Nurse Team Lead (CNRT)

Job responsibilities

Responsibility for People Management :

Undertake day-to-day management and organisation of staff to deliver a best practice service within the resources available to meet individuals needs.

To teach, train and line manage junior staff, support workers, assistants, and students. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.

To monitor the clinical effectiveness of the team to ensure delivery of a service appropriate to their grade and within own specialism.

To lead in the recruitment of relevant grades of staff, as required, ensuring all new staff receive a comprehensive induction programme.

To take a flexible approach to supporting colleagues in times of caseload pressure, including working with colleagues to maintain clinical cover across the team within the resources available.

Support staff by promoting team working by developing and empowering all team members to be innovative and working to professional and quality standards.

Be responsible for ensuring that a variety of learning opportunities are available to assist in the development of team members including clinical supervision, significant event audits and one to one feedback.

Ensure all mandatory training is undertaken and recorded.

Pro-actively manage sickness and unauthorised absence in line with Livewell Southwest policy and report/discuss trends in sickness absence to the Matron.

Ensure all staff receive annual appraisals.

Provide direct line management for nursing staff within the team.

Provide professional clinical support to the MDT team and advise on practice, identifying training needs of staff and encourage practitioners to develop: Skills in critical thinking and reflective practice, Excellence in practice, specialist knowledge and research-based practice.

Act as a role model for all team members demonstrating and maintaining high standards of practice and professional conduct. Addressing issues of poor practice with senior line management and HR.

Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources :

The post holder will use Livewell Southwest resources responsibly.

Work with the Management team to maintain and review as appropriate the delegated pay and non-pay budget for the ward.

Act as authorised signatory for the team budget. Work with Operational Leads to monitor the team skill mix and ensure effective clinical and financial service delivery.

Adhere to the relevant trust policies on financial issues.

Responsibility for administration :

To ensure own competency in record keeping and other members of the MDT.

To maintain an up-to-date record of all patient contacts, MDT care plans, goals, assessments and reports whilst ensuring confidentiality at all times in line with professional and organisational guidelines.

To participate/take the lead in the triage and management of referrals to the service utilising the service criteria, including assessment of patients prior to admission in conjunction with the Rehabilitation Consultant and NHSE Complex Case Manager.

To report and provide feedback/learning to junior staff on accidents, incidents or complaints following LSW procedures and policies and to comply with the most recent Health and Safety at Work Act.

To actively lead department working parties on specific delegated projects.

To attend and contribute to relevant team/service meetings. To lead meetings in the absence of the Neuro Rehab Matron.

To access email and other information through Livewell Southwest intranet

Responsibility for people who use our services :

Be professionally, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including caseload management and direct clinical care.

Carry out highly specialist nursing clinical interventions including comprehensive assessments using investigative and analytical skills, of patients with a complex presentation for adults with neurological rehabilitation needs (including ABI, stroke and spinal conditions).

Provide highly specialist advice via written or verbal instruction to patients, carers and relatives to promote understanding of the aims of rehabilitation, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.

To act as a source of expert advice and support within Livewell Southwest, supporting/advising colleagues as required, as well as promoting best practice according to the evidence base.

Have working knowledge of clinical guidelines specific to neuro rehabilitation and translate these into clinical practice. For example, NICE, NSF, BSRM.

To assess mental capacity, gain valid informed consent, which must be documented and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

To comply with local confidentiality policies, child protection and vulnerable adult procedures.

Comply with Livewell Southwest Infection Control Policies and conduct self in such a manner as to minimise the risk of healthcare associated infection, demonstrating/modelling appropriate behaviours and techniques to all colleagues.

Be able to respond effectively to any concerns of abuse/safeguarding and support junior staff to know the procedures they need to follow to escalate their concerns.

Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments :

To work with the leadership team in developing the strategic and operational direction of the team.

Adhere to organisational and departmental policies to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice.

Lead and manage effective risk management processes for the clinical area.

To work collaboratively with the MDT to evaluate activity, outcomes and effectiveness and to propose changes where appropriate to ensure high standards of service delivery.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and effective risk management and its application to daily service delivery.

Ensure all staff meet national professional and organisational standards of conduct and practice.

To monitor standards of professional practice within the department and set up appropriate mechanisms to assure a quality service, in conjunction with the leadership team.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and effective risk management and its application to daily service delivery.

