District Nurse Team Leader - Kington

Job overview

We encourage early application as we reserve the right to close this post once sufficient candidates have applied.

District Nurse Team Lead - Kington

We are the Kington District Nursing Team, a dedicated team providing excellent planned and unplanned nursing care to patients in their own homes. We aim to deliver high quality care to improve health & wellbeing and to support our patients to remain living at home. We pride ourselves in being hard-working, supportive, friendly & flexible.

We are based in the rural town of Kington nestled within the beautiful County of Herefordshire – covering 600 square miles of Herefordshire. This rural area has many areas of outstanding beauty.

We currently have a part-time team leader and are seeking a colleague who shares our passion for caring for people in their own homes, strives towards excellence in community nursing and with a keen interest in service development and quality improvement. We’re keen to recruit a colleague with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the overall management of the team caseload and the rota. Ensuring the right skill mix and workforce development are key elements of the role.

You will lead on recruitment, training and reporting supported by the Community Nursing Matron and General Manager. You will undertake some clinical work in a wide range of nursing interventions.

This roles requires you to have excellent organisational skills, an ability to build relationships with internal and external colleagues and an appetite for innovation. You should be able to evidence the ability to lead and motivate others and be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Good IT skills are a must!

Whilst we value the Specialist Practitioner Qualification (SPQ), we will consider applications from those without it, but may have something at an equivalent level/relevant experience. It is the leadership ability that we need to support the team and our patients.

It includes working weekends and bank holidays as part of a rota and late shifts until 8pm. You must be able to drive and have access to a car. There are opportunities for lease cars.

If you have the right values for the WVT you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement & audits.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.