Female Nurse Team Leader

• Pay Rate 1: £22 per hour – Monday to Friday, Days, 8.00am to 8.00pm
• Pay Rate 2: £24 per hour – Monday to Friday, Waking Nights, 8.00pm to 8.00am
• Pay Rate 3: £24 per hour – Weekends and Bank Holidays, Days, 8.00am to 8.00pm
• Pay Rate 4: £25 per hour – Weekends and Bank Holidays, Waking Nights, 8.00pm to 8.00am

Hours: Full-time – approximately 40-42 hours per week (for example 30 hours care per week and 12 hours admin to be worked flexibly), day shifts available.

Driver required? Essential, to drive Verity\’s wheelchair adapted vehicle, automatic.

Accommodation (while on duty): Own room with toilet and tea making facilities for sleeping night shifts.
Pets: The family have 1 small dog who sleeps in the carers room.
Interviews to be held: Initial telephone interview as and when applications are received then a face to face interview to follow should your application be successful.
Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

Are you a compassionate and experienced Registered Nurse? Do you thrive in a leadership role and enjoy working in a professional, person-centred care environment?

Verity is in her mid-40s and lives independently in her own home with the support of a dedicated team of Support Workers who provide 24-hour care. She has an acquired brain injury and is looking for a Nurse Team Leader to join her care team. Someone who can bring clinical expertise, warmth, and strong leadership to her daily life and to support her team.

Verity is a vibrant individual with a great sense of humour who enjoys social activities such as quizzes, watching TV and films and planning for special occasions like Christmas and birthdays. She loves going out to the cinema, theatre and shopping, and has her own wheelchair-accessible vehicle for outings. Whilst Verity does not communicate verbally, she expresses her needs and feelings through body language and facial expressions. Her family and support team play an important role in interpreting these cues to ensure her comfort and wellbeing. Verity is registered blind, so her care team describes her surroundings and activities to keep her fully engaged.

As Nurse Team Leader, you will;

• Deliver safe, effective nursing care in Verity’s home and in the community.
• Lead and co-ordinate a team of Support Workers, ensuring high standards of care.
• Provide clinical interventions including PEG feeding, suctioning, respiratory care, catheter care and pressure care.
• Monitor Verity’s health and respond to changes with timely interventions.
• Support Verity with personal care, communication and social activities.
• Work closely with Verity’s family, Case Manager, and multidisciplinary team including therapists.
• Maintain care records, update care plans, manage rotas, supervise staff and oversee training and development.
• Bring clinical expertise, warmth and strong leadership to Verity\’s daily life and to support her care team.

Why Join Verity’s Team as Nurse Team Leader?

• A truly rewarding role where your clinical skills, care and compassion make a daily impact.
• A supportive family and care team who value professionalism, collaboration and kindness.
• Opportunities for professional development and enhancing clinical and care skills.

Ready to lead by example and make a difference in Verity’s life?

Apply now and become part of a team where your expertise and empathy will be truly valued.

Pay and Benefits

• Sickness entitlement
• Pension (subject to qualifying status)
• Free DBS check
• Employee Assistance Programme (including legal and financial advice, as well as wellbeing support)

In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:

• Comprehensive training and Induction
• Relevant training opportunities
• On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department
• Regular clinical supervision/review meetings

Safeguarding

ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.

Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.

About You

Main Skills and Behaviours

• A Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN/RNLD) with current NMC registration and demonstration of post registration experience.
• Knowledge and experience in complex care, brain injury or community nursing.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills with experience of managing or leading a team.
• Ability to manage clinical tasks and support a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A proactive, empathetic and cheerful approach to care.
• Experience of formulating appropriate care plans and risk assessments for clients.
• Able to maintain effective working relationships, including the utilisation of the appropriate person management skills required to lead, train and support a team of support workers.
• Must be able to work with specialist equipment (training will be provided). A Handling Management Plan is available and is designed to reduce the risk of handling injuries, but you may be required to bend, kneel, squat, push or pull.
• Able to develop an appropriate range of activities and willing to participate in a variety of outdoor activities.
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and to respect our client and their family\’s need for privacy.
• Able to practice as a competent Support Worker and provide evidence to demonstrate this.
• A team player who understands the importance of feedback to qualified members of the team.
• Good organisational skills who can adhere to standards and quality requirements.
• Good written skills and the ability to keep adequate written records of care given.
• Confident about working in client’s own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of the family.
• Patient, tolerant with a proactive and encouraging approach.
• Responsible attitude and able to use own initiative.
• Good sense of humour, cheerful and a positive attitude.
• Reliable, trustworthy and a good communicator.
• Adaptable to change and open to learning opportunities.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Confident with using IT.
• Able to ensure consistency of approach.
• Willing to travel.
• Ability to work additional hours as required.
• Able to work flexible hours, sometimes at short notice.
• Full driving license (endorsements to be disclosed) and able to drive the client’s automatic transmission wheelchair adapted vehicle.
• Experience of carrying out therapy programmes.
• Previous experience of managing and organising the maintenance of specialist equipment for disabled people.
• Basic understanding of the principles of rehabilitation.
• Own car.

About Us

ILS CaseManagementis the UK\’s leading nationwide Case Management company.

When a person’s life has been changed by injury, we address the practicalities. We work with children and adults who have had moderate or catastrophic, complex injuries. We assess individual needs and are able to provide a comprehensive Case Management designed to maximise independence. We are CQC registered and compliant with their standards.

Our Case Managers work closely with our Clients, and we carry out all the recruitment processes on behalf of our Clients; and will support you, from your initial telephone interview right through to arranging employer interviews, trial shifts and placement.

If you are successfully recruited, you will be employed directly by our client or their Deputy appointed by the Court of Protection. However, ILS will manage your day to day employment, providing you with the support you need to carry out your role. Working as a Carer or Support Worker for an ILS client means that you will have a dedicated Case Manager to oversee your client\’s care needs.

We are Supportive. us that our clients and staff know that we care.

We have Integrity. We can be trusted to work in a professional, honest and transparent way.

We are Client Centred. We put our client\’s aspirations at the centre of everything we do.

We are Quality Focussed. We set high standards and aim to exceed them.

We are Positive. We find solutions and empower others.