Job summary
Are you a nurse leader looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a Matron / Clinical Team Lead to join our team!
As the Lead nurse for Diabetes, you will provide and manage the Diabetes specialist nursing team for Portsmouth City offering specialist knowledge, support, advice and education in relation specifically to Diabetes and Diabetes nursing. You will work primarily with health care professionals but also to those living with Diabetes and their carers', where appropriate.
You will be responsible for the nursing staff within the Diabetes specialist nursing team including recruitment, appraisal, continuing professional development and human resources.
As team lead you will ensure collaborative working across the Portsmouth Localities to promote, deliver and support the continued development of the Portsmouth City Diabetes service model within the service specification, you will provide and shape a service which enables general practice to improve outcomes for people with Diabetes within Portsmouth.
Main duties of the job
Provide professional leadership to nursing & associated professionals across the service
Work closely with the Matrons/Head of Quality & Professions & Service Managers to ensure the operational delivery of high-quality care, clinical safety & effective clinical governance
Ensure that care is consistently delivered to a high standard & that the nursing & professions resources is effectively managed in all inpatient areas
Be a highly visible, accessible & authoritative presence providing leadership, advice & support
Be accountable/work to ensure the delivery of safe, caring, effective, well led clinical & multi professional care
Deliver effective skilled clinical leadership & pro-active resource management including the delivery of all aspects outlined in the Matrons Handbook (2020)
Provide/manage the specialist nursing team for Portsmouth, offering specialist knowledge, support/advice & education to health care professionals & those living with diabetes & their carers
Manages & is responsible for the nursing & admin staff within the diabetes specialist nursing team including recruitment, appraisal, continuing professional development & human resources
Provide & shape a service to enable Primary Care to improve outcomes for people with diabetes
Integrate work streams & pathways with Community Nursing Primary Care networks, providers/ stakeholders relevant to service
Ensure efficient use of resources by enhancing cross working, where possible, with other community specialist services
About us
Make a difference with us
If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.
To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access
To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work
To deliver the best value for money
Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.
In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.
We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.
We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication
- Ability to manage highly complex communications, written and verbal. for clinical purposes, negotiation, and leadership which maybe highly sensitive, contentious where there may be barriers to understanding
- Communicates service-related information to senior managers, staff, patients/clients, carers, external agencies requiring negotiating, persuasive, motivational, reassurance skills
- Give formal presentations as required for the role
Knowledge, Education and Training
- Responsible for the clinical development of teams in all aspects of clinical practice, facilitating staff to develop specific areas of nursing and AHP expertise and proficiency to meet the needs of the caseload within the available resources participate in the Trust's Leadership development programme and other appropriate developmental opportunities
- Work with and empower Clinical team managers/leads in assessing skills needed for practice, identifying any deficits in this and developing/commissioning programmes to address these issues
- Work with service managers and leadership team to ensure appropriate training for personal development is implemented and aligned to strategy
- In conjunction with Clinical team managers/leads, support training needs analysis and the CPD application process for appropriate staff
- Actively participate in the supervision and appraisal of Clinical team managers/leads, establishing performance objectives and facilitating individual development opportunities
- Work closely with the Clinical team managers/leads, Heads of Quality & Professions and the Learning and Development team to ensure staff have access to clinical updates and achieve required level of competency
- In conjunction with the Heads of Quality & Professions implement new approaches to continual professional development
- Keep up to date with apprenticeship opportunities and promote these and other new roles
- Support the clinical areas within the area of responsibility to be excellent learning environments for all students to include robust supervision
- Work closely with the Clinical team managers/leads and Educator in Practice lead to encourage students to work in the Trust on qualification
- Support areas to consistently meet mandatory and statutory training targets
- With their service line leadership team undertake talent mapping and participate in talent management processes
Management and Leadership
- Working in collaboration with, and deputising for, the Head of Quality and Professions to actively embed the Trust's Clinical Strategy locally and ensure that clinical standards of quality are robustly instigated across the service line
- Demonstrate compassionate, inclusive, visible, and authoritative leadership to Clinical team managers/leads to ensure high quality patient centred clinical care is delivered.
