Job summary
- Main area
- District Nursing (Community)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Compressed hours
- Other
- Job ref
- 381-CT-6223806
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust- Multiple Locations in Sandwell Community
- Town
- Sandwell
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead - District Nursing Service
NHS AfC: Band 6
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
We are currently seeking enthusiastic & motivated registered nurse to join the District Nursing service as a Clinical Lead – Band 6.
We have a number of posts available within our District Nursing Teams of which there are 7 across the area, including our Care Home Team.
The District Nursing team is part of the Integrated Care Services (iCares) directorate within Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
The post is suitable for either an experienced Band 5 looking for progression or current Band 6 nurses looking develop further within an integrated community team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the District Nurse Team leader to manage the whole caseload as well as undertaking more complex case reviews.
As a Clinical Lead you will be expected to coordinate and oversee activities of the clinical team members to ensure compassionate, effective, and efficient delivery of high-quality clinical care for our patients.
We are looking for a candidate with leadership qualities who will excel at line manager responsibilities, including Sickness review meetings, keeping Allocate up to date, work allocation, audits, processing clinical incidents and clinical supervision of the junior staff.
It is an exciting time to be working in District Nursing and we are looking for someone to complement our integrated approach and willing to develop working relationships with both care homes and wider team colleagues.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the district nursing team giving expert clinical advice and demonstrating leadership and specialist knowledge delivering nursing care.
To supervise and be a role model to staff working closely with the team leader
The job holder will as part of their role be responsible for supervising a team of nurses helping them to learn and develop community nursing skills.
They will provide nursing care within a Community setting to people in residential homes across Sandwell & West Birmingham.
A professional and approachable attention to work and staff is required.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell is a vibrant mutli- cultural town close to Birmingham and other neighboring Cities with good transport links.
We are one of the largest teaching hospitals and recognise and award staff for their achievements at our Annual Awards Ball.
We care about our staff and offer Well being Sanctuary areas with relaxation pods and pampering sessions.
As this is a Community based post you will be required to hold a UK driving license and use your personal car for work. Mileage can be claimed at the standard NHS rate.
Sandwell also has the opportunity for staff discounts including staff car scheme.
The District Nursing team covers an 8am-8pm service 7 days per week - 365 days a year. In this post you will be expected to cover weekends (Inc. Bank Holidays) and evenings on a rota basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in primary care and leading a community nursing team
- Experience of direct supervision of qualified and unqualified staff.
- Experience of identifying the development needs of others and giving effective feedback.
- Experience of interagency and collaborative working.
- Experience of teaching and assessing students
- Experience of providing complex packages of care, which involve other agencies
- Ability to manage staff, conflict and difficult situations and to challenge and support others appropriately and assertively
- Experience of clinical audit, benchmarking and evaluation of services
- Significant post registration experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General / Adult Nurse.(Level 1)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Good standard of general education
- Must hold a Specialist Community Practitioner – District Nursing qualification and/or be registered as a V150/V300 nurse prescriber”.
Desirable criteria
- Specialist Practitioner (district nursing)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Lines
- Job title
- Matron- Community Nursing Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07974 974518
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