Ensure all staff meet national professional and organisational standards of conduct and practice.

To be an active member of in-service training schedules by attending, organising and delivering presentations/practical training sessions, as required. This can include practical clinical sessions with staff and consenting patients.

Active involvement in collection of appropriate data and statistics in line with local and organisational policies and procedures including provision of reports related to service delivery as required.

To follow and implement local and national policies with elements of independent professional judgement and make recommendations for change for own specialism through the clinical governance process.

Awareness of relevant health and safety aspects of work undertaken by the team and implementation of policies which may be required to improve the safety of work undertaken.

Investigate and respond to complaints, SIRIs and incidents within agreed timescales and processes as per Livewell policies.

Other Responsibilities :

To maintain registration with the NMC.

To continue to develop highly specialist professional expertise and clinical skills by working with other highly specialist colleagues, attending Clinical Excellence Networks, specialist courses, self-directed study and maintaining personal CPD portfolio.

To participate in the Organisations Annual Appraisal Process and to act as an appraiser of junior staff.

To be responsible for maintaining equipment records and the safe use and security of clinical equipment.

Ensure safeguarding processes and systems are followed to include identification, reporting, action planning and monitoring outcomes

To be responsible for risk management, practice standards and outcomes for the team.

To be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics in line with local and organisation policies and procedures.

Work collaboratively with the MDT Team Leads to participate in and initiate research and clinical audit, undertaking research with the rehabilitation caseload and contribute to others research by providing data.

The post holder will be aware of and work within their own limits, and competencies.

Be punctual for work and conduct themselves in a professional manner in accordance with Livewell southwest policies

To actively engage in practice supervision.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Lone Working policy and apply to work situation.

To exercise good time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance and conduct themselves in a professional manner in accordance with Livewell southwest policies

To exhibit a committed attitude to all aspects of work

Be conversant with and comply with all relevant organisational protocols and policies and have valid organisational IT access.

Compassionate, caring and kind in their practice

Undertake other duties when requested by professional or operational managers.

Specific skills

Essential

• Effective communicator to all levels even where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Ability to read and understand information effectively.
• IT Literate.
• Able to lead, empower, motivate others and influence innovative practice and service development.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Use own initiative and meet deadlines.
• Ability to access/travel to patient homes across the locality.

Desirable

• Teaching and assessing skills.
• Counselling skills.
• Research/audit skills.
• Demonstrate involvement in clinical supervision.
• Valid UK driving licence.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understands the concepts of clinical governance and shared governance including evidence based practice and critical appraisal of research findings.
• Demonstrates knowledge of effective risk management.
• Knowledge of current NHS issues including performance targets and the wider modernisation agenda.
• Knowledge and experience of management models, implementing change and/or new clinical practices, current professional issues.
• NMC Code of Conduct.
• Understand principles of effective budgetary management.
• Able to follow trust policies and procedures. Experience of leading patient involvement/patient feedback initiatives.

Desirable

• Experience of leading patient involvement/patient feedback initiatives.

Experience

Essential

• Working at a senior management or clinical level and able to demonstrate proven leadership and management skills.
• Demonstrate highly specialised skills in neurological clinical assessment, intervention and evaluation, including goal setting.
• Previous experience at Band 6.
• Supervisory experience and management and proven leadership of a nursing (registered and non-registered) team.
• Budgetary experience or responsibility for elements of resource and financial management.
• Clinical teaching and leadership experience within a clinical environment.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
• Evidence as a change agent and role model.

Desirable

• Working within the community.
• Involvement in clinical audit and/or research.
• Experience of effectively managing rosters.
• Previous experience in neuro rehabilitation.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development within nursing.
• Recognised leadership, development training.
• Professional and clinical competence.
• Masters Level Degree or significant relevant experience.

Desirable

• Teaching qualification.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Commitment to the support of locality wide delivery of care and optimum management of inpatient beds.
• Understanding of role in relation to wider health and social car pressures and organisational objectives.
• Ability to serve on project groups and/or committees. Creative and innovative thinker, objective with high level of integrity. Adaptable and flexible.
• Team worker.
• Able to foster positive relationships with co workers and work across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Self-awareness.
• Able to motivate others.
• Able to deal with difficult and complex situations and people resistant to change.

Desirable

• Experience of working with groups of patients and the wider public on specific projects.

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).