District Nurse Team Lead Job Central London area,City Of London England UK,Nursing

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This role combines management responsibility for the Greenwich Greenwich District Nursing Service. The post holder will lead a team of nurses and support staff with the responsibility of managing the care for a defined caseload. Community Nurses work as part of a team delivering high quality evidence based nursing care to clients within their own home, residential homes and clinical environments.

As part of a District Nursing team you will have a role placing emphasis on prevention and rehabilitation as well as curative and palliative care. The post holder will be able to work autonomously, understanding high level assessment to make a diagnosis, initiate medical and/or nursing treatments, prescribe medications, refer appropriately and lead the co-ordination of care with partner agencies and key stake holders.,

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner and will assess, plan,implement and evaluate patient care and also participate in the training of patients, relatives, carers, students and other health care professionals.

Management responsibilities

To perform delegated line management duties and support the Modern Matron, taking over responsibilities for the running of the service in his/her absence.
To support the Modern Matron in delivering the service objectives and in performance managing the service.
To contribute to the collection, monitoring and reporting on clinical statistics.
To provide team leadership and to take responsibility for the co-ordination, supervision, teaching and appraisal of other staff services as appropriate.
To provide effective line management to the team to ensure that all nursing and staff within the team are appropriately managed, and that associated resources are controlled and utilised effectively, demonstrating value for money and high-quality patient care.
To provide support and guidance to the CNS with the management of Bank and Agency nursing staff with the overall aim to reduce the reliance on temporary staff.
To carry out staff management responsibilities for directly line managed staff in line with appropriate policy & procedure and the Managing People guidelines, including recruitment, appraisal, and any necessary performance management measures, and to provide support to the CNS in carrying out their responsibilities in this respect. Specifically, the post holder will ensure that:
All staff have a yearly PDR (including a 6-monthly review) and that all staff have a regular one to one meeting with their line manager.
All clinical staff have been supported to undergo and successfully complete their clinical competency framework relevant to their professional role, including any relevant specialist competencies identified through PDR or service development
To ensure there are robust systems in place for managing and reducing sickness and other forms of absence and performance/conduct problems.
To ensure that all staff maintain statutory and mandatory training.
To ensure that all staff have: up to date DBS and NMC professional registration and to work within the NMC code of conduct and an up-to-date work permit (where appropriate).

Leadership

To work closely with and support Senior Management Team within the Service to ensure optimal utilisation of the Community Teams resources. Crucial components of this are robust monitoring of patient dependency, duration on caseload and ensuring appropriate planning and proactive audit measures are in place to monitor performance.
In support of the Greenwich DN Matron, to provide professional and specialist clinical leadership to LTC Sub-Directorate, ensuring that all Nursing staff within own Team are clinically and professionally developed.
To act as a sign-off mentor as per NMC requirements.
To act as a role model for others, exhibiting high standards of professional behaviour at all times.
To lead within the team on the implementation of the Chief Nurses Strategy for Nursing and imbedding the 6

Cs within the LTC Sub-Directorate.
Ensure that the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Core Values are embedded within the allocated teams.

Clinical

To use advanced clinical practice and assessment skills and expert knowledge to undertake comprehensive assessments of the physical and psycho-social needs of patients and to undertake clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To analyse and interpret highly complex information gained during clinical…