- Ensure clinical practice reflects current clinical developments and is evidence based
- Enhancement of own role and that of team members
- Work collaboratively in developing, leading, and facilitating a seamless patient pathway through the services
- Lead on the improvement of nursing standards by promoting Best Practice clinical care
- Participate in the development, use and evaluation of integrated care pathways
- Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, in developing models of care
- Jointly responsible for initiating, delegating, implementing, and monitoring risk management strategies at service level in accordance with Trust policy
- Demonstrate and maintaining clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own areas of expertise
- Ensure that the clinical supervision framework is implemented including facilitating individual or group clinical supervision and appropriate records are maintained. Represent the Service Line at designated meetings
- Implement, monitor, and review clinical standards, ensuring all staff are competent in the execution of their clinical workload
- Participate in the care group/service line on-call rota
Service Specific Requirements/Competencies
- Responsibility of finances in conjunction with the Service leads for specific areas/units
- Responsibility for Human resources in conjunction with the Service leads for specific area/units
- Identifies situations of clinical risk and takes appropriate action to ensure a safe environment for patients/clients/families and staff
- Contributes to evidence-based nursing practice in speciality areas
- Demonstrates commitment to quality improvements, risk management and resource utilisation participating in monitoring and evaluation activities including audit and research activities
- Provides input into clinical standards/protocols and policies and undertakes clinical audits as required
- Evaluates the effectiveness, efficiency and safety of clinical practice contributing to service improvement initiatives
- Participates in the implementation of nursing models of care appropriate to patient/client population needs
- Contributes to and participates in Solent NHS policy development providing own expertise where relevant and feedback on proposed polices based on relevant experience and expertise where applicable
- Participates in case review and debriefing activities as required
- Participates in group/unit discussions that review current practice
- Contributes to the development of programmes of care/care packages providing specialist advice where relevant
- Promote patient and public involvement in activities designed to inform service improvement
- Actively participate in clinical audit and service improvement activity to improve patient care and patient outcomes (privacy, dignity, and duty of candour)
- Fully adheres to the Solent NHS trust Integrated Clinical and Safeguarding Supervision policy along with Safeguarding Children and adult policies, and information sharing protocols to ensure the health and well-being of children and adults at risk
- Familiarity with the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and maintains MCA mandatory training
Health and Safety, Security and Equality
- Works in accordance with the relevant Health and Safety Trust policies, procedures, and guidelines
- Contribute to development of service
- Attends organisational mandatory training as required by the Trust and relevant to your role
- Actively participates in and enables others to carry out risk assessments within the working environment
- Ensures self and colleagues are trained and competent to use equipment safely.
