Deputy Team Lead- Specialised District Nurse2024-04-10T18:42:06+01:00
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Deputy Team Lead- Specialised District Nurse Job Vacancy in Hebburn, England, UK
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
Do you want to join an outstanding team of community nurses and therapists in Newham? We are looking for two B6 District Nurse’s to join our team who is passionate about community nursing. You will be supported by a wide number of healthcare professionals, including DN and therapy clinical leads, a deputy lead nurse and lead nurse, pressure ulcer improvement facilitators, palliative nurses, a referral and assessment team, a rapid response team, care navigators and telehealth practitioners. You will receive monthly supervision with your Team Leader and participate fully in a monthly senior nurses meeting. You will play a vital role in ensuring the service operates at the highest level, e.g. by attending the monthly management, pressure ulcer and safeguarding meetings. You will also be able to put into practice and develop your clinical and managerial supervision skills and engage in QI projects.
Main duties of the job
To have responsibility for the nursing care given to the patients on her/his own case load and for the nursing care provided by the team. The District Nurse will ensure a case management model of delivery including the effective assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of care and the discharge of patients from the case load meets the professional and clinical standards/guidelines at all times under the direction of the District Nurse Team Leader. The District Nurse will ensure that a high quality service is provided in patient’s homes, clinics or residential care settings within available resources. The service is provided over 2 shifts working from 8am till 8 pm.
He/she will be responsible within his/her team for the liaison and effective and cooperative working arrangements with General Practitioners and other agencies.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRGN
- oDN Cert./Dip Limited Prescriber
Desirable
- oBSc/ MSc Specialist Nursing Practice ( District Nursing)
- oIndependent Nurse Prescriber
Personal Skills and Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to effectively manage the caseload, prioritize and delegate work
- oAbility to work within a team of community nurses and ensure PCT policies and procedures are followed
- oAbility to organize own workload, work under pressure and forward plan team activities i.e. vaccination programs and training needs
- oAbility to communicate information effectively to the Primary Health Care Team and other professionals/agencies
- oEvidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
- oEffectively communicate sensitive, complex and sometimes distressing information to patients, carers and staff
- oAbility to show empathy and provide reassurance
- oMaintain own professional development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of professional development
- oEvidence of recent clinical practice
- oKnowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice
- oENB Teaching and Assessing Course 998 (or similar)
- oEvidence of leadership, change management and motivational skills
- oKnowledge and understanding of current health and social care policy, i.e. National Service Frameworks
- oKnowledge of evidenced based practice, i.e. NICE guidelines on Pressure Ulcers, Palliative Care and RCN guidelines Leg Ulcer Management
- oKnowledge of principles of Clinical Governance
- oComputer Literate
Desirable
- oNVQ Assessor (D32/33)
- oContinence Course
- oConfidence in Presentations
- oComputer Literate i.e. ECDL
- oKnowledge of Health Promotion techniques
- oEvidence of competence in clinical skills, i.e. Tissue Viability, Palliative Care and Syringe Drivers, Venepuncture, Cannulation , Catherisation (Male and female) and Supra-pubic Vaccination and Immunisation
- oKnowledge of Public Health Agenda
- oKnowledge of Adults at Risk and Vulnerable Adult Policy
- oEDCL certificate
Other
Essential
- Car Driver/Owner
- Physical effort: Ability to assess and manage risk in unpredictable working conditions
- oAbility to sit/kneel in prolonged positions/cramped positions for a sustained period of time
- oAbility to hoist patients/assist transfer of patients and to undertake treatment in close proximity to the patient
- oAbility to move and handle patients following risk assessment and within PCT moving and handling guidelines
- oAbility to frequently concentrate on the task in hand whilst also assessing and evaluating the whole situation
- oAbility to manage unpredictable situations
- oAbility to manage competing demands, i.e. staff, patients and organisational needs
- oAbility to occasionally manage challenging behaviour i.e. verbal abuse or situations where elder abuse is suspected
- oOccasional risk from exposure to blood and body fluids – required to apply Universal Infection Control procedures at all times
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRGN
- oDN Cert./Dip Limited Prescriber
Desirable
- oBSc/ MSc Specialist Nursing Practice ( District Nursing)
- oIndependent Nurse Prescriber
Personal Skills and Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to effectively manage the caseload, prioritize and delegate work
- oAbility to work within a team of community nurses and ensure PCT policies and procedures are followed
- oAbility to organize own workload, work under pressure and forward plan team activities i.e. vaccination programs and training needs
- oAbility to communicate information effectively to the Primary Health Care Team and other professionals/agencies
- oEvidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
- oEffectively communicate sensitive, complex and sometimes distressing information to patients, carers and staff
- oAbility to show empathy and provide reassurance
- oMaintain own professional development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of professional development
- oEvidence of recent clinical practice
- oKnowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice
- oENB Teaching and Assessing Course 998 (or similar)
- oEvidence of leadership, change management and motivational skills
- oKnowledge and understanding of current health and social care policy, i.e. National Service Frameworks
- oKnowledge of evidenced based practice, i.e. NICE guidelines on Pressure Ulcers, Palliative Care and RCN guidelines Leg Ulcer Management
- oKnowledge of principles of Clinical Governance
- oComputer Literate
Desirable
- oNVQ Assessor (D32/33)
- oContinence Course
- oConfidence in Presentations
- oComputer Literate i.e. ECDL
- oKnowledge of Health Promotion techniques
- oEvidence of competence in clinical skills, i.e. Tissue Viability, Palliative Care and Syringe Drivers, Venepuncture, Cannulation , Catherisation (Male and female) and Supra-pubic Vaccination and Immunisation
- oKnowledge of Public Health Agenda
- oKnowledge of Adults at Risk and Vulnerable Adult Policy
- oEDCL certificate
Other
Essential
- Car Driver/Owner
- Physical effort: Ability to assess and manage risk in unpredictable working conditions
- oAbility to sit/kneel in prolonged positions/cramped positions for a sustained period of time
- oAbility to hoist patients/assist transfer of patients and to undertake treatment in close proximity to the patient
- oAbility to move and handle patients following risk assessment and within PCT moving and handling guidelines
- oAbility to frequently concentrate on the task in hand whilst also assessing and evaluating the whole situation
- oAbility to manage unpredictable situations
- oAbility to manage competing demands, i.e. staff, patients and organisational needs
- oAbility to occasionally manage challenging behaviour i.e. verbal abuse or situations where elder abuse is suspected
- oOccasional risk from exposure to blood and body fluids – required to apply Universal Infection Control procedures at all times
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
