East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead- Ipswich East
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Band 7 Lead Community Nurse
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the IP4 Ipswich East Integrated Neighbourhood Team, based at Constantine House (IP1 2DH). This is a fixed term, full-time 10-month post for a Band 7 Lead Community Nurse.
About the Role
The role will involve day-to-day leadership and management of the Nursing team, passing on knowledge and advice, service development opportunities, and enhancing clinical leadership skills.
You will support the delivery of a high-quality, safe, and compassionate healthcare service and provide professional leadership for the staff employed within the nursing service based within the team.
You will be primarily working alongside the 3 other established Band 7 nurse leads in Area 4 (Ipswich East and West INT), with the additional support of the Integrated Neighbourhood Team Manager and as a triumvirate with the Therapy and Social Care Leads within the team.
Responsibilities
- Responsibility for the provision of nursing services within the Integrated team to the local community. Including the development and implementation of new initiatives within nursing services here in Ipswich East.
- Responsibility to support, maintain, and develop best practice among the team to ensure quality care provision to patients and their carers and families.
- Responsibility to manage and oversee the complex cases liaising with specialist services and multidisciplinary team to ensure a coordinated care approach for patients while supporting staff to feel able and confident to care for such complexity of patient need.
- Ability to act as a role model motivating and empowering staff within the Nursing and wider INT team.
- Expectation to support further development of the Integrated Team welcoming new services and staff joining the team. Working professionally with different disciplines, professionals, and organizations to achieve the best patient outcomes.
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About the Organisation
We are ESNEFT, and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics, and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organizations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
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Application Details
Applications are invited from experienced Nurses who hold the District Nurse Specialist Practice qualification and have experience working at a Band 6.
Please see the attached Job description for further details regarding the essential criteria.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Hollie Rackham
- Job title: Integrated Neighbourhood Team Manager
- Email address: hollie.rackham@esneft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07753 421500
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