- Ensures incident reporting is expedited promptly and appropriate action plans completed
- Identifies potential health, safety and security issues and collaborates with others to promote and maintain an environment that supports infection prevention and control policies and procedures
- Supports and promotes a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage in service delivery and employment, and to manage, support or comply through the implementation of the Solent NHS Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy
- Promotes a culture which respects and values diversity, and support patients, visitors, and staff in exercising their rights
- Ensures care within areas of practice and adheres to the 5 principles of the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice (2005)
- Recognises and reports behaviour which undermines equality and diversity in accordance with organisational policies and current legislation
Limits of Authority
- May not dismiss or suspend staff under the disciplinary procedures
- May not take annual leave without prior agreement of the manager
General Requirements
- Ensure they and where appropriate their staff:
- Always adhere to trust policies and procedures,
- comply with trust standing orders, standing financial instructions, policies, procedures, and guidelines,
- follow any policies and procedures in relation to infection, prevention, and control
- are aware of their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children, and vulnerable adults, and the specific responsibilities placed on individuals who care for such clients/patients
- take all reasonable steps to manage and promote a safe and healthy working environment which is free from discrimination,
- comply with the trust policy on confidentiality, and the Data Protection Act 2018 as amended, relating to information held manually or on computerised systems,
- Always respect the confidentiality and privacy of clients and staff,
- maintain a constant awareness of health, welfare and safety issues affecting colleagues, patients, visitors, and themselves, reporting any accidents or fault in line with trust policy,
- fully participate in health and safety training,
- participate in personal training, development, appraisal, and attend all relevant training courses as required
- comply with the professional body code of conduct
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication
- Ability to manage highly complex communications, written and verbal. for clinical purposes, negotiation, and leadership which maybe highly sensitive, contentious where there may be barriers to understanding
- Communicates service-related information to senior managers, staff, patients/clients, carers, external agencies requiring negotiating, persuasive, motivational, reassurance skills
- Give formal presentations as required for the role
Knowledge, Education and Training
- Responsible for the clinical development of teams in all aspects of clinical practice, facilitating staff to develop specific areas of nursing and AHP expertise and proficiency to meet the needs of the caseload within the available resources participate in the Trust's Leadership development programme and other appropriate developmental opportunities
- Work with and empower Clinical team managers/leads in assessing skills needed for practice, identifying any deficits in this and developing/commissioning programmes to address these issues
- Work with service managers and leadership team to ensure appropriate training for personal development is implemented and aligned to strategy
- In conjunction with Clinical team managers/leads, support training needs analysis and the CPD application process for appropriate staff
- Actively participate in the supervision and appraisal of Clinical team managers/leads, establishing performance objectives and facilitating individual development opportunities
- Work closely with the Clinical team managers/leads, Heads of Quality & Professions and the Learning and Development team to ensure staff have access to clinical updates and achieve required level of competency
- In conjunction with the Heads of Quality & Professions implement new approaches to continual professional development
- Keep up to date with apprenticeship opportunities and promote these and other new roles
- Support the clinical areas within the area of responsibility to be excellent learning environments for all students to include robust supervision
- Work closely with the Clinical team managers/leads and Educator in Practice lead to encourage students to work in the Trust on qualification
- Support areas to consistently meet mandatory and statutory training targets
- With their service line leadership team undertake talent mapping and participate in talent management processes
Management and Leadership
- Working in collaboration with, and deputising for, the Head of Quality and Professions to actively embed the Trust's Clinical Strategy locally and ensure that clinical standards of quality are robustly instigated across the service line
- Demonstrate compassionate, inclusive, visible, and authoritative leadership to Clinical team managers/leads to ensure high quality patient centred clinical care is delivered.
- Ensure clinical practice reflects current clinical developments and is evidence based
- Enhancement of own role and that of team members
- Work collaboratively in developing, leading, and facilitating a seamless patient pathway through the services
- Lead on the improvement of nursing standards by promoting Best Practice clinical care
- Participate in the development, use and evaluation of integrated care pathways
- Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, in developing models of care
- Jointly responsible for initiating, delegating, implementing, and monitoring risk management strategies at service level in accordance with Trust policy
- Demonstrate and maintaining clinical credibility by acting regularly as a clinical practitioner in own areas of expertise
- Ensure that the clinical supervision framework is implemented including facilitating individual or group clinical supervision and appropriate records are maintained. Represent the Service Line at designated meetings
