Integrated Community Team Lead

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Fishguard; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Hywel Dda University Health Board in Fishguard is seeking an experienced nurse leader to join the North Coastal Integrated Community Team. You will manage and lead a team of community nurses, delivering seven-day-a-week, patient-centred care to a large caseload of acute and chronic patients.

The role requires Registered Nurse with Specialist Practice Award in District Nursing (postgraduate), and the candidate should either hold or be willing to pursue a relevant Masters.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with Specialist Practice Award in District Nursing (postgraduate).
• Willing to pursue a Masters qualification.
• Must be registered with NMC (UK).

Responsibilities

• Accountable for management of nursing caseload and leading core nursing establishment.
• Provide professional nursing leadership with guidance in line with NMC standards.
• Provide expert clinical advice on complex issues and monitor activities per policy.
• Manage allocated budget and deploy nursing resources effectively.
• Address complex patient needs and family situations, including continuing health care packages.
• Collaborate with senior clinical/nursing leadership team and deputise for Clinical Lead Nurse when required.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Team management

Clinical leadership

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Specialist Practice Award in District Nursing (postgraduate)

Masters qualification (relevant)

Job description

Job Overview

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse leader ready to make a real difference? Join our Integrated Community Team and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care, shaping services, supporting teams, and improving outcomes for patients in their own homes and communities.

Job Overview

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse leader ready to make a real difference? Join our Integrated Community Team and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care, shaping services, supporting teams, and improving outcomes for patients in their own homes and communities.

Applicants must be a Registered Nurse in possession of their Specialist Practice Award in District Nursing (postgraduate) qualification. Additionally, candidates must either hold or be willing to pursue a relevant Masters qualification.

The successful applicant will manage and lead a team of community nurses, ensuring the seamless and safe delivery of 7 day a week community nursing care to a large caseload of acute and chronically ill patients. There is a minimum requirement for a highly flexible and enthusiastic approach to this challenging role as well as an ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.

The post is based with the North Coastal Integrated Community Team based in Fishguard Health Centre, although the post-holder may be required to work across both North and South Pembrokeshire Localities to meet the needs of the Service.

Main duties of the job

Accountable for management of nursing caseload to include leading/developing core nursing establishment in delivering compassionate, high quality, patient-centred nursing care, providing fair, honest and measured people management.

Provide professional nursing leadership with support/guidance (in line with NMC standards).

Provide expert clinical advice/intervention on specialist complex issues within own field and undertake management/monitoring activities in line with legal/professional requirements, statutory rules and Health Board policies relating to evidence-based practice.

Responsible for efficient management of allocated budget effectively deploying the nursing team, utilising allocated resources to timely raise financial expenditure concerns to appropriate personnel.

Ensure complex needs of patients with multiple pathologies and families are addressed in a sensitive/empathic manner including supporting the assessment/implementation/re-evaluation of continuing health care packages of care.

Work/communicate effectively as a member of senior clinical/nursing leadership team, collaborating with other Team Leads and Clinical Lead Nurse, including deputising for Clinical Lead Nurse when required.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.

We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services

Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.