Lead Community Nurse: Clinical Leadership & Care

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC is seeking a Sister/Charge Nurse/District Nurse to join the Primary Care Home team in Lowestoft. You will lead a multidisciplinary community nursing service, manage a number of clinicians and contribute to HR processes such as recruitment and appraisals.

The role involves front-line clinical practice, rapid home assessments to prevent hospital admission, and delivering care 7 days per week with a varied shift pattern.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with leadership experience in community settings.
• Experience providing rapid home assessments and managing care plans.
• Involvement in HR processes such as recruitment and appraisals.

Responsibilities

• To provide clinical leadership, operational management and professional support to community nursing within Primary Care home.
• To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide planned and unplanned care.
• To provide expert clinical case management for patients living in the community who require nursing care.
• To work autonomously at a level appropriate to clinical competence and within scope of professional practice.
• To carry out rapid assessments in patients' homes with the aim of preventing admission to the acute hospital.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Community nursing

Home visits

HR/recruitment support

Job description

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC is seeking a Sister/Charge Nurse/District Nurse to join the Primary Care Home team in Lowestoft. You will lead a multidisciplinary community nursing service, manage a number of clinicians and contribute to HR processes such as recruitment and appraisals.

The role involves front-line clinical practice, rapid home assessments to prevent hospital admission, and delivering care 7 days per week with a varied shift pattern.