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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
Thurrock Integrated Community Team, North East London Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse with a Specialist Practitioner qualification to work in the Integrated Care Team as Band 7 Deputy to the Operational Lead.
You will need to be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria skills for the post:
1. Excellent clinical Skills
2. Managerial Skills
3. Leadership Skills
4. Communication skills
5. Information Technology (IT) Skills
6. The ability to travel between sites
7. Non medical or community Nursing Prescribing
The post holder will be responsible for Clinical, leadership and managerial duties in support of the Operational Lead. They will also be responsible for the delivery of safe care to a Users of service across the team, including being professionally and legally accountable.
The post holder will line manage a team of Community Nurses and Health Care Support Workers. They will supervise and appraise staff members and students.
The post holder must possess excellent leadership and communication skills.
The post holder must hold a valid UK driving licence.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a Registered Nurse ideally with Specialist Practitioner qualification, and significant experience of working within the community setting. They will be required to hold experience and competence in all clinical skills offered in the community. They will be responsible for assessment, management, planning and delivery of care, including being professionally and legally accountable.
The post holder will support their peers and locality lead and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise staff members and students.
The post holder will support the Operational Lead in the investigation and management of clinical incidents, complaints and maintaining safe staffing levels.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £1,303 and a maximum payment of £2,198 per annum, pro rata for part time
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-registered roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under outer, fringe and none
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Non-clinical leadership
Essential criteria
8. Staff Supervision and Appraisal experience
9. Handled informal complaints
Desirable criteria
10. Roster management experience
11. Formal complaints management exerience
12. Inphase management experience
Experience
Essential criteria
13. Significant community experience
14. Good clinical competencies
15. Evidence fo further education relevant to role
16. Caseload management experience
Desirable criteria
17. DN Qualification
Leadership
Essential criteria
18. Junior staff leadership experience
19. Experience of managing a clinical team
20. Practice Assessor
Desirable criteria
21. Previous experience managing teams
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
22. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
23. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
24. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
25. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.