District Nurse Team Leader

Central London Community Health Trust

Job summary

Are you an individual who is passionate about providing individualized, holistic care to patients in their own community and who wants to work in a well led Trust who are committed to the quality of care that we provide? Then come and join us.

We are looking for experienced Community Nurses who want a new challenge to join our hardworking and dynamic team in Wandsworth. We aim to ensure that quality is at the heart of everything we do ensuring that we have well resourced, well-structured, thoughtful and efficient services run by staff that care passionately about the patients we serve.

As the Band 7 District Nursing Team Leader, you will be leading and managing a community nursing team, responsible for the provision of excellent community care to a diverse population of patients. We aim to facilitate self-care for our patients working in partnership with them and a number of partners to manage their long term conditions and to support their health promotion using innovative activities and projects to enhance patient experience.

We are looking for an individual with experience in community nursing and a post-registration qualification in district nursing or equivalent. You should also have experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team and experience of working with people with complex needs.

Main duties of the job

  • To lead and manage a community nursing team, taking overall responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings,

  • Responsible for the day-to-day management of the

  • To promote effective teamwork within the wider Primary Health Care Team, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service

  • To monitor the quality of care provision and to identify and promote areas for service development.

  • To be responsible for the performance of the team, and individuals within

  • To support the Clinical Operational Manager and clinical lead in delivering high quality care that delivers best value, and meets the requirements of

  • To work in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure high quality, integrated and seamless care is

  • To act as a key point of contact for GPs and other general practice.

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full-time

Salary

£51,488 to £57,802 a year Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS

Closing date

19/06/2023

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