Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
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.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Havering, North East London Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse with a District Nurse qualification to work in the Integrated Care Team, as a Band 7 District Nurse Team Leader. The Nurse will need to be experienced in this role.
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
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.
Working for our organisation
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of safe care to a caseload of patients allocated to the team, including being professionally and legally accountable.
The post holder will also line manage a team of Community Nurses and Health Care Support Workers. They will supervise and appraise staff members and students.
The post holder will also be required to work along side a District Nurse / Clinical Nurse Lead and Integrated Team Manager
The post holder must possess excellent leadership and communication skills.
The post holder must hold a valid UK driving licence.
Person specification
Personal Specifiation
Essential criteria
8. Qualification
9. Experience
10. Knowledge
11. Skills
12. Other
Desirable criteria
13. Qualification
14. Experience
NMP
Essential criteria
15. NMP V300 Qualification
Experience in district nursing
Essential criteria
16. 3 years experience as a qualified District Nurse
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:
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.