Job overview
Surrey Downs Health & Care
An opportunity has arisen to join the Epsom PCN team as a Band 7 District Nurse Team lead on a full-time (37.5 hours/week), permanent basis.
The successful candidate would be welcomed into an established district nurse team who work closely with members of the wider multidisciplinary team across the PCN and across Surrey Downs Health and Care.
We have a strong focus on staff support and development, encouraging opportunities for further learning.
In short if you are looking for an employer that is working to remove traditional boundaries and barriers, bringing care to patients when and where they need it, and you want to work alongside motivated, passionate and visionary colleagues we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
To provide leadership within the District Nursing Team and be responsible for the assessment of needs of the patient and the development, implementation and evaluation of a programme of care within agreed standards.
The post holder will undertake facilitation of educational programmes for basic, post basic and in-service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team.
To lead and facilitate patient focused, innovative research based practice, in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.
Working for our organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
1. The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
2. Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
3. Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
4. Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all staff, both internal and external on behalf of Surrey Downs Health and Care, working as part of a team taking the lead and developing services in line with the needs of the patient
5. Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times
6. Be accountable for assessments and care planning, and prescribing appropriately for the patient group Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers
7. Promote the health of patients and the provision of support and advice Be responsible for planning cover, appropriate staffing and skill mix ensuring adequate cover at all times
8. Provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the Surrey Downs Health and Care strategic agenda
9. Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to procedures
10. Identify workforce planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff
11. Provide support and an appropriate learning environment for both pre and post registration students as required
12. Be responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures and standards of care, are adhered to at all times
13. Manage effectively and efficiently any budget that is within the remit of this post
14. Participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate
15. Provide assistance with the resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty, or sphere of responsibility
16. Have the ability to negotiate and work effectively across all agencies for the maximum effectiveness of care
17. Be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals
18. Lead and implement the SDH&C Clinical Governance Strategy within your practice area, facilitating and instigating clinical audit and monitoring of care
19. Lead and implement the SDH&C Risk Management Strategy within your practice area, ensuring that all processes are adhered to Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines
20. Undertake any other such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post
21. Be responsible for individual timely data entry and responsible for the corporate teams data entry
22. This post holder is employed to work within Surrey Downs Health and Care localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
23. 1st level registration educated to Level 3
24. District Nursing Qualification
25. Teaching qualification
26. Relevant specialist courses
Desirable criteria
27. Management qualification/ courses and/or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
28. Experienced mentor at pre and post registration level
29. Experience of nurse leadership and management
30. Experience of appraisal and clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
31. Experience of developing strategies, clinical guidelines and policies
Skills
Essential criteria
32. Critical analysis skills
33. Ability to assess and deliver, evaluate and benchmark quality care
34. Ability to deal with conflict in a professional manner
35. IT skills and timely data entry
Desirable criteria
36. Project management skills
Other
Essential criteria
37. Car owner with clean UK Licence
Desirable criteria
38. Innovative and flexible
39. Team player
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameKathy ScorerJob titleOperational ManagerEmail addressTelephone number07823907525