Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and conscientious individual to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care Team as a Team Leader. We are looking for a highly motivated and resilient candidate, to manage our community palliative care team, based across St Helens and Knowsley geographical area.
You will have responsibility for the delivery of the clinical service in the defined area. The primary function of the role is to provide leadership, management, and communication to and for the team, ensuring the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and responsive high quality care to patients. You will also ensure the delivery of the trust strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
To operationally manage and lead Specialist Nursing Teams whilst being accountable for the performance, quality, and clinical effectiveness of the team. A key outcome of the role is to support your team to understand and own their quality, recognise, and respond to patient safety concerns, whilst identifying, assessing, and managing risk. The post holder is expected to provide direct patient care when necessary, acting as an expert practitionerEnsuring that the specialist nurses within the team practice within a legal and ethical framework that adheres to The Code and local Trust Policies and Procedures.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse with experience in palliative care, evidence of leadership and management experience, with proven advanced communication skills.
Our vision is to provide a comprehensive and patient-focused approach for people with complex symptoms associated to advanced progressive disease, who are in the last 12 months of life, creating a forward thinking and innovative approach to supportive care. The role requires an understanding of current Initiatives in Palliative and end of life care. You will work as part of a specialist team consisting of clinical nurse specialists, providing holistic needs assessment for patients, advice and support for health professional providing palliative and end of life care in the community and inpatient setting.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities see attached JD
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be reviewed in light of the changing needs of the Trust in consultation with the postholder.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities see attached JD
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be reviewed in light of the changing needs of the Trust in consultation with the postholder.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of Post registration education in related area.
- Master's level study in relevant area of specialist nursing
Desirable
- Practice teacher or willingness to undertake
- Previous management course/qualification
- First level qualification in District Nursing/specialist practitioners qualification in District Nursing
- Nurse Prescriber V150/300
- Masters degree
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience of leadership and management
- Experience at Band 6 level in community nursing setting
- Demonstrable contribution to practice developments in community care/palliative and End of life
- Evidence of collaborative working with multi-professional colleagues
- Evidence of effective communication across all levels of the organisation and with all stakeholders.
- Awareness of current initiatives within the local and National Health economy and of applicable guidelines, protocols, and frameworks
- Knowledge and experience of budget management
- Up to date knowledge of current Government and Local agendas and how these translate in local practice
- Evidence of providing professional/clinical leadership at postgraduate level
Desirable
- Research & Development experience
- Experience of managing complaints
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate highly complex information where there may be barriers to understanding
- Ability to exercise critical thinking skills
- Ability to analyse data and present information to various audiences
- Ability to implement programmes of work leading to service changes
- Demonstrates up to date evidence based clinical knowledge in relation to community nursing
- Able to identify opportunities for improvement in service development
- Able to motivate self and others to deliver a quality service
- Operational planning and delivery of care for complex caseloads including Palliative Care.
- Computer literate to utilise software programmes to maximise the contribution to the post
- Must have access to a vehicle and be able to commute to meet the demands of the role and remain flexible to meet the demands of the service
Values
Essential
- Evidence of continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High Professional Standards
- Responsive to Service Users
- Engaging Leadership Style
- Transparent and Honest
- Change Orientated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of Post registration education in related area.
- Master's level study in relevant area of specialist nursing
Desirable
- Practice teacher or willingness to undertake
- Previous management course/qualification
- First level qualification in District Nursing/specialist practitioners qualification in District Nursing
- Nurse Prescriber V150/300
- Masters degree
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience of leadership and management
- Experience at Band 6 level in community nursing setting
- Demonstrable contribution to practice developments in community care/palliative and End of life
- Evidence of collaborative working with multi-professional colleagues
- Evidence of effective communication across all levels of the organisation and with all stakeholders.
- Awareness of current initiatives within the local and National Health economy and of applicable guidelines, protocols, and frameworks
- Knowledge and experience of budget management
- Up to date knowledge of current Government and Local agendas and how these translate in local practice
- Evidence of providing professional/clinical leadership at postgraduate level
Desirable
- Research & Development experience
- Experience of managing complaints
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate highly complex information where there may be barriers to understanding
- Ability to exercise critical thinking skills
- Ability to analyse data and present information to various audiences
- Ability to implement programmes of work leading to service changes
- Demonstrates up to date evidence based clinical knowledge in relation to community nursing
- Able to identify opportunities for improvement in service development
- Able to motivate self and others to deliver a quality service
- Operational planning and delivery of care for complex caseloads including Palliative Care.
- Computer literate to utilise software programmes to maximise the contribution to the post
- Must have access to a vehicle and be able to commute to meet the demands of the role and remain flexible to meet the demands of the service
Values
Essential
- Evidence of continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High Professional Standards
- Responsive to Service Users
- Engaging Leadership Style
- Transparent and Honest
- Change Orientated
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
