We are seeking a highly motivated District Nurse with the aptitude, motivation, and leadership skills, to drive local and National changes and integration within community nursing. You will lead DN community nursing teams, working closely with the acute hospital, GPs, and Practice Nurses to ensure high quality care for the local population to ensure effective, efficient, safe, and high-quality nursing care for patients and carers. Community Services are currently undergoing significant change in the delivery of community services to continuously improve patient care and outcomes, meet workforce demands, prevent inappropriate hospital admissions, and facilitate early discharge. The successful candidate will work with their Nursing Team leads to maintain capacity across community services to help achieve this. The post holder will work closely with the Community Nursing Services Lead to ensure the service is working in line with the service level agreements, Performance is achieved in terms of, KPIs, Finance, HR, Risk and Governance. The post holder will have extensive experience and knowledge in managing clinical governance including incidents, risk registers and audits. The post holder will leadtheDistrictNursing Teams, being the first point of contact both from an internal and external perspective. You will be responsible for a wide range of general and operational management issues aimed at managing health economy flow and supporting "home first". This will be achieved through close liaison with General Practice, CommunityLead for AHP and NursingServices, NursePractitioners, Allied Health Professionals, ICTs, etc. The post-holder will have the following key objectives:
* ToleadtheDistrictNursingServiceand its clinical capacity to maintain flow.
* To support the achievement of corporate targets.
* To play a key role in the economy escalation processes.
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* To provide effective accountableleadership, clinical and operational support.
* Ensure effectiveserviceprovision in line with operational requirements.
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise. As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise. Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.
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