About this role
Job summary
37.5 Hours per week - Tees Community Nursing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced registered Nurse to apply for a District Nursing Sister which will be attached to a Primary Care Network (PCN), to lead and provide coordinated care through integrated teams.
Primary Care Networks signal a significant change in the way practices interact not only with each other, but the wider health and social care system. This will enable the traditional barriers to the delivery of health and care to be broken down to enable care to be delivered to a defined patient population, in a different way to meet the needs of that population, focused on prevention and personalisation of care, making best use of resources collectively.
The NHS Long Term Plan introduced PCNs as essential building blocks of every Integrated Care System. The postholder will have responsibility for leading and managing the community nursing workforce.
Main duties of the job
The District Nursing Sister is expected to provide exceptional clinical care, innovative practice and support to the Clinical Lead to our ever developing teams. This role will provide the opportunity to work closely with GP practices and other partners, in supporting patients with highly complex and often high acuity needs to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
This role requires an experienced clinician with excellent leadership, team working and communication skills, proven experience in the management of patients within the community setting and be expected to lead by example in delivering effective evidence based care to a defined demographic population with diverse health care and social needs.
The successful candidate need to be prepared to adapt to the changing needs of the Trust and the community models of care as they arise.
The centre is committed to providing the right candidate with a development programme that will not only enhance their academic qualifications and nursing interests, but will also provide an excellent foundation for professional development, as well as gaining an insight into the intra-organisational structure and processes.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training Essential
Registered as fit to practice by professional body, e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC/ HCPC as a Nurse/ Physio/OT/ Paramedic To have completed the specialist practitioner qualification in District Nursing (BSc or PGDip) To hold a Diploma or Degree awarded by professional body Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist training to degree equivalent level. Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience Teaching and mentoring qualification
Experience Essential
Demonstrates clinical knowledge and skills relevant to role To display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others Able to evidence team leadership experience Demonstrates an ability to prioritise and co-ordinate the workload of the team to ensure fairness and equality Demonstrates excellent organisational/ delegation/ prioritisation skills. Demonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals Evidence of continual professional development Evidence of MDT working
Knowledge Essential
Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team Demonstrates an ability to motivate staff by providing a positive role model Able to assume additional managerial responsibility and prioritise this accordingly Able to respond and adapt appropriately to changing needs of the service Demonstrates competent IT and system skills Effective people management skills Knowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment / management
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).
Employer details Employer name South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Redcar Primary care Hospital
West Dyke Road
Redcar
TS6 6TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)