Job summary
SMASH (Sandbach, Middlewich, Alsager, Scholar Green, Haslington) Care Community, part of the Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking team as a District Nurse Team Leader.
This is a permanent, full time post working with the SMASH Team leading our amazing caring compassionate team within the wider Alsager Care Community.
Our ethos is making every contact count supporting the "Right Professional, Right Place, Right Time and Right Skill" approach to patient care. As a result of this you will empower our patients and your team to be the very best that they can be in order to provide a high-quality service and positive patient experience. We pride ourselves in a truly integrated approach and value every member of the MDT.
SMASH Care Community is a friendly, supportive and collaborative team we have an open mindset and every member of the team counts!! We can offer regular 1 to 1s, access to leadership support and opportunities for ongoing training to support your personal and professional development. If this fits with what you are looking for we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a District Nurse who possess experience of working within the community setting, you will have a broad set of clinical skills and the ability to provide supportive leadership and operational management to the wider community nurse team. This role will require you to have overall responsibility for the caseloads within Alsager SMASH DN Team to ensure that high quality, efficient and safe care is provided.
You will report into the respective Community Operational Manager who will support and guide you through regular 1-1 meetings. This role will also give you experience of working with our partners within the wider Integrated Care System.
We are looking for caring, understanding, enthusiastic and flexible leader who possesses the clinical, leadership and digital skills to promote quality improvement for a local population.
In return you will benefit from a structured and robust induction package and the development of competencies within a very supportive team. You will also have an allocated mentor to work alongside you during the induction and probation process.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To lead others from a base of clinical credibility in order to model and facilitate improved practice and partnerships.
- To demonstrate positive leadership skills identifying and prioritising the workload to ensure a safe operational system, referring to Operational Services Manager as necessary.
- To make a proactive contribution to the future development of the community nursing service.
- To support the Operational Services Manager in the effective management of financial budgets.
- To respond promptly to any incident or risk relating to patients, self or staff within the team which occur whilst on duty and ensure the timely and accurate reporting of the incident/risk in line with Trust policy. This includes the investigation of all incidents and formulation of action plans to ensure that identified issues/risks are addressed.
- To monitor and manage team members sickness in line with Trust absence management policy, and record on the recognised Trust system.
- Liaise with DN Team leaders within a Locality, to co-ordinate cover for colleagues caseloads in their absence. To manage all annual leave requirements within the team, ensuring service delivery is maintained throughout the year.
- Under guidance from the Operational Service Manager lead on the recruitment, selection and induction of new staff.
- Work with the Operational Service Manager to ensure efficient and effective use of the workforce, implementing skill mix and staff deployment changes as appropriate to meet the changing needs/demands of patients.
- Be responsible for ensuring all team members are up to date with statutory and clinical training, keeping an accurate training record for the team
- Manage the day to day on going delivery and development of the service ensuring delivery of a service that is responsive, high quality, efficient which meets contractual obligations.
- To have responsibility for appraisals/ PDP within the team in line with Trust policy and ensure the training and development needs of staff are identified including Statutory and Mandatory training
- To support the Operational Service Manager in ensuring the high performance of the team and individuals within it to address any capability issues, in line with Trust policy,
- To be responsible for the cascading of information relevant to team members and the implementation and chairing of regular team meetings.
- Ensure that all team members have opportunity to receive clinical supervision and to provide regular mentorship and coaching to staff across the community nursing teams.
- Assess, plan and implement a programme of care to meet the patients physical, social, emotional and environmental needs evaluating care at regular intervals, encompassing a rehabilitative/self-care approach where necessary.
- To facilitate attendance and representation at multi-disciplinary meetings in order to work in collaboration with the wider primary health care team, acting as case manager/care coordinator where appropriate
- Promote clinical excellence by ensuring an evidenced based approach to care complying with the agreed Trust policies and procedures and maintaining own clinical competencies within a clinical leadership role.
- To participate in the planning and implementation of complex care packages in the community, liaising with multi agency professionals to explore all options and care pathways.
- To lead the team in the management of long term conditions, end of life care and specialist nursing skills including leg assessment and management for patients identified within in the service specification.
