District Nurse Team Lead / Community Nursing Team Lead- SDH&C

An opportunity has arisen to join the ICP PCN team as a Band 7 Community Nursing Team lead on a full-time (37.5 hours/week), 9 month secondment basis. The successful candidate would be welcomed into an established community nurse team who work closely with members of the wider multidisciplinary team across the PCN and across Surrey Downs Health and Care. We have a strong focus on staff support and development, encouraging opportunities for further learning.

The District Nurse Team Lead and Community Nursing Team Lead roles within Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) are Band 7 leadership positions responsible for delivering high-quality, person-centered care in the community. The role involves leading and managing a community nursing team, overseeing the assessment, planning, and implementation of care, ensuring staff development, maintaining professional standards, and contributing to clinical governance and risk management strategies.

Responsibilities and expectations (illustrative):

• Demonstrate clinical expertise and act as a professional role model to all staff, both internal and external on behalf of Surrey Downs Health and Care, working as part of a team taking the lead and developing services in line with the needs of the patient.
• Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times.
• Be accountable for assessments and care planning, and prescribing appropriately for the patient group, involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers.
• Promote the health of patients and the provision of support and advice.
• Be responsible for planning cover, appropriate staffing and skill mix ensuring adequate cover at all times.
• Provide specialist knowledge and advice to influence the Surrey Downs Health and Care strategic agenda.
• Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to procedures.
• Identify workforce planning issues and actively participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of clinical staff.
• Provide support and an appropriate learning environment for both pre and post registration students as required.
• Be responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures and standards of care, are adhered to at all times.
• Manage effectively and efficiently any budget that is within the remit of this post.
• Participate in research and development opportunities as appropriate.
• Provide assistance with the resolution of complaints within the clinical specialty, or sphere of responsibility.
• Have the ability to negotiate and work effectively across all agencies for the maximum effectiveness of care.
• Be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals.
• Lead and implement the SDH&C Clinical Governance Strategy within your practice area, facilitating and instigating clinical audit and monitoring of care.
• Lead and implement the SDH&C Risk Management Strategy within your practice area, ensuring that all processes are adhered to.
• Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines.
• Undertake any other such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post.
• Be responsible for individual timely data entry and responsible for the corporate teams data entry.

This post holder is employed to work within Surrey Downs Health and Care localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs.

Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form.

DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.