Team Lead - Hospital At Home service

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Hospital @ Home Team Lead, where you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in community settings. This full-time position offers a fixed-term contract to lead a dedicated team in facilitating early hospital discharge and avoidance of admissions. You will be responsible for leading nursing practice and promoting best standards of care within a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Flexible and family-friendly working opportunities

Generous NHS pension

Access to discounts on travel and leisure

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse supporting complex nursing needs in the community.
• Strong clinical leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Hospital @ Home nursing team to provide quality patient care.
• Develop and implement clinical pathways for patient discharge.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams for patient-centered outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Decision Making

Patient-Centered Care

Education

Registered Nurse with NMC Registration

Teaching Qualification

Non-medical Prescriber

Job description

Main area Hospital At Home Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment considered) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working pattern) Job ref 327-25-451

Site Edward Jenner Court Town Gloucester Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2025 23:59

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

We are excited to be able to offer a 1 year fixed term contract for our Hospital @ Home Team Lead position.

This is an exciting opportunity to help develop our newly created Hospital @ Home Team working alongside local acute Trust's to provide early and safe discharge from hospital and hospital admission avoidance for our adult population. We are a 7 day a week service and the Team Lead is a vital part of this clinical work.

If you are a highly motivated senior nurse looking for your next career advancement, please contact us to discuss.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work as an autonomous expert practitioner with responsibility for leading a team of nurses, providing highly skilled & developed quality nursing care for adults in their own homes and other community settings.
• To develop, implement and evaluate a seamless Hospital@Home (H@H) Service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner with responsibility for facilitating early discharge, reduce length of stay and prevent hospital admissions.
• To provide continuing responsibility for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients.
• To work in partnership with members of the multi -disciplinary team to maintain high quality care & promote practice that is patient centred.
• To continue to develop and maintain close links between Community and Hospital based services.
• .To be responsible for providing support to junior team members through developing their skills & completing staff appraisals. They will motivate staff to provide high standards of care by acting as a role model.
• To undertake the organisation and support of student placements & mentorship through their practice placements.
• To undertake and implement research and audit activities to ensure evidence-based practice and best practice guidelines are delivered within the service.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Triage of patients referred from the virtual ward hub and from health care professionals within the community, highlighting clinical need, treatment and making referrals to Community Services as required.

· To co-ordinate the planning, development, management, and provision of a Hospital at Home service and its connections with Primary Care, the Virtual Ward Hub and the community single point of clinical access (SPCA) and to be expert in this bridging role between acute and community care.

· Working autonomously, assessing individual patient needs, initiating investigations, determining a differential diagnosis, and initiating appropriate, evidence-based treatment and care within scope of practice.

· Evaluating clinical pathways, policies, SOPS and procedures

· Providing local leadership, consultancy and advice for nurses, other professionals, patients and their carers.

· Developing close working partnerships with Community care providers; local and regional specialists; other health professionals and voluntary services involved in the patient’s care

· Lead and co-ordinate competency based training and education within the service

· Putting the patient at the centre, reinforcing the concept of a streamline patient journey, improving total patient experience. The role will involve cross-boundary and inter-agency working.

· Working with our clinical leads and integrated Multidisciplinary teams across organisations to develop the model for NHS@Home virtual ward universal personalised care within the Virtual Wards.

· Incorporating digital capabilities with the efficient use of technology to support clinical decision making

· Support a team rota to deliver 7 day a week cover

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC Registration
• Teaching Qualification
• Non medical Prescriber

Experience

• Experience of acute hospital and community services
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

Knowledge

• Extensive experience of managing a range of intravenous devices ie cannulas and CVC’s

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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