- To lead the team in raising awareness of policies and procedures of the Trust and ensuring compliance in line with scope of professional practice.
- To work in partnership with General Practitioners, Primary Health Care team members and other stakeholders, liaising with Operational Service Manager as appropriate.
- To have knowledge of and be able to effectively use/refer to local services and resources to contribute to the delivery of effective patient care as appropriate.
- To influence, support and take an active role in Public Health/ Self-care of the individual and community.
- Work with the Operational Service Manager to ensure that staff are working to the competency framework in order to identify personal and professional capability to aid with succession planning.
- To engage in and influence professional meetings and case conferences to ensure appropriate attendance and dissemination of information as deemed necessary.
- Participate fully in the Nurse Prescribing initiative ensuring assessment of prescribing need is evidence based and cost effective and adheres to Trust prescribing formulary.
- To refer and participate in the decision making process in cases of Safeguarding and liaise with other disciplines and agencies as appropriate, in line with Trust policy.
- Accurately record and maintain all patient contacts in line with Trust and NMC policy.
GOVERNANCE
Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others, by taking action/alerting senior management team if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care.
MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIP
Ensure a healthy, safe and secure working environment, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, maintaining accurate documentation and reporting any concerns.
EDUCATION/LEARNING
Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in KSF/appraisal, supervision, action learning and by maintaining a professional/personal portfolio of learning.
This job description is an outline of the role and function. It is not intended to describe all specific tasks.
All staff at MCHFT have a responsibility to:
- Maintain active registration status
- Always act in accordance with professional Codes of Conduct and guiding documents
- Where applicable, always act in accordance with the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers,
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge
- Maintain an awareness of patient led service issues
- Maintain a professional/personal portfolio
- Adhere to all Trust policy, procedures and guidelines.
- Adhere to Trust standards of behaviour and expected performance
- Comply with Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) policies and procedures as appropriate to their role and responsibilities in their individual work setting. Staff are required to be personally accountable for their actions and be responsible for their own compliance in relation to IP&C polices, protocols or advice.
- Ensure they work in accordance with local procedures and report any issues which they consider to be a risk to the health and safety of themselves and/or others.
- Act in accordance with the Trusts values and behaviours
- Where applicable to participate in and provide data on the efficacy of treatment and specialties
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To lead others from a base of clinical credibility in order to model and facilitate improved practice and partnerships.
- To demonstrate positive leadership skills identifying and prioritising the workload to ensure a safe operational system, referring to Operational Services Manager as necessary.
- To make a proactive contribution to the future development of the community nursing service.
- To support the Operational Services Manager in the effective management of financial budgets.
- To respond promptly to any incident or risk relating to patients, self or staff within the team which occur whilst on duty and ensure the timely and accurate reporting of the incident/risk in line with Trust policy. This includes the investigation of all incidents and formulation of action plans to ensure that identified issues/risks are addressed.
- To monitor and manage team members sickness in line with Trust absence management policy, and record on the recognised Trust system.
- Liaise with DN Team leaders within a Locality, to co-ordinate cover for colleagues caseloads in their absence. To manage all annual leave requirements within the team, ensuring service delivery is maintained throughout the year.
- Under guidance from the Operational Service Manager lead on the recruitment, selection and induction of new staff.
- Work with the Operational Service Manager to ensure efficient and effective use of the workforce, implementing skill mix and staff deployment changes as appropriate to meet the changing needs/demands of patients.
- Be responsible for ensuring all team members are up to date with statutory and clinical training, keeping an accurate training record for the team
- Manage the day to day on going delivery and development of the service ensuring delivery of a service that is responsive, high quality, efficient which meets contractual obligations.
- To have responsibility for appraisals/ PDP within the team in line with Trust policy and ensure the training and development needs of staff are identified including Statutory and Mandatory training
- To support the Operational Service Manager in ensuring the high performance of the team and individuals within it to address any capability issues, in line with Trust policy,
- To be responsible for the cascading of information relevant to team members and the implementation and chairing of regular team meetings.
- Ensure that all team members have opportunity to receive clinical supervision and to provide regular mentorship and coaching to staff across the community nursing teams.
