District Nurse Team Lead - Kington

We are the Kington & Weobley District Nursing Team, a small, dedicated team providing excellent planned and unplanned nursing care to patients in their own homes. We aim to deliver high quality care to improve health & well-being and to support our patients to remain living at home. We pride ourselves in being hard-working, supportive, friendly and flexible. We are part of the North & West Primary Care Network and work closely with partners across the network.

We are based in the market town of Kington nestled within the beautiful County of Herefordshire - covering both Kington and Weobley surgeries in the north-west area of the county. This rural area has many areas of outstanding beauty and is predominantly agricultural with rolling country side for miles.

We are looking for a team leader to join our team who shares our passion for caring for people in their own homes, strives towards excellence in community nursing and with a keen interest in integrated working and quality improvement. We're keen to recruit a colleague with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the overall management of the team caseload and the rota. Ensuring the right skill mix and workforce development are key elements of the role.

You will lead on recruitment, training and reporting supported by the Quality Matron and Locality Manager. You will undertake some clinical work in a wide range of nursing interventions.

This roles requires you to have excellent organisational skills, an ability to build relationships with internal and external colleagues and an appetite for innovation. You should be able to evidence the ability to lead and motivate others and be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Good IT skills are a must!

Whilst we value the Specialist Practitioner Qualification (SPQ), we will consider applications from those without it, but may have something at an equivalent level/relevant experience. It is the leadership ability that we need to support the team and our patients.

It includes working weekends and bank holidays as part of a rota and late shifts until 8pm. You must be able to drive and have access to a car. There are opportunities for lease cars.

If you have the right values for the WVT you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement & audits.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• RN qualification registration part 1 of the NMC register
• DN specialist Practitioner Degree recorded with the NMC
• Non- medical prescriber recorded with the NMC

Desirable

• Masters level Health Assessment Module

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Teaching and developing of educational packages for nurses other HCPs and patients
• Collaborative organisational skills
• Effective MDT working
• IT skills
• Significant knowledge of the profession and its development in a national context

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable excellence in District Nursing as a caseload holder
• Participation in clinical audit and service development
• Experience of leading a team

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to go the extra mile
• Innovative and flexible approach to care
• Assertiveness and confidence
• Strong leadership and decision making skills
• Can do attitude
• Ability to achieve deadlines
• Excellent role model

Other Factors

Essential

• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
• Ability to undertake duties with any aids or adaptions that may be required
• Able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Kington Medical Practice

Eardisley Road

Kington

HR5 3EA

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229-IC-6524543