- Implement, monitor, and review clinical standards, ensuring all staff are competent in the execution of their clinical workload
- Participate in the care group/service line on-call rota
Service Specific Requirements/Competencies
- Responsibility of finances in conjunction with the Service leads for specific areas/units
- Responsibility for Human resources in conjunction with the Service leads for specific area/units
- Identifies situations of clinical risk and takes appropriate action to ensure a safe environment for patients/clients/families and staff
- Contributes to evidence-based nursing practice in speciality areas
- Demonstrates commitment to quality improvements, risk management and resource utilisation participating in monitoring and evaluation activities including audit and research activities
- Provides input into clinical standards/protocols and policies and undertakes clinical audits as required
- Evaluates the effectiveness, efficiency and safety of clinical practice contributing to service improvement initiatives
- Participates in the implementation of nursing models of care appropriate to patient/client population needs
- Contributes to and participates in Solent NHS policy development providing own expertise where relevant and feedback on proposed polices based on relevant experience and expertise where applicable
- Participates in case review and debriefing activities as required
- Participates in group/unit discussions that review current practice
- Contributes to the development of programmes of care/care packages providing specialist advice where relevant
- Promote patient and public involvement in activities designed to inform service improvement
- Actively participate in clinical audit and service improvement activity to improve patient care and patient outcomes (privacy, dignity, and duty of candour)
- Fully adheres to the Solent NHS trust Integrated Clinical and Safeguarding Supervision policy along with Safeguarding Children and adult policies, and information sharing protocols to ensure the health and well-being of children and adults at risk
- Familiarity with the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and maintains MCA mandatory training
Health and Safety, Security and Equality
- Works in accordance with the relevant Health and Safety Trust policies, procedures, and guidelines
- Contribute to development of service
- Attends organisational mandatory training as required by the Trust and relevant to your role
- Actively participates in and enables others to carry out risk assessments within the working environment
- Ensures self and colleagues are trained and competent to use equipment safely.
- Ensures incident reporting is expedited promptly and appropriate action plans completed
- Identifies potential health, safety and security issues and collaborates with others to promote and maintain an environment that supports infection prevention and control policies and procedures
- Supports and promotes a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage in service delivery and employment, and to manage, support or comply through the implementation of the Solent NHS Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy
- Promotes a culture which respects and values diversity, and support patients, visitors, and staff in exercising their rights
- Ensures care within areas of practice and adheres to the 5 principles of the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice (2005)
- Recognises and reports behaviour which undermines equality and diversity in accordance with organisational policies and current legislation
Limits of Authority
- May not dismiss or suspend staff under the disciplinary procedures
- May not take annual leave without prior agreement of the manager
General Requirements
- Ensure they and where appropriate their staff:
- Always adhere to trust policies and procedures,
- comply with trust standing orders, standing financial instructions, policies, procedures, and guidelines,
- follow any policies and procedures in relation to infection, prevention, and control
- are aware of their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children, and vulnerable adults, and the specific responsibilities placed on individuals who care for such clients/patients
- take all reasonable steps to manage and promote a safe and healthy working environment which is free from discrimination,
- comply with the trust policy on confidentiality, and the Data Protection Act 2018 as amended, relating to information held manually or on computerised systems,
- Always respect the confidentiality and privacy of clients and staff,
- maintain a constant awareness of health, welfare and safety issues affecting colleagues, patients, visitors, and themselves, reporting any accidents or fault in line with trust policy,
- fully participate in health and safety training,
- participate in personal training, development, appraisal, and attend all relevant training courses as required
- comply with the professional body code of conduct
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree
- Highly developed specialist knowledge under pinned by theory and experience
- Post registration to master's level or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse/AHP (NMC/HCPC)
- Leadership and Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of clinical leadership and experience of line management
- Experience of knowledge of clinical practice in associated clinical specialist
- Experience of analysis and reporting of data
- Experience of developing evidence-based practice
- Experience of implementing complex change in a clinical setting
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Clinical experience of health care services within speciality
- Experience of managing resources -- budget and staff training
- Experience in influencing internal/external activities
- Experiencing in developing and delivering programmes of clinical
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal, able to communicate for clinical purpose, negotiation, leadership, and influence which may include highly sensitive, contentious information, with barriers to understanding
