Acting Up District Nurse Team Leader

Job summary
*** Please note this post is internal to North Cheshire and Mersey employees. ***

Are you a registered nurse who is looking to step up into an Acting Band 6 District Nurse Team Leader role? Here at Bridgewater, we are looking for experienced and motivated individuals to work alongside our Band 6 Team Leaders and step up into a Band 6 role for a period of 6 months. This is a fantastic opportunity to support professional development and provides opportunity to work alongside our leaders and demonstrate effective role modelling. The successful candidates will be responsible for carrying out holistic and autonomous evidenced-based nursing care to patients under the care of the Warrington District Nursing service while also undertaking management duties with the support of our current Team Leaders and District Nurse Coordinators. This role provides opportunity to work in close collaboration with other professionals/stakeholders within the Warrington footprint. You should be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development.

If you are looking for flexibility with your working hours to support your work life balance, all flexible working requests will be considered in line with the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

• To actively manage the district nursing caseload
• Perform holistic assessments of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement, and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.
• Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.
• Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
• To establish and maintain effective communication with stake holders, individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
• Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
• To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
• Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
• To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
• Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template
• Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams

About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission
We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision
We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities

Job responsibilities
The post holder will manage a caseload of registered patients within a team or team(s). The post holder will delegate the workload to the community nurses, healthcare assistants and nursing assistants as appropriate and as defined by the priority/acuity of the caseload and liaise with all health care professionals and other agencies within the wider community to ensure effective service delivery.

The post holder will work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator and will be responsible for the assessment of patient need.

The post holder will develop, deliver and evaluate programmes of care.

The post holder will support the care management of complex case and further support leadership and development within the team. The post holder will play a part in the mentoring pre and post registration students.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.
• Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.
• Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
• To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
• Work collaboratively with other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met.
• Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
• To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
• Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
• To identify skills and knowledge to address individuals training needs by undertaking personal development reviews and personal development plans within the KSF framework.
• To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
• Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template
• Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams

Managerial/Leadership

• Work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator in providing nursing services to patients registered within a defined GP Practice.
• Manage the night service caseload of patients.
• Delegate the workload to appropriate team members.
• Day to day responsibility for the designated caseload.
• To provide accurate timely information to the identified administrator regarding annual leave, expenses and study leave.
• To undertake back to work interviews and assist in the monitoring and reporting to District Nurse Coordinator general HR issues surrounding staff sickness, absentees.
• To report any concerns with regards to poor practice or concerns of staff members to the District Nurse Coordinator.
• Support the effective use of physical and financial resources. Ordering supplies and equipment.
• To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe, adhering to the Lone Worker policy.
• To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encourage clinical supervision.
• Supply required activity data related to patient care.

Clinical Governance

• To support the clinical governance agenda by benchmarking best practice, identify any inequalities in service delivery.
• Ensure that practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature.
• To contribute to the development of and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work to ensure best practice.
• In-depth knowledge of the legal, ethical, moral and accountability issues related to District Nursing. Adhere to the NMC Standards:- Professional Code of Conduct, Scope of Professional Practice and Administrations of Medicines records and Record Keeping.
• Support the organisations public health agenda.
• Maintain a professional portfolio that demonstrates evidence of on-going professional development.
• Identify any limitations/gaps in professional or clinical knowledge.
• Access and promote clinical supervision within the team
• Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.

Teaching and Learning:

• To ensure own continued professional development.
• To undertake mandatory training and other training that is specific for the post.
• Facilitate the placement of pre and post registration nursing students.
• Support the development of the nursing team by teaching and assessing other member of the team including nursing auxiliaries.
• Teaching of patients/carers and other professionals to support patients to maintain their optimum level of independence.
• Promote lifelong learning with the nursing team.
• Act as practice teacher to specialist practitioner students (NMC Standard 2006)

Records Management, Confidentiality and Security of Information:
The post holder will be expected to:
Adhere to Trust policies and procedures as directed in training, guidelines and advised by relevant colleagues in relation to creating records and handling information. Undertake action as required to implement and comply with these policies and procedures. Report any non-compliance.

Maintain confidentiality in relation to personal data held for colleagues and patients, ensuring it is processed lawfully; for no purpose other than for which it was obtained; is relevant to that purpose; is retained for no longer than is necessary; is processed in accordance with the rights of the subject to access and accuracy; and is protected from accidental loss or damage in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, and records management guidance

Maintain confidentiality of patient-identifiable personal data using a non-identifiable alternative, where practicable, and limiting access on a strictly need to know basis in accordance with the responsibilities of the Trusts Caldicott Guardian

Codes of Conduct and Accountability:
The post holder is required to comply with relevant NHS codes of conduct and accountability, and professional codes of conduct appropriate to this role.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring maintenance of registration with the professional codes of conduct appropriate to this role including completing CPD and competency levels as required for maintenance of registration.

The post holder is required to take responsibility for their own development including ensuring attendance at all statutory and mandatory training, maintaining personal development records and taking an active role within personal development processes.

Please see full Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Person Specification

Relationships
Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.

Qualifications
Essential

• RN First level/RGN
• Must be willing to work towards Specialist Practitioner Qualification

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• V300 NMP
• Clinical assessment qualification

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable community experience
• Experience of high level organisational skills

Desirable

• Audit & Research experience
• Recognised Management experience

Job Specific Requirements
Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

Right to Work
Essential

• Do you currently have the unrestricted right to work in the UK?
• If appointed, will you require sponsorship under a UK work visa route (now or in the future)?
• Please note that sponsorship is not available for all roles. Sponsorship will only be considered where the post meets the relevant UK immigration requirements and where the organisation determines that sponsorship is appropriate for the role.

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Able to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
• Wide range of clinical skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
• Able to demonstrate initiative.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
• Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students including SPQ students.
• Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
• Good IT skills

Desirable

• Tissue viability qualification
• Palliative care qualification
• Patient safety/PSIRF experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Cheryl West
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