Acute Care at Home Team Leader
confidential Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | Truro |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
Acute Care at Home Team Leader
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns.
Great Organisation
We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems.
Great People
We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care.
Great Partner
With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
The Acute Care at Home Team Central area is a service to prevent hospital admission and facilitates early discharge by providing a wide range of nursing interventions to individuals within their home setting.
An exciting opportunity is available to appoint a Band 7 Team Lead and applicants are invited from Registered Nurses with an excellent understanding of both primary and secondary services and knowledge and experience of working across settings to ensure safe and efficient transfers of care.
Responsible for 24 members of staff the role requires a confident autonomous practitioner, able to support team members and the service.
You will need to be a good leader, communicator and role model and have excellent standards of practice. The post holder will be able to manage challenging situations both clinical and operational, responding to the demands of a very busy service.
You should be forward thinking and adaptable and possess a strong desire for continuous improvement.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the post is:
- To lead and manage the operational services of the Acute Care at Home Team, taking into account local health needs and the policy priority of developing services closer to home.
- Responsible for the delivery and maintenance of high-quality evidence-based care, focused on meeting the needs and choices of patients, carers and families.
- To foster positive relationships with local Acute and Community Hospitals, GP practices, commissioning boards and community and voluntary organisations.
- Responsible for creating an effective, integrated multi-disciplinary approach within the locality teams.
- To ensure best practice guidelines and performance standards are met while meeting service targets.
- To be an autonomous practitioner responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex health and social care needs.
- To provide developmental leadership and management to all staff within the locality and with responsibility to form and inform future service development.
Key Dimensions of the post are:
- Professional and operational lead for the Acute Care at Home Team.
- Authorised signatory and responsible for appropriate use of resources.
- Responsible for Quality and Governance, including Health & Safety and patient safety.
- A commitment to continued development and implementation of additional services that encompass Acute care at home aims.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you »ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people »s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- First Level Registered Adult Nurse
- Extensive experience of practicing in the community as an Acute care at home nursing
- Experience of implementing change
- Experience of and belief in benefits of integrated multi-disciplinary team working
- Previous experience, knowledge and application of Safeguarding Policies
- Experience of developing and implementing policies
- Masters level professional education supplemented by specialist training and development or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Specialist or Leadership qualification within a community team
- Post registered qualification in nursing the acutely ill patient
- MSc nurse practitioner qualification or equivalent
- Extended and Supplementary prescribing qualification or equivalent
- A teaching qualification eg City & Gilds, HEA Mentorship Module 369
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Teaching and assessing, coaching and mentoring skills to facilitate an effective learning environment
- Liaison and negotiation skills, as well as highly developed communication skills
- Proven written and oral communication skills including ability to deal with challenging and sensitive situations
- Research/audit skills
Desirable criteria
- Budget Management skills
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Awareness of national and local political health development and influence
- Ability to lead, manage and co-ordinate teams in an autonomous manner
- Highly developed specialist assessment and evaluation skills
- Caseload management ability
- Willing to undertake training considered by CFT as essential to this post
At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:
- Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
- Protected CPD time for registered staff
- Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
- Leadership and Management development programmes
- Coaching and mentoring opportunities
- A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
- Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
- A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
- Individual professional development programmes
Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:
- Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
- Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
- Free DBS checks where required
- Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.
The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.
We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.
If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.
Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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