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Complex planning/organisational skills where the workload is unpredictable
- Work with high degree of autonomy and professional accountability
- Highly develop and analytical skills to diagnosis problems and formulate solutions
- Highly developed problem-solving skills including the ability to deescalate difficult situations and achieve resolution that may be managing emotional circumstance
- Ability to work as part of a team and ability to command respect of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to manage resources / staff effectively
- Self-motivated and able to prioritise within a large and varied workload
- Evidence of advanced clinical skills,
- Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied work programme
- Ability to work as part of a team and ability to command respect of the multi-disciplinary team
- Combination of sitting standing walking in restricted positions, with an occasional requirement to do light efforts for short periods when carrying out clinical duties
- There is a requirement for concentration when writing reports attending meetings where the work is not predictable
- Occasional requirement to manage distressing emotional circumstances e.g., staff issues, complaints delivering unpleasant news
- Working conditions driving, unpleasant e.g., bodily fluids when working clinically
- Advanced knowledge of government strategies and policies relating to
- service and clinical leadership role
- Experience of working in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams
- Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- Excellent IT skills for data management, reporting, presentation, and communication preparing reports where there is a requirement for prolong / frequent concentration where the work is unpredictable, use of VDU
- Ability to manage resources / staff effectively
- Working knowledge of safety and governance frameworks and standards (including confidentiality/freedom of information/Caldicott regulations/CQC essential standards)
- Is able to follow and demonstrate our Solent HEART values. You can find these on our website: https://www.solent.nhs.uk/about-us/our-values/
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities as it relates to staff and patients and able to demonstrate personal commitment to challenging discrimination and promoting equalities An understanding of equality within the workforce and how it can impact on this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree
- Highly developed specialist knowledge under pinned by theory and experience
- Post registration to master's level or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse/AHP (NMC/HCPC)
- Leadership and Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of clinical leadership and experience of line management
- Experience of knowledge of clinical practice in associated clinical specialist
- Experience of analysis and reporting of data
- Experience of developing evidence-based practice
- Experience of implementing complex change in a clinical setting
- Experience of inter-agency working
- Clinical experience of health care services within speciality
- Experience of managing resources -- budget and staff training
- Experience in influencing internal/external activities
- Experiencing in developing and delivering programmes of clinical
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal, able to communicate for clinical purpose, negotiation, leadership, and influence which may include highly sensitive, contentious information, with barriers to understanding
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Complex planning/organisational skills where the workload is unpredictable
- Work with high degree of autonomy and professional accountability
- Highly develop and analytical skills to diagnosis problems and formulate solutions
- Highly developed problem-solving skills including the ability to deescalate difficult situations and achieve resolution that may be managing emotional circumstance
- Ability to work as part of a team and ability to command respect of the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to manage resources / staff effectively
- Self-motivated and able to prioritise within a large and varied workload
- Evidence of advanced clinical skills,
- Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied work programme
- Ability to work as part of a team and ability to command respect of the multi-disciplinary team
- Combination of sitting standing walking in restricted positions, with an occasional requirement to do light efforts for short periods when carrying out clinical duties
- There is a requirement for concentration when writing reports attending meetings where the work is not predictable
- Occasional requirement to manage distressing emotional circumstances e.g., staff issues, complaints delivering unpleasant news
- Working conditions driving, unpleasant e.g., bodily fluids when working clinically
- Advanced knowledge of government strategies and policies relating to
- service and clinical leadership role
- Experience of working in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams
- Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- Excellent IT skills for data management, reporting, presentation, and communication preparing reports where there is a requirement for prolong / frequent concentration where the work is unpredictable, use of VDU
- Ability to manage resources / staff effectively
- Working knowledge of safety and governance frameworks and standards (including confidentiality/freedom of information/Caldicott regulations/CQC essential standards)
- Is able to follow and demonstrate our Solent HEART values. You can find these on our website: https://www.solent.nhs.uk/about-us/our-values/
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities as it relates to staff and patients and able to demonstrate personal commitment to challenging discrimination and promoting equalities An understanding of equality within the workforce and how it can impact on this post.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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