- Assess, plan and implement a programme of care to meet the patients physical, social, emotional and environmental needs evaluating care at regular intervals, encompassing a rehabilitative/self-care approach where necessary.
- To facilitate attendance and representation at multi-disciplinary meetings in order to work in collaboration with the wider primary health care team, acting as case manager/care coordinator where appropriate
- Promote clinical excellence by ensuring an evidenced based approach to care complying with the agreed Trust policies and procedures and maintaining own clinical competencies within a clinical leadership role.
- To participate in the planning and implementation of complex care packages in the community, liaising with multi agency professionals to explore all options and care pathways.
- To lead the team in the management of long term conditions, end of life care and specialist nursing skills including leg assessment and management for patients identified within in the service specification.
- To lead the team in raising awareness of policies and procedures of the Trust and ensuring compliance in line with scope of professional practice.
- To work in partnership with General Practitioners, Primary Health Care team members and other stakeholders, liaising with Operational Service Manager as appropriate.
- To have knowledge of and be able to effectively use/refer to local services and resources to contribute to the delivery of effective patient care as appropriate.
- To influence, support and take an active role in Public Health/ Self-care of the individual and community.
- Work with the Operational Service Manager to ensure that staff are working to the competency framework in order to identify personal and professional capability to aid with succession planning.
- To engage in and influence professional meetings and case conferences to ensure appropriate attendance and dissemination of information as deemed necessary.
- Participate fully in the Nurse Prescribing initiative ensuring assessment of prescribing need is evidence based and cost effective and adheres to Trust prescribing formulary.
- To refer and participate in the decision making process in cases of Safeguarding and liaise with other disciplines and agencies as appropriate, in line with Trust policy.
- Accurately record and maintain all patient contacts in line with Trust and NMC policy.
GOVERNANCE
Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others, by taking action/alerting senior management team if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care.
MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIP
Ensure a healthy, safe and secure working environment, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, maintaining accurate documentation and reporting any concerns.
EDUCATION/LEARNING
Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn, including full participation in KSF/appraisal, supervision, action learning and by maintaining a professional/personal portfolio of learning.
This job description is an outline of the role and function. It is not intended to describe all specific tasks.
All staff at MCHFT have a responsibility to:
- Maintain active registration status
- Always act in accordance with professional Codes of Conduct and guiding documents
- Where applicable, always act in accordance with the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers,
- Maintain up to date skills and knowledge
- Maintain an awareness of patient led service issues
- Maintain a professional/personal portfolio
- Adhere to all Trust policy, procedures and guidelines.
- Adhere to Trust standards of behaviour and expected performance
- Comply with Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) policies and procedures as appropriate to their role and responsibilities in their individual work setting. Staff are required to be personally accountable for their actions and be responsible for their own compliance in relation to IP&C polices, protocols or advice.
- Ensure they work in accordance with local procedures and report any issues which they consider to be a risk to the health and safety of themselves and/or others.
- Act in accordance with the Trusts values and behaviours
- Where applicable to participate in and provide data on the efficacy of treatment and specialties
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of leading and managing staff and caseload management
- NMC registration
- prescriber
- Qualified District Nurse
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills
- Experience of resource management
- mentorship Qualifcation
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading and managing staff and caseload management
- Experience of undertaking staff appraisal Evidence of teaching and mentoring staff
- Experience of resource management
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in clinical audit
- project management experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work to and deliver deadlines.
- Ability to solve problems & make decisions under pressure.
- Ability to work under pressure. Problem solving and positive attitude to change.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Commissioning/Provider services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of leading and managing staff and caseload management
- NMC registration
- prescriber
- Qualified District Nurse
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills
- Experience of resource management
- mentorship Qualifcation
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of leading and managing staff and caseload management
- Experience of undertaking staff appraisal Evidence of teaching and mentoring staff
- Experience of resource management
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in clinical audit
- project management experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work to and deliver deadlines.
- Ability to solve problems & make decisions under pressure.
- Ability to work under pressure. Problem solving and positive attitude to change.
Desirable
- Knowledge of Commissioning/Provider services
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.
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).
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.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
SMASH District Nurse Team
Alsager Primary Care Centre
Alsager and SMASH locality
ST7 2LU
Employer's website
https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
