Out of Hours Team Leader - South Gloucestershire

Due to the expansion of our Out of Hours team, we are looking for an Out of Hours Lead to work across South Gloucestershire. The Out of Hours Service provides a range of urgent care and long-term conditions management health care interventions for service users registered with GPs aligned to the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. The teams provide a full range of nursing and therapy support skills to prevent admission to hospital, to support people to remain safe, well and as independent as possible in their own homes or care homes. The service is part of a larger service of Integrated Network Teams (INTs) enabling 24 hour, 7 days a week support.

As an Out of Hours Team Leader, you will:

• Work as an autonomous practitioner providing clinical leadership and have overall responsibility for the holistic assessment and provision of care to those on the Out of Hours caseload.
• Work collaboratively with the Team manager in providing support and management within the team to ensure that clinical governance of the service is being met.

Main duties of the job:

• Take a lead role in coordinating care within the Out of Hours team across the BNSSG providing clinical expertise to ensure effective clinical triage and prioritisation.
• Demonstrate sound clinical judgements and decisions often over the telephone that requires analysis of complex facts and situations that demand prompt action.
• Allocate and delegate staff safely and effectively to meet the needs of the patient and service.
• Manage BNSSG Out of Hours capacity within Sirona and implement capacity management escalation protocols as appropriate.
• Maintain high standards in communication with a wide range of individuals within Sirona and other external organisations.
• Maintain accurate, informative, legal and contemporaneous records of all interventions in accordance with Sirona care & health policy and The Code Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) principles and practice.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual, patient-centred interventions drawing on a wide range of specialist knowledge gained from practical experience and specific training.
• Have an up to date working knowledge of acute, chronic and terminal illness management, underpinned by research, including public health interventions.
• Have in depth knowledge and be competent in a broad range of clinical skills including catheterisation, pain management, wound care, IV medication after specific training and more.

About us:

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we would love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire. We offer an Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential:

• BSc or equivalent experience in adult nursing
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning

Skills, knowledge and experience Essential:

• Effective communication skills written, verbal and non-verbal
• Able to adapt communication for individuals with communication difficulties
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions
• Able to work autonomously and as a team member with the ability to know when to seek appropriate advice/guidance from senior staff
• Good problem-solving skills
• Effective time management and caseload management
• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Competent IT skills

Desirable:

• Experience of the application of health, safety and risk management policies
• Working with a range of professionals in Health or Social Care

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.