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Clinical Nurse Lead 34hrs

We have the pleasure in recruiting an experienced nurse who has the Specialist Practitioner Qualification due to another successful development achievement and promotion of the previous post holder.

Someone who is committed to nursing and attaining to the highest standards of assessment, treatment and support to our community patients and their carers.

If you read the job description and specification you will see that the role requires you to have expert clinical knowledge to guide and support staff in the team to provide the best care and support. To be energised in the role to encourage staff to develop and patients to engage in their treatment plans.

Main duties of the job

The post of Clinical Nurse Lead is for an experienced and qualified community specialist practitioner who has advanced practice qualifications including clinical and leadership skills.

You will be expected to coordinate complex care and the assessment and management of long term conditions. Case management skills are required to enable self-management of health, independent living in the home/community, and reduction of hospital admissions through robust contingency plan provision.

The post holder will also be responsible for staff management, supervision and development, including appraisals and supervision of junior staff.

As an educator, mentor and preceptor working with others, you will take the lead in the development and supervision, particularly for the community nurses, as well as promoting self-care management principles with patients using innovative patient activation strategies.

The focus of this role is to provide safe, effective and quality clinical care using advanced qualifications to support clinical practise along with strong clinical leadership, advice and support to the team.

Excellent communication and negotiation skills are essential in order to effectively liaise with members of the wider multi-disciplinary team as well as an ability to reflect upon and where needed challenge the status quo.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To lead the processes for delivering, monitoring and improving the quality of care provided to patients. This includes risk management, complying with and contributing to CQC requirements, incidents and clinical audit.
• Delivers effective skilled, case management including care co-ordination, care planning and treatment for complex patients.
• Identify risks to service delivery and problem solve to ensure resources are allocated across the team/ teams to appropriately prioritise care
• Ensure clinical research is conducted in line with Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust protocols and in liaison with the research team, ensuring that the research has had ethical approval.
• Ensure that patients receive the information they need and are treated with dignity and respect for their privacy.
• Carry out risk assessments and adhere to safe systems of work. This includes understanding and adhering to the reporting procedures for clinical and nonclinical incidents/near misses. Employees must attend relevant courses and mandatory updates, take a pro-active role in contributing to risk identification and management and be responsive to lessons learned from incidents and near misses.
• Reports clinical and non-clinical incidents and proactively manages risk to patients including vulnerable adults and staff.
• Supports, monitors and challenges caseload management processes to ensure quality, safe and effective care delivery.
• To promote an environment conducive to effective learning and to comply with statutory and mandatory responsibilities in line with current local and National monitoring requirements

See the job description and job specification for further information.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive Clinical Experience- Case Management
• Evidence of Ability to maintain and Monitor High Standards of Care
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Desirable

• No Desirable Criteria

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to analyse Complex Situations and Problem solve as nescessary
• Evidence of Ability to identify and Manage Risk
• Evidence of Knowledge and Experience of Team Dynamics and Leadership Role
• Evidence of ability to work in a MD Team
• Evidence of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality Health Care
• Ability to work in a flexible way and respond positively to change
• Ability to work autonomously
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Understanding of National and Local Policy
• Acknowledges limitations to own practice
• Awareness of own development needs
• Evidence of Managing Long Term and Chronic Conditions
• Evidence of Complex Case Management
• Evidence of Compassionate Leadership
• Awareness of Resilience

Othe Requirements

Essential

• Car Driver with access to car for work purposes with Business mileage Insurance

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified RN
• Prescribing Qualification willingness to gain within 1 yr
• Specialist Community Practitioner Qualification
• Practice Assessor/Supervisor Qualification with experience
• Advanced Physical Assessment
• Leadership Qualification or HR Leadership sessions

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 7, The Quadrant,

60 Marlborough Road,

Lancing

BN158UW

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