Team Leader

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Team Leader Nurse in Poole, where you will provide essential support to individuals with learning disabilities within their own homes. This rewarding role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care, and offering guidance to healthcare assistants. With a commitment to valuing rights and inclusion, your expertise will make a significant difference in the lives of service users. Embrace the opportunity for professional growth in an outstandingly rated organization.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience as a Band 5 Nurse required.
• Valid driver’s license essential.
• Demonstrate commitment to working with individuals with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee at least two services and support healthcare assistants.
• Develop and review person-centred care plans and risk assessments.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call system.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Job description

Are you an empathetic, forward-thinking nurse who can adapt to changing priorities and deliver high-quality care? The Domiciliary Care Agency covering Bournemouth and Poole is looking for you to join.

You will be committed to improving lives for our service users and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will be pivotal in supporting and empowering the health promotion and health needs of our service users.

Our service users all live in their own homes and have Learning Disabilities; some also have health diagnoses. Your role will involve supporting their health needs and promoting health and independence.

Each service user is supported by a dedicated team. This is an excellent opportunity to work within the challenging yet rewarding field of community-based learning disability services alongside a multidisciplinary team.

This Team Leader position is a full-time, Monday to Friday role. We operate a 24/7 on-call system to support healthcare assistants. You will be required to participate in this rota, which includes an uplifted salary and overtime payments for out-of-hours calls. A valid driver’s license and at least 2 years' experience as a Band 5 Nurse are essential.

You will demonstrate a commitment to working proactively and in partnership with people with learning disabilities, using your professional knowledge to support individuals within the community.

You will work directly with people with learning disabilities in their homes, collaborating with their families, healthcare assistants, and other professionals. As a Team Leader, you will oversee at least two services.

All practice should be based on the principles of Valuing People—rights, independence, choice, and inclusion. You will work with individuals and their carers to develop, implement, and review person-centred care plans and risk assessments.

As a Team Leader, you will support healthcare assistants, providing clinical expertise, guidance, training, supervision, and managing sickness. You will also assist with shift cover using the e-roster system and support staff with various issues as they arise.

We provide a 24/7 on-call service, shared equally among team leaders and management, planned one month in advance.

At Dorset HealthCare, we’re committed to empowering people through outstanding healthcare services. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC in 2019, we serve a population of nearly 800,000 with a diverse range of community and mental health services.

We value our 7,000-strong workforce, promote equal opportunities, celebrate diversity, and strive to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves.

Join us to build your career, challenge yourself, and contribute to our vision of continuous improvement through excellence, compassion, and expertise.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

Name: Sally-Anne Ayres
Job title: Service Manager
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]

Informal enquiries and visits are welcomed; please contact Sally-Anne Ayres.