Job Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to join the ICELS clinical team. The role is suitable for an existing Band 7 or for a Band 6 with the relevant skills and experience.
You will need excellent knowledge of a wide range of pressure relieving equipment and its use within pressure ulcer prevention strategies. Experience of working within a tissue viability environment would be desirable.
You will provide highly specialised nursing support to the ICELS team and to health and social care professionals using the service. The clinical team aims to improve evidence-based practice, knowledge and skills, leading on improvements and efficiencies to enhance the provision of equipment across LLR. Working closely with commissioning partners, we manage demand, promote a consistent approach to equipment provision, offer cost effective equipment solutions and achieve value for money.
The role also includes management of the ICELS Review and Equipment Triage Team, including day-to-day supervision and planning.
This is a permanent full-time position (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday) and will be based at the Medequip depot in Glen Parva, however the team does take a hybrid working approach.
About ICELS:
* We are a jointly funded service, managed on behalf of Leicester City, Leicestershire County and Rutland Local Authorities and the NHS Integrated Care Board. Leicester City Council is the host organisation for the service, however all clinical posts are hosted by LPT to maintain clinical competencies.
* ICELS provides loan equipment to adults, children and young people in community, education and care settings, via the contract with Medequip. The service is a key part of LLR health and social care strategies supporting independence, treatment and rehabilitation at home, timely hospital discharge and admission avoidance.
For further information about this post please contact:
* Lynn Spencer, ICELS Clinical Lead Nurse on 07917554002 or email lynn.spencer2@nhs.net
* Roger Glithero, ICELS Partnership Manager on 0116 454 6600 or email roger.glithero@leicester.gov.uk
Job Description Summary
* To provide highly specialist nursing support for the ICELS and health and social care professionals using the service
* To manage and take overall responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity of the ICELS Review and Equipment Triage Team by providing professional nursing leadership and clinical guidance, advice and management to the team, the day-to-day management of the team, responsible for planning work of all team members in respect of undertaking equipment reviews across LLR, agreeing how the work will be prioritised in terms of equipment and location, monitoring the work of individual team members to ensure that agreed targets are being met
* To lead on improvement and efficiencies around provision of pressure care and nursing equipment in community settings
* To ensure the delivery of a clinically safe and effective service which meets the needs of individual, families and communities and commissioners in line with local and national development plans, ICELS Policies and Trust policies and procedures
* To be responsible for the co-ordination of services and effective liaison between internal and external agencies to promote optimum equipment provision
* To be responsible for specialist equipment pathways to support and monitor the equality of equipment provision and to identify and promote areas for service improvement
* To improve the use of recycled equipment across the LLR health and social care system
* To work with suppliers to deliver efficiencies and value for money in purchase of equipment for the LLR system
* Improve prescribing practice and knowledge of equipment across services areas in both health and social care
* To support delivery of training for relevant equipment for ICELS staff, health and social care professionals and the Equipment Provider’s staff
* To work collaboratively with senior practitioners across LLR
* To foster a culture of networking in an open and transparent way with internal and external stakeholders. Ensuring that policies, procedures and criteria for equipment provision is aligned to Trust and other partner organisations plans and satrapies that there is no adverse impact because of ICELS practice on trust and other partners delivery of service to people
* To be responsible for recording and monitoring of data specific to work of the ICELS Team and for presenting information to the ICELS Partnership board and Commissioning Boards as well as reporting on the delivery of the demand management action plan work and its associated targets set by Commissioners
* To co-ordinate review procedures for specialist pressure care equipment
* To support and develop policy and procedures for provision of equipment
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.