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Community District Nursing Team Lead

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Magnolia Housefull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Dec 2024

💰 £44,962/yr(£37,338/yr – £44,962/yr)

About the role

The closing date is 13th Jan 2025

Job summary

South Somerset Community Nursing Team are looking to recruit a Band 6 Team leaders for a 12 month secondment, to manage a team of Band 5s, 4s and 3s working alongside another experienced Band 6 Team Leader.

You will be responsible for taking on a clinical caseload of complex patients.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The Band 6 role in District Nursing involves a ratio of 20% management and 80% clinical. The Band 6 does take a case load. They are also responsible for supervisions, and career conversations while managing the team and also with helping to run the hub. They are expected to work shift patterns between 8am and 10pm and while being clinical they are responsible for complex patient care and also supporting the team of staff. It can be a challenging role but also is very rewarding. You will work alongside another Band 6 and between you share duties required to support and manage the Band 5s, band 4 and Band 3s. You are overseen by a senior District Nurse Manager. We are part of a neighbourhood and work closely with Community Nursing Teams across South Somerset. We care for house bound patients within the Yeovil, Wincanton plus surrounding villages.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriately registered with the Professional body as per post requirements
Relevant degree or equivalent qualification
Evidence of continuing professional development and to have undertaken post registration training
Leadership/management programme or prepared to undertake a course

Desirable

Non- Medical Prescriber
Coaching and/or mentorship training.

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience in the required setting
Demonstrate clinical and managerial leadership ability
Experience of working in multi-agency
Ability to undertake the higher level clinical skills required for the specialist area

Desirable

Experience of mentoring

Additional Criteria

Essential

For a full list of Additional Criteria, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Desirable

For a full list of Additional Criteria, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification

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.