BST/Community Nurse Team Leader- Wolverhampton

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, committed and experienced leader to join the Community Learning Disability team in Wolverhampton as a Behaviour Support team & Community Nurse Manager.  We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills and an understanding of the support needs of people with learning disabilities and other co-morbidities which may include behaviour that challenges others and mental health needs. The behaviour support team /community nurse manager will work in collaboration of other members of the multi-disciplinary team and will be committed to high quality health outcomes for people with learning disabilities in Wolverhampton.

Main duties of the job

• To be accountable to the Service Manager and to have designated responsibility for the first line management and co-ordination of the BST/Community Learning Disability Nurses.
• To proactively lead and manage staff in order to provide personalised and appropriate care and support to people with learning disabilities who have complex needs.
• To ensure effective liaison between other services to ensure a multi-disciplinary team approach.
• To be responsible for implementing service development, resource allocation and policy development.
• To ensure team activity is in line with required performance parameters and quality standards.
• To be responsible for the supervision and appraisal of team members.
• To ensure clinical care is evaluated for effectiveness and promotes optimum health and well-being and meets agreed outcome measures.
• To be part of a multi-professional team providing specialist clinical learning disability nursing services for people over 18 years of age with a learning disability, presenting with complex needs and / or mental health problems and their carers.
• To be responsible for assessment of an individual’s care needs and provide a range of clinical expertise and design appropriate interventions in the care and treatment of adults with a learning disability.

• To teach and mentor nursing and non-nursing staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and person specification for more in depth description.

Management

• To provide leadership, direction, motivation and guidance to the team.
• Ensure delegation of work appropriate to the skill and grade of staff.
• Monitor team case load sizes and ensure effective outcomes.
• To undertake annual performance reviews for team members and feedback on performance at regular intervals throughout the year.
• To display, promote and monitor high standards of organisational skills, planning and priority setting both clinically and organisationally.
• To monitor own clinical caseload and those of the team, including care plans, case reviews and to participate in any relevant meetings.
• To maintain, as required, record keeping within NMC and Trust Guidelines and provide clinical activity information as required. The post holder should also be cognisant of the communication of confidential information in line with the Data Protection Act and Caldicott Guidelines.
• To develop and co-ordinate the induction for Community LD Nurses and fully contribute to the induction of other members as relevant.
• To co-ordinate and manage the work place for both pre-registered and post registered student nurses, liaising with schools of nursing and universities.
• To ensure work place audits are maintained and supported.
• To comply with the Health and Safety at Work and fire regulations in the work place.
• To seek own clinical supervision when appropriate.
• To provide managerial supervision, to team members.

Leadership:

• To practice within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Develop the workforce and contribute to service re-design, development and delivery.
• To represent Community Learning Disability Nurses at organisational forums as appropriate.
• To devise and implement clinical care pathways and protocols for continued service improvement and safe and effective delivery of care and support.
• To be actively involved in safeguarding adults and to represent Learning Disability Nurses within the wider health and social care economy.
• To lead team in clinical audit and risk management.
• To be professionally accountable for the effective and efficient management of caseloads.
• To be responsible for the setting of the highest standards of care within the resources available and to review and monitor these on a continuous basis through the process of audit, including case review, on-going supervision, and appraisals of self and others.
• To lead and encourage a positive approach to health education and health promotion.
• To participate in ensuring that accommodation, equipment and consumable goods are efficiently and effectively requisitioned, safely used, disposed and replaced.
• To participate in the investigation of complaints, concerns or incidents in accordance with level of experience.
• To encourage comments and suggestions on improving the quality of the service in liaison with Service Manager.
• To be actively involved in the recruitment and selection of staff in conjunction and liaison with the Service Manager.
• To undertake generic and Health and Safety risk assessments as appropriate, and report findings to the Team Manager/Professional Leads and be involved in adverse incident reporting.
• Advice and influence local and regional policy, strategy and operational practice in relation to health needs of people with learning disabilities.