Team Leader Community Palliative Care Team

Job summary

We are pleased to offer a substantive 4 day a week (30 hours) Team Leader position for the Community Palliative Care Team overseeing the whole of South Derbyshire including Derby City, Amber Valley, Erewash, South Derbyshire and Derbyshire Dales. The Community Palliative care team provide specialist palliative care support for patients and those important to them in their own homes.

The Team Leader of the Community Palliative Care Team (CPCT) will work under the guidance, supervision and direction of the Palliative Medicine Matron.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take overall responsibility and accountability for the team of clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and will provide leadership to the team. They are accountable for patient, public and staff experience.

They will lead, offer expert specialist clinical advice and oversee the service to ensure a high level of quality care is delivered to the patients referred to the Community Palliative Care Team.

The post holder will ensure that the delivery of agreed professional standards of care are maintained. They will ensure the team are leading and participating in education, audit and research.

The post holder will require excellent communication skills and have a sensitive and empathetic approach.

Closing date: 28 April 2025

Interview date: 12 May 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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