full-time vacancy for a Divisional LeadNurse. The postholder will be a high performing Nurse with skills to deliverpatient care working at Enki Medical Centre, the Divisional Lead Nurse willprovide general practice nursing support and leadership within the division. Weare seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CAREvalues: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Salary for thisrole is £45,000-£50,000 per annum WTE dependent upon experience.

This job issuitable for nurses who are career driven and who may have previous experienceof leadership and have a passion for delivering the best patient care and whoare committed to make real changes to the healthcare services provided withinPrimary Care to improve patient care.

As an employee withus you can benefit from

Enrolmentto the NHS pension scheme

Employeediscounts and benefits scheme

Employeeassistance programme (EAP)

Educationand career pathways

EnhancedFamily friendly policies

Flexibleworking

Wellbeingsupport and initiative

If you are interested in learningmore, please read on.

Main duties of the job

The role is boththe delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with a chroniccondition, and the provision of preventative health care to the practicepopulation. for the care delivered to their patients, demonstrating criticalthinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management of patients.

The role is nota regular 9am-5pm job; the job requires innovation, flexibility and commitmentand the postholder will be required to work resourcefully as part of the teamto ensure tasks are completed.

About us

We are one ofthe largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients andwith a workforce of 1500+. We are unique,we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through theimplementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across theorganisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us toharmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient andstaff satisfaction. Most management roles focus on personnel management /project management. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of nursingin primary care with career advancing opportunities.

All employeesare welcomed to take enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pensionscheme. We are committed to developing our people through education and careerpathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.

ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuringequal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.

Job responsibilities

Please refer tothe supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the coreresponsibilities of this role.

You will lovethis job if you have a passion for supportingpatients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to livehealthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way wework from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams toinfluence service improvement.

If you feelthis is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise tothe challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to joinour growing team of likeminded people.

Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to closethis vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

Pre-employment

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we willbe checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manageindividual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may beundecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles aremandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is amandatory requirement.

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove theirright to work in the UK at the interview stage

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, onemust be your current or most recent employer.

Employment history

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

Person Specification

• To be able to provide full Hep B vaccination history including titre and/or booster evidence, MMR and Varicella evidence.

Skills

• Clinical leadership skills.
• Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery.
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.

Personal Qualities

• Professional approach to work.
• Good telephone manner.
• Strong team player.
• Smart appearance.
• Exercises tact and discretion at all times.
• Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift.
• Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours.
• Flexible can do attitude with a confident, friendly and approachable manner.
• Able to work autonomously and take direction and feedback.
• To confidently deal with complex issues including effective negotiation and influencing skills and escalate to the appropriate person/forum accordingly.
• Creative approach to work.

Experience

• Minimum 4 years post-registration experience.
• At least 3 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
• Experience of nurse-led management of chronic conditions.
• Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines.
• Experience of quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Registered first level nurse.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of management of patients with chronic conditions.
• Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in primary care.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Knowledge of local and national health policy.
• Wider health economy awareness.
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
• Knowledge of public health issues.
• Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area.
• Knowledge of public health issues in the area.

Qualifications

• Independent and/or supplementary nurse prescribing qualification.

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.

£45,000 to £50,000 a yearPer annum WTE, dependent upon experience