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Job summary

Main area
District Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including weekends)
Job ref
209-A-24-6817351
Employer
East Cheshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Priorslegh Medical Centre
Town
Poynton
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/12/2024 23:59

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East Cheshire NHS Trust logo

BDP Community Caseload Manager - Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

 

Job overview

Due to a redesign in community services, we now have a wide range of fantastic nursing opportunities including B5, B6 & B7, available across our Bollington, Disley and Poynton care community to support a building of a new team in this exciting forward thinking care community.

We are looking for Community Caseload Manager who is enthusiastic with a positive approach to join a multidisciplinary team with a vision to deliver the right care, at the right time to help improve the lives of our local residents.

Our team is based at Priorslegh Medical Centre in Poynton and covers the Bollington, Disley and Poynton area with a population of over 34,000.

Being part of our friendly and supportive team is an opportunity to take forward the expanding role of community nursing in order to meet the long-term condition agenda and the needs of our elderly population. Our dynamic management team are supportive and open to ideas and innovation.

The candidate must have excellent communication skills and hold a Specialist Nursing Practice (District Nursing) degree.

The candidate must have completed their V100 or V150 and be willing to undertake V300 prescribing.

Travel is an essential part of this role. Please demonstrate on your application form how you can meet this requirement.

Hours per week: 37.5 (full time)

Main duties of the job

To provide holistic, high quality, safe and skilled health and social care / support to patients, carers and their families.

To work closely with member of the integrated care team to provide rapid and planned expert professional assessment and treatment interventions for patients in their own homes or other community settings, putting patients at the centre of their care and enabling  patients to maximise their independence, health and wellbeing and remain in their own homes for as long as possible.

To be responsible /manage individual and team caseload of patients and carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of care programmes.

To provide leadership and support across the care community team demonstrating emotional intelligence to recognise pressures of self and team.

Working for our organisation

It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.   

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role. 

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications. 

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
  • Specialist Nursing Practice (District Nursing) Degree or equivalent experience (and be willing to undertake/complete training within 2 years of commencing in post)
  • Community Nurse Prescribing (V150)
  • Mentor/Preceptor/998 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Management/leadership Qualification
  • Working towards MSc (Master of Science) in relevant subject.
  • Post registration qualifications e.g. palliative care, care of the elderly, wound care, continence or other relevant qualification.
  • Clinical examination Skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience at band 5 with either community experience or transferable skills
  • Evidence of clinical knowledge relevant to the post, with knowledge of care planning
  • Experience of teaching others
  • Advocate of multidisciplinary team working
  • Knowledge and understanding of Adult protection issues and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
  • Clear understanding of health and social care services
  • Good understanding of current nursing workforce issues
  • Understanding of Information Governance/ Data Protection
  • Professional Knowledge awareness (NMC) standards
  • Can demonstrate experience of assessment, care planning and care delivery
  • Further relevant training e.g. palliative care, wound care, elderly care, diabetes
  • Broad range of clinical skills including skills for assessing and interpreting acute and chronic patient conditions
  • Enhanced critical thinking
  • Good organisation skills with skill/experience of managing the team/ resources on a day-to-day basis in an unpredictable environment.
  • Ability to lead junior colleagues
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
  • Band 6 level experience in relevant setting
  • Management of a team
  • Awareness of standardised assessments and outcome measures.
  • Awareness of relevant NSF’s and NICE guidance Clinical supervision
  • Undertake Continuing Health Care (CHC) assessments.(SKILL
  • Competencies in a range of relevant skills
  • Advanced communication skills
  • Ability to forward plan to meet service needs.
  • Ability to deal with urgent/unpredictable issues appropriately and safely

Skills and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to make appropriate decisions at all levels
  • Ability to lead and manage a team
  • Ability to organise the work load, able to delegate and prioritise
  • Good knowledge of health and safety and risk management
  • Computer literate
  • Effective written and verbal skills
  • Reflective practitioner
  • Relevant experience/placements to the role including assessment and management of long term conditions, palliative care conditions and wound care.
  • Ability to manage time and caseload effectively
  • Provision of support and direction to learner nurses, Health Care Support Workers, Assistant practitioners and new starters

Other Role Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lynn Pantling
Job title
Team Leader - BDP Care Community
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01625 870693
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