Senior Nurse - Community Health and Support Team

• Provide clinical leadership and operational oversight for the Integrated Community Support Team (ICST) and Community Matron functions
• Proactive, co-ordinated and holistic care for patients with complex health and social needs
• Aim to improve health and wellbeing, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, reduce frequent GP attendances
• Supporting patients to remain living well at home
• Drive integration between ICST and Community Matron services
• Line management of the team consisting of a nurse, HCA and a Care Co-ordinator - conducting annual appraisals, mentorship and professional development
• Service development
• Collaboration - working closely with GPs, social care, frailty teams, district nurses and voluntary agencies
• Represent the service at MDT and external forums

• NHS Pension Scheme - The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefits scheme
• Life insurance
• 20% employer contribution
• Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Health service discounts
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme - Wisdom offering counselling support

Essential

• Experience of supervisingstaff/team management is preferred.
• Experience of working across health and social care boundaries.
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
• Experience in community nursing and managing long term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
• Evidence of service improvement or audit involvement.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Advanced clinical assessment skills