Job summary Are you looking for the opportunity to develop your leadership skills in your career?
Do you want to develop your career within a clinically led organisation, at the forefront of the revolution of adult community nursing?
Are you passionate for high quality patient care and experience?
This unique position offers you the opportunity to work with the Clinical Lead to support the delivery of a safe and high quality community nursing service in a defined locality working alongside the District Nurse to effectively manage the Community Nursing team.
We use electronic clinical records through EMIS and a work IPad and IPhone will be provided.
Main duties of the job To provide operational support across Guildford and Waverley Community nursing, working with District Nurses and Clinical Leads to manage staffing including sickness, formal reviews and appraisals.
You will manage the off duty for Guildford and Waverley, ensuring a safe service.
You will also lead on Datix and incident investigations delegated from the Clinical Lead.
You will provide highly visible leadership to the Community Nursing team and support with staff development.
The role will be 40% clinical and 60% management.
Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm.
A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Procare Community Services are not a UKVI sponsoring organisation, so all candidates are required to have their own independent right to work Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand more about the opportunity this role presents you.
About us The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working.
Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community.
We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team.
We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors.
We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.
Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for specific details of this role and its responsibilities.
The post holder will ensure that patients, services users, families, and carers have a positive safe and high-quality experience when accessing and receiving care, treatment, advice and support from Procare employees and will ensure learning is shared and embedded in situations where things did not go as well as they should have.Patients are the most important people in the health service and are at the centre of primary and community health care services.
As patients and carers are the experts in how they feel and what it is like to live with or care for someone with an illness or condition, all Procare employees are guided by real experience of our services to guide quality and service improvements.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Level 1 Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration Assessor / NMC Supervisor / Mentorship Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development at Level 6 Leadership or Management Qualification Desirable Clinical Supervisor Knowledge and Experience Essential Keeps up to date with evidence-based practice and research related to nursing and health care in the community Advanced range of clinical skills and ability to undertake full assessments and physical assessments of patients including those with multiple pathology and complex health and social needs Experience prioritising conflicting workloads and demands.
Demonstrable evidence of service improvement / implementing local change following audit / policy / research / service evaluation Experience of undertaking audits, presenting feedback and owning action plans Able to demonstrate extensive experience of managing people, undertaking appraisals, investigations, formal and informal reviews, Supporting staff through HR processes