Deputy Team Leader District Nursing

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Other

  Car Driver/Owner

• Other

  Physical effort: Ability to assess and manage risk in unpredictable working conditions

• Other

  Ability to sit/kneel in prolonged positions/cramped positions for a sustained period of time

• Other

  Ability to hoist patients/assist transfer of patients and to undertake treatment in close proximity to the patient

• Other

  Ability to move and handle patients following risk assessment and within PCT moving and handling guidelines

• Other

  Ability to frequently concentrate on the task in hand whilst also assessing and evaluating the whole situation

• Other

  Ability to manage unpredictable situations

• Other

  Ability to manage competing demands, i.e. staff, patients and organisational needs

• Other

  Ability to occasionally manage challenging behaviour i.e. verbal abuse or situations where elder abuse is suspected

• Other

  Occasional risk from exposure to blood and body fluids – required to apply Universal Infection Control procedures at all times

• Knowledge and Skills

  Evidence of professional development

• Knowledge and Skills

  Evidence of recent clinical practice

• Knowledge and Skills

  Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice

• Knowledge and Skills

  Evidence of leadership, change management and motivational skills

• Knowledge and Skills

  Knowledge and understanding of current health and social care policy, i.e. National Service Frameworks

• Knowledge and Skills

  Knowledge of evidenced based practice, i.e. NICE guidelines on Pressure Ulcers, Palliative Care and RCN guidelines Leg Ulcer Management

• Knowledge and Skills

  Knowledge of principles of Clinical Governance

• Knowledge and Skills

  Computer Literate

• Knowledge and Skills

  Experience with safeguarding vulnerable adults and children

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Ability to effectively manage the caseload, prioritize and delegate work

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Ability to work within a team of community nurses and ensure PCT policies and procedures are followed

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Ability to organize own workload, work under pressure and forward plan team activities i.e. vaccination programs and training needs

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Ability to communicate information effectively to the Primary Health Care Team and other professionals/agencies

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Effectively communicate sensitive, complex and sometimes distressing information to patients, carers and staff

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Ability to show empathy and provide reassurance

• Personal Skills and Attributes

  Maintain own professional development

• Education/ Qualification/ Training

  RGN

• Education/ Qualification/ Training

  DN Cert./Dip Limited Prescriber