Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Nurse

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Job summary

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The Trust's rehabilitation service is evolving, and we have a wonderful opportunity for a Lead Nurse in the service.

The team provides 24 hour inpatient support and help to 23 adults with severe and enduring mental illness who have traditionally found it difficult to spend long periods of time out of other inpatient settings.

We also offer an outreach service, and you will be part of the driving force in implementing change across the rehab pathway, working across the inpatient area and building and driving the outreach function of the team, which was developed in response to Covid, you would also be part of the project group for the rehabilitation transformation alongside other pivotal teams within the rehab framework including the Placement Review Team.

The successful applicant will be expected to support the Team Manager in providing leadership, effective resource utilisation and supervision to the wider Multidisciplinary Team. The aim being to provide an effective, high quality and evidenced based rehabilitation and recovery service, which is unpinned by the promotion of a hopeful, compassionate and expressive environment, offering choice and opportunities, and prioritising service users goals whenever possible.

Main duties of the job

You will be driving change and offering assurance that our care meets the standards not only expected of us, but that our patients, relatives and carers deserve.

The post holder will be responsible for establishing operational and clinical service mechanisms that support safe and high-quality care throughout the twenty-four-hour period.

The post holder will have opportunities to take the lead on new developments and will be responsible for ensuring that local and national standards and targets are met. They will be responsible for ensuring that the clinical team operates within established legal and operational protocols and that robust clinical rationales exist for planned and delivered interventions.

The successful post holder will be expected to work effectively within a Multidisciplinary setting and will ensure that effective coordination exists and is maintained between the various stakeholders involved.

The post holder will be part of our bleep-holder role on a rota basis, which lends itself to bed management, and support of the Kingsway Campus

The post holder will deputize for the Senior Nurse where needed.

This post is full time and will involve working shifts, late and early shifts with occasional weekends, bank holidays and 9-5 shifts across weekdays.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
Generous NHS pension scheme
Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
Health service discounts and online benefits
Incremental pay progression
Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
Health and wellbeing opportunities
Structured learning and development opportunities

Date posted

21 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum, pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

383-SPE-5876-22

Job locations

Cherry Tree Close

Kingsway Hospital

Derby

DE22 3LZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide a professional role model for the delivery of high-quality nursing care.

Ensure evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care

Maintain and develop knowledge of advances in nursing practice, or theory in practice and act as the catalyst for innovation

Promote service user and carer involvement and autonomy and ensure that choice are embedded into the philosophy of the clinical area

Be responsible for ensuring the Care Programme Approach is applied to practice and that opportunity is fully provided to support service user/ carer involvement in decision making processes

Ensure appropriate evidence based clinical risk assessments are delivered

Ensure all service users have an up to date evidenced-based care plan that meets the needs of service users

Ensure legislative requirements are maintained (Mental Health Act, medicines code, capacity act etc)

Ensure good practice is maintained taking the lead in challenging practice that requires change or development in collaboration with the senior Nurse/ Team Manager

The post holder will demonstrate competent knowledge in their chosen speciality, ensuring this is disseminated in a constructive and effective way

Use effective interpersonal skills that relate to service users, carers and team members on an equal basis

Ensure a multi-professional/agency approach to care is maintained, valuing the interface of professional roles and responsibilities

Promote the use of critical analysis skills and innovative approaches to ensure care is reviewed according to service user needs/perspectives

Facilitate service user responsibility and choices for healthy living, and the ability to determine their own lifestyle within the notion of health promotion and health protection

Ensure there is an effective system in place for the co-ordination of care (i.e. named nurse/professional system)

Post holder will have a high clinical profile that includes the provision of hands-on care, having a global overview of all care packages and clinical activities within a defined area

Demonstrate an understanding of leadership/managerial theory and how they can be adapted according to needs

Demonstrate an understanding of management processes and theory

Demonstrate an understanding of how to empower all team members to participate in implementing change by using problem solving, considering potential conflicts and planning resolution

Proactively manage conflict within a multi-professional team, ensuring the needs of service users are maintained

Nurture a culture of respect for others, and an environment that values and is pro-actively respectful of ethnicity, gender, culture and individuality for service users and staff

Ensure trust policies, procedures, and legislative directives are advocated ie. Equal Opportunities, Human Rights Act, Disability Discrimination Act, Race Relations, Sex Discrimination etc.

Ensure service users/carers participate in developing and shaping the service where possible

Support the development of the strategy for nursing within a multi- professional framework

Ensure that awareness of clinical and resource management information is used analytically to inform decisions that meet service user, team and organisational objectives

Support Senior Nurse to ensure all resources are managed effectively i.e. financial, staff, equipment, stock control etc.

Support Senior Nurse to Develop strategic thinking skills, promoting an umbrella view of clinical situations for the multi-professional team