Community Respiratory Clinical and Operational Team Lead
Job Description
Job summary
37.5 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity through investment has arisen for a band 7 Clinical and Operational Nursing Lead to join our Respiratory Team here at Livewell Southwest.
We are a specialist team made up of Nurses, Physiotherapist's, and Assistant practitioners, delivering respiratory care and pulmonary rehabilitation to patients living in their own homes.
The service has close links with primary and secondary care working closely with colleagues to deliver high quality care for our patients.
This role will be key in supporting the delivery of service transformation work, fostering links with the virtual wards and expansion of Pulmonary rehabilitation.
It is a key time for the team and post holder to be involved in and supporting the review and development of the respiratory pathways for patients
As well as providing leadership and line management support to the team of nurses and physiotherapists this role will form supportive links with key stakeholders outside the service.
Closing Date: 23/04/25
Interview Date: TBC
Contact Name for an informal discussion/enquiries: Clare Smith at claresmith17@nhs.net or livewell.communityrespiratoryteam@nhs.net
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline.
All staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
Main duties of the job
The Community Respiratory Team consists of nurses, physiotherapists, assistant practitioners and administrators. The Team is based at theCumberland Centre, Plymouth but also delivers Pulmonary Rehabilitation at various venues across the city.
The post holder will be a pivotal link with the developing virtual ward models to assist with hospital avoidance, attending daily huddles when required to offer support and identify patients requiring specialist input from the team.
To be operationally responsible and work collaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary leadership team enabling provision of quality nursing and therapy services within various settings and services.
The post holder will be highly skilled and knowledgeable in their area of work and will require the use of advanced clinical reasoning, analysis, assessment and re-assessment skills; using a patient-centred goal setting approach, to develop and provide individual treatment programmes. This may be for their own patient caseload but also to support the senior therapists within their team via case discussion and joint working.
To provide leadership with service development and redesign, to scope and profile local health needs within their locality and to identify available resources required or deficits to action to meet that need. Attendance at the FVW MDT to provide specialist advice into team for specific patients & identify patients to assess & manage.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.
We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.
We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.
Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for People Management
To undertake day-to-day management and organisation of staff to deliver a best practice Community Respiratory Service within the resources available to meet individual's needs.
To support, complete and monitor staff to ensure the submission of all necessary forms, documentation, including IT data and forward as required by the manager/organisation are undertaken in a timely manner.
Ensure that Heath Care and Professions Council (HCPC) and NMC registration is maintained for self and team members.
Monitor standards, ensuring staff are aware of and follow professional, national and local standards in partnership with clinical, practice and professional leads.
To decide daily operational priorities for the team balancing patient related and professional demands and ensure these remain in accordance with those of the MDT approach and those of the organisation.
Ensure all staff are receiving practice supervision, line management, caseload management and have an up-to-date appraisal and Personal Development Plans in line with Livewell policies.
Provide direct line management for relevant staff within the team across different professional groups.
Undertake the full range of people management tasks and responsibilities including communication, staff engagement, workforce planning, appraisal, training and development and performance management including disciplinary/grievance/sickness with support from the Operational Leads, service managers and/or Team Lead peers.
Work with other Team Leads and other managers to ensure clinical and operational management cover across services is maintained especially at times of service pressure.
Facilitate the team when dealing with complex/urgent situations which can be emotionally challenging e.g. continuing NHS healthcare, safeguarding adults, child protection issues in partnership with patients and carers.
Provide professional clinical support to the MDT team and advise on practice, identifying training needs of staff and encourage practitioners to develop: Skills in critical thinking and reflective practice, Excellence in practice, specialist knowledge and research-based practice.
Act as a role model for all team members demonstrating and maintaining high standards of practice and professional conduct. Addressing issues of poor practice with senior line management and HR.
To support with student placement and training in line with Livewell SWs Placement Guidance for Non-Medical Undergraduate Learners and Students policy.
To facilitate and ensure equity of training for all team members, ensuring the team has the infrastructure to support induction, preceptorship, and professional development, pre-registration and medical students.
Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources
To have responsibility for a defined budget, by monitoring and controlling expenditure within their team by regular access to the portal system, liaising with their Management Accountant and Directorate Managers.
To have a working knowledge of statutory and non-statutory funding and the legislation/guidance that underpins these funding streams, ensuring service users meet the eligibility criteria when advocating for/ utilising services on the service users behalf (e.g. Care Act eligibility, Housing legislation etc)
Be authorised signatory and signing off the supplies and expenses. These include off duty, staff overtime, annual leave, bank nurses and the procurement of supplies for the team.
Exercise a duty of care in relation to the use of the organisations equipment and resources in a cost-effective manner.
To be responsible for overseeing and monitoring and authorising of equipment and ensuring maintenance and repair.
Maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary team and deliver a cost-effective quality service to patient/carers within a defined geographical area.
To ensure a robust process is in place to maintain, monitor and authorise equipment and procurement of supplies for the team.
To consider cost effectiveness in mileage, and use of mobile/land lines when planning the shift's work.
Responsibility for administration
Recruit and manage registered therapy, support and admin staff within the team in accordance with HR policies and terms and conditions to maintain an effective workforce capable of meeting the objectives of the service.
To maintain accurate records, which are confidential, up to date, legible and all care given to be documented. These records may be paper or IT based system and must be maintained as specified in the organisation Policies, NMC guidelines and Government directives.
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