Community Team Lead - Hackney, United Kingdom - St. Joseph's Hospice

St. Joseph's Hospice

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Hackney, United Kingdom

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Description

Location
Mare Street, Hackney, London E8 4SA

Vacancy Type
Permanent/Full Time

Department
Community Palliative Care

Hours
Full time

Working Pattern
Monday to Friday

Application Deadline
Monday, February 20, 2023

Job Profile
**Job Profile document

Job Summary

Job Title:
Community Team Lead (Band 8A)

Responsible
to:
Head of CPCT

Responsible
for:
Clinical and Line management of a community nurse locality team

Basic Function

The post holder will be responsible for providing inspirational and motivational clinical leadership to a team of nurses to deliver a high standard of specialist palliative care nursing in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team within the community setting.

This includes assessment of patient and family needs in conjunction with the multi
- disciplinary team.

The post holder is required to provide clinical leadership for a team of nurses and have the required knowledge and skills to deliver specialist palliative care in line with individual needs of patients and their families, and is able to provide expert clinical advice both internally and externally.

The post holder will create, lead and maintain a nursing culture, which is open to change, new ideas, concepts and innovation whilst influencing St Joseph's strategy and direction.

The post holder will be responsible for improving the patient experience and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care can flourish and be measured.

To act as a senior member of the care team, influencing development of the nursing team and organisation

The post holder will manage resources efficiently and effectively within agreed budgets.

The post holder will lead on a culture of learning and quality improvement in the clinical area.

Organisational Context

St Joseph's Hospice was founded in 1905 by the religious sisters of charity who retain an interest in the oversight of the Hospice.

The hospice is working to achieve its vision 2024 which has five key strands:
patients, enterprise, estates, funding and fundraising, and human resources. The hospice seeks to be an outstanding provider of palliative and end of life care. Each employee is critical to delivering and maintain those standards in accordance with the Hospice's core values.

Discretion to act

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who is responsible for acting within the scope of their professional competence
.

Scale and Impact
Management responsibility for 6-7 direct

Budget - support the Head of CPCT to ensure the service maintains a balanced budget at all times

Key accountabilities

1. Clinical Responsibilities / Clinical Management**- Ensure that planning, implementation and evaluation of total care of the patient and family is individualised, evidence based and of the highest standard and quality.

To be a leader and proactive role model with presence within the community setting integrating with the multi professional team, maintaining an overview of patient care, acting as a resource and offering guidance and support.
At regular intervals, monitor the effectiveness of clinical care provided to patients and their families in the community team by undertaking quality checks, ensuring that working practices are followed at all times and that clinical services are delivered appropriately.
Attend the multi professional team meetings to provide expert opinion on patient and clinical care issues.
Attend or chair meetings both within the hospice and externally as required.
Lead on the identification of risks which may impact upon patients and the delivery of a high quality clinical service. Promote awareness of risk management amongst junior staff and colleagues.
Ensure staff give support and advice to patients families and other health care professionals contacting the hospice, both in and out of hours, and document appropriately
Use complaints and concerns positively and proactively to review and improve the quality of the service and lead on the development and progression of action plans arising from complaints.
Ensure the Head of CPCT is informed of any significant changes in the day to day running of the community team.

2. Professional Leadership**- Demonstrate effective leadership skills and provide regular team meetings, supervision of staff, and ensuring annual appraisals & PDR's for the nursing team are completed within the time required.

Demonstrate the necessary skills to establish and maintain high level effective communication to patients, relatives and members of the multi professional team and external partners.
Work across all shift patterns to ensure high visibility, effective leadership and management of the nursing team.
In conjunction with senior colleagues within the multi professional team respond positively to change initiatives, demonstrating awareness of the imp