Community Nurse Team Leader
Job Description
Job summary
We are currently seeking a highly motivated Community NurseTeam Leader to join our team in Hospice Community Services. The ideal candidate will lead a team of Community Nursesthat will be providing palliative and end of life care in the community, with passion and dedication, ensuring the services run smoothly.
The role is known internally as Locality Team Leader.
Main duties of the job
The Community Nurse Team Leader will manage a team of Community Nurses ensuring the provision of high standards of care to patients and their families/carers who have a palliative care need.
About us
We are a local charity providing compassionate care to people whose illnesses are nolonger curable. We promote dignity in dying and empower people to make thechoices they want, from the moment they are diagnosed.Our care considers peoples medical, spiritual and emotional needs, includingsupport for loved ones and carers. Anyone living in Basildon and Thurrock can call onus 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Working alongside other healthcare providers, our specialist services are available atthe hospice, out in the community or in a persons place of residence. Together, we fulfilpeoples choices at the end of their life.We are a charity and the services we provide are free. We rely on voluntary incomefrom local people to deliver the care they deserve.
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing leadership and guidance to the team in Hospice Community Services.
- The post holder will support the teams to ensure the delivery of the right care at the right time to individuals with a palliative care need in the community.
- The post holder will have a commitment to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health care professionals and agencies.
- The post holder will have responsibilities ensuring high quality care is delivered across Hospice Community Services, supporting the patient journey to ensure appropriate and seamless care.
- To facilitate effective communication within the team and across departments to promote collaborative efforts.
- To assist in audit and research projects, particularly within the service, taking a lead on specified projects as appropriate.
- To monitor and evaluate team performance, providing guidance and support where necessary.
- To foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional development within the team.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You will be a Registered Nurse with demonstrable post qualification experience, including palliative care or related specialities.
- Have the ability to motivate and unite a team towards common goals.
- You will have exceptional organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, as well as a sound knowledge base linked with holistic assessment and advance care planning.
- You will have a passion for making a difference in the community.
- Have experience in assessment skills and non-medical prescribing or have willingness to undertake these.
- Experience in supervising staff and pre-registration students.
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC (Adult Nurse) Registered
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
St Luke's Hospice
Address
Fobbing Farm
Nethermayne
Basildon
Essex
SS16 5NJ
