Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 clinician wishing to develop their operational management skills to join the Horsham PCN Community Team as an operational Team Lead. The PCN Community Team provide community nursing and proactive care to patients within the home environment.
Horsham is a beautiful town nestled in West Sussex within the South Downs National Park . This includes the Counties of Hampshire, East and West Sussex. It is close to main roads for commuting either from the coastal West Sussex regions or for those living closer to London.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the leadership and coordination of care, the post holder will have a lead role in supporting development and delivery of practice standards within the PCN Community team. This will include operational leadership to the community nurses and the proactive care coordinators to ensure an integrated model of care is delivered.
The Team Lead will be responsible for day-to-day management of the team in relation to activity generated as a result of referrals being made to the MDT to ensure service outcomes and performance indicators are met
The Team Lead will be responsible for ensuring the delivering of high quality of care within the community setting working with patients proactively to enable and promote self management and independence throughout the continuum of care.
The Team Lead will be the identified link for a specific practice population to ensure all patients who have been identified as at high risk of admission or emergency placement have an agreed management plan.
To work in partnership with West Sussex County Council, Sussex Partnership NHS trust, GPs, local statutory and voluntary organizations and the Integrated Care Boards.
About us
At SCFT we believe in excellent care at the heart of the community. We encourage and expect all staff to actively promote and adhere to our values in every aspect of their work.
Compassionate care Caring for people in ways we would want for our loved ones
Achieving Ambitions For patients and service users, colleagues, our teams and our organisation
Working Together Forging strong links with our patients, the public and our health and care partners, so we can rise to the challenges we face together
Delivering Excellence Because our patients and partners deserve nothing less
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Team Lead will manage the daily activity generated by the MDT; in addition, they will provide supervision to other members of the MDT ensuring coordinated working and development of the overall MDT.
To ensure all team members receive appropriate professional leadership and supervision. To manage the team, including recruiting to vacancies, working to retain team members, managing sickness and performance in line with Trust policies.
Ensure the team members work together with the principle that the various disciplines promote a person-centred approach
Review and analyse monthly reports on MDT activity. Ensure that monthly MDT activity is reported through the organisation as appropriate. To use monthly reports to further develop the MDT team and take corrective action if key performance indicators are not being achieved
Regularly use own advanced skills and expert knowledge to ensure the physical and psychosocial needs of the defined client group, are met. Ensuring that care plans and treatments based on best available evidence to improve health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing.
The team lead needs to ensure that evidence based practice are central to every patient care package. The team lead will need to provide appropriate, respectful challenge to team members decisions in order to demonstrate robust clinical reasoning and to ensure that any changes in care plans or packages are line with current statutory regulations and relevant national guidance
To act as role model for managing difficult and complex behaviours/situations, treat others with care and compassion, demonstrate professionalism and uphold the Trust Values at all times.
To Liaise with all relevant stakeholders (both statutory and voluntary sectors) to promote proactive care and cultivated effective working arrangements
To ensure appropriate systems are in place to provide the actions and outcomes required for patients. Ensuring appropriate referral systems are in place to other services and multi-disciplinary professionals.
Leading/participating in meetings/case conferences in response to the needs of the individual.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Team Lead will manage the daily activity generated by the MDT; in addition, they will provide supervision to other members of the MDT ensuring coordinated working and development of the overall MDT.
To ensure all team members receive appropriate professional leadership and supervision. To manage the team, including recruiting to vacancies, working to retain team members, managing sickness and performance in line with Trust policies.
Ensure the team members work together with the principle that the various disciplines promote a person-centred approach
Review and analyse monthly reports on MDT activity. Ensure that monthly MDT activity is reported through the organisation as appropriate. To use monthly reports to further develop the MDT team and take corrective action if key performance indicators are not being achieved
Regularly use own advanced skills and expert knowledge to ensure the physical and psychosocial needs of the defined client group, are met. Ensuring that care plans and treatments based on best available evidence to improve health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing.
The team lead needs to ensure that evidence based practice are central to every patient care package. The team lead will need to provide appropriate, respectful challenge to team members decisions in order to demonstrate robust clinical reasoning and to ensure that any changes in care plans or packages are line with current statutory regulations and relevant national guidance
To act as role model for managing difficult and complex behaviours/situations, treat others with care and compassion, demonstrate professionalism and uphold the Trust Values at all times.
To Liaise with all relevant stakeholders (both statutory and voluntary sectors) to promote proactive care and cultivated effective working arrangements
To ensure appropriate systems are in place to provide the actions and outcomes required for patients. Ensuring appropriate referral systems are in place to other services and multi-disciplinary professionals.
Leading/participating in meetings/case conferences in response to the needs of the individual.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Clinical Qualification
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate modules / qualification
- Management qualification or willingness to undertake
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to underpin clinical reasoning skills and ability to undertake assessment, analysis and treatment
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 – 5 years Post Registration experience in a senior role
- Experience of multi-professional and cross-organisational work
- Experience of performance management including reporting against targets and risk management
- Experience of Human Resource Management including recruitment and retention of staff, performance management and managing sickness and absence
- Experience of project / service development
- Experience of working in the community or a community hospital setting
Skills
Essential
- Competent computer skills and ability to utilise information and information technology
- Relevant clinical skills ability to provide supervision
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
- Evidence of innovative practice and research
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Effective presentation skills
- Ability to manage complaints and incidents at local level
- Ability to meet a range of competing deadlines and priorities
- Comprehensive and specialist assessment skills
- Palliative care knowledge
- Ability to maintain knowledge of relevant NHS legislation and policies and apply to practice and organise the dissemination of changed to others
- Ability to organise and respond effectively and efficiently to complex information and situations
- Highly developed knowledge in evidence based practice and critical appraisal skills to include the ability to evaluate current research, apply to practice and organise the dissemination of findings to others
Other requirements
Essential
- Car driver with vehicle available for work purposes
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Clinical Qualification
Desirable
- Relevant post graduate modules / qualification
- Management qualification or willingness to undertake
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to underpin clinical reasoning skills and ability to undertake assessment, analysis and treatment
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 – 5 years Post Registration experience in a senior role
- Experience of multi-professional and cross-organisational work
- Experience of performance management including reporting against targets and risk management
- Experience of Human Resource Management including recruitment and retention of staff, performance management and managing sickness and absence
- Experience of project / service development
- Experience of working in the community or a community hospital setting
Skills
Essential
- Competent computer skills and ability to utilise information and information technology
- Relevant clinical skills ability to provide supervision
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
- Evidence of innovative practice and research
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Effective presentation skills
- Ability to manage complaints and incidents at local level
- Ability to meet a range of competing deadlines and priorities
- Comprehensive and specialist assessment skills
- Palliative care knowledge
- Ability to maintain knowledge of relevant NHS legislation and policies and apply to practice and organise the dissemination of changed to others
- Ability to organise and respond effectively and efficiently to complex information and situations
- Highly developed knowledge in evidence based practice and critical appraisal skills to include the ability to evaluate current research, apply to practice and organise the dissemination of findings to others
Other requirements
Essential
- Car driver with vehicle available for work purposes
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
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).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
