Team Lead/Caseload manager

Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition.

We have an opportunity for a qualified and skilled Caseload Manager to join our Community Nursing Team.

Our community nursing service provides case load management for housebound patients to support their nursing needs and enabling them to self-care. Nurses within the team are supported to develop advanced skills to manage the complexity of patients seen.

Main duties of the job

As a senior clinician, you will undertake holistic assessments, planning appropriate care and delivering clinical interventions to meet the various needs of patients on your caseload.

You will offer health education advice and promote independence in all consultations so you can support your patients to manage their complex long-term conditions appropriately and maintain their independence.

Good clinical skills and an understanding of complex disease management is essential at this level.

Your continued professional development is expected in the field of long-term conditions and you are expected to have completed or will be completing the Specialist Practitioner District Nurse qualification. Acting as an assessor and supervisor to our Academy and university students as well as junior colleagues in order to develop their skills and competencies and act as a role model for the profession.

For more information about the role and the community difference, please get in touch.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.