Childrens Community Nursing Team Lead

Job overview

The post holder provides clinical leadership and support to the community nursing teams. This involves managing a wide range of complex and sometimes conflicting priorities.

Implementation of and compliance with policies and procedures, including safe staffing across the outpatient and community services ensuring the delivery of high value, family centred responsive and efficient patient care.

Facilitate and provide the delivery of a high standard of patient care in conjunction with the child and their family/carers.

Support and develop family centred care.

Promote interagency multidisciplinary working by developing joint action plans, protocols, and pathways to ensure continuous quality improvement for service needs.

At all times ensure that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.

Main duties of the job

Lead and motivate the team, supporting with prioritising caseloads and self management.

To support all team members to teach and assess, support the wider nursing team to families/carers to carry out specific nursing care for a variety of conditions.

Working in collaboration with Parents/carers, acting as an advocate for the families, providing care to children and young people in accordance with the child’s plan of care to meet the nursing and therapy needs, and to liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team when changes occur.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification