We are looking for a Specialist End of Life Community Nurse to join our Community Nursing Team based along the South Kent coast.

Our Community Nursing Teams provide nursing support for patients aged 18 and over in their home, delivering personalised care to those with complex and long term conditions so that patients can stay safe and well at home or in their chosen environment. The service may provide wound management, change wound dressings, palliative and end of life care and symptom control and catheter care.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be responsible for the supervision, teaching and leadership of individual staff members and the quality of the care they deliver.

The team you work with will be aligned to a Primary Care Network (PCN) where you will represent community nursing and provide secondary linemanagement to support the PCN lead.

You will need to be an experienced Community Nurse with non-medical prescribing experience or awillingness to undertake to provide sound clinical judgement and act as a role model for the profession. Asthe senior clinician you will be a decision-maker and a problem solver with accountability for your team's performance.

Due to the community nature of the role you will need to be able to drive your own car.

Additional Working Pattern: 35.7 hrs- Mon- Friday with flexible weekend working. Service cover 8am-6pm

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1.Registered health care professional (NMC registration) (1). 2.Health related degree and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6/7 (1). 3.Evidence of Post Graduate Specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice (examples: SPDN, Mentorship, Coaching, Clinical Expertise Pathway) (1). 4.Undertaking Non-Medical Prescribing and Advance Clinical Practice Skills (2).
• Valid driving licence in the UK with access to a vehicle

Desirable

• 1.Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (1). 2.Advance Clinical Practice Skills and Clinical Reasoning qualification (1). 3.Management or supervisory qualification/ programme of study (1).

Experience

Essential

• 1.Minimum of five years' experience in area of practice. (1). 2.Experience of leading and managing teams (1). 3.Experience of managing complex caseloads (1). 4.Experience of supporting and being a role model to others (1). 5.Experience of supporting service development plans with practical experience of change management (1).

Knowledge

Essential

• 1.Understanding of national directives and NICE guidance (1). 2.Evidence of continued relevant professional development and up-to-date implementation in practice (1) 3.Proven ability to develop effective working partnerships (1). 4.Experience of supporting and coaching (1).

Skills & abilities

Essential

• 1. Ability to manage time & work under pressure (1). 2.Ability to work effectively with a variety of people (1). 3.Ability to effectively communicate complex information (1). 4.Strong influencing and negotiating skills (1). 5.Highly developed facilitation skills to promote the abilities and clinical competencies of the team (1).

Personal attributes

Essential

• 1.Ability to motivate and organise others (1). 2.Ability to manage and lead change (1). 3.Manage the demands of targets and deadline (1). 4.Flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing events (1).

Ability to manage

Essential

• 1.Support the implementation of quality initiatives (1). 2.Ability to prioritise care delivery taking account policies and procedures (1). 3.Ability to support the wider team (1).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Kent Coast- Variable Bases

Deal, Dover, Folkestone, Hythe

CT21 5JU

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