East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Clinical Team Leader - District Nursing Service
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced, and highly motivated nurse to join the East Lancashire District Nursing Service as a Clinical Team Leader.
We are looking for a dynamic leader with significant community nursing experience at Band 6 level or above who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care, supporting staff development, and driving service improvement. The successful candidate will hold, or be working towards, the Community Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing and demonstrate a commitment to clinical excellence and compassionate leadership.
Responsibilities
As a Clinical Team Leader, you will provide clinical and operational leadership, ensuring safe, high-quality care across the locality. You will support staff development through supervision, mentorship, and professional development while promoting high standards of practice.
- Provide clinical and operational leadership.
- Ensure safe, high-quality care.
- Support staff development through supervision, mentorship, and professional development.
- Promote high standards of practice.
You will contribute to service development and quality improvement, champion evidence-based practice, uphold professional standards, and work collaboratively with colleagues, patients, carers, and partner organisations to improve outcomes and patient experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to service development and quality improvement.
- Champion evidence-based practice.
- Uphold professional standards.
- Collaborate with colleagues, patients, carers, and partner organisations.
The service operates 7 days a week, including evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays, and requires flexibility to work a rotational shift pattern. Base location and working hours will be discussed at interview.
Working Conditions
- Operates 7 days a week, including evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
- Requires flexibility to work a rotational shift pattern.
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We support flexible working wherever possible, promoting work-life balance while delivering high-quality patient care.
Flexible Working
- Supports flexible working wherever possible.
- Promotes work-life balance.
The post holder carries overall responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care within the district nursing service. They will ensure the daily organisation, operational management, and evaluation of the district nursing team ensuring systems are in place to secure comprehensive service delivery for the local population. They will ensure collaborative working across divisions, with General Practitioners, partner professionals and agencies to secure care closer to home and positive outcomes for patients and their families. They will be responsible for the budget for the designated team ensuring financial balance and any cost improvement programmes are realised. S/he will provide the leadership, direction, and line management necessary for effective and efficient service delivery and will support the Matron in the delivery of strategic and organisational initiatives and priorities, including infection prevention and control, the promotion of harm free care, and reducing avoidable bed days/admissions, whilst maintaining high standards of clinical practice and professional conduct.
Key Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.
- Ensure the daily organisation, operational management, and evaluation of the district nursing team.
- Ensure systems are in place to secure comprehensive service delivery.
- Ensure collaborative working across divisions, with General Practitioners, partner professionals and agencies.
- Responsible for the budget for the designated team ensuring financial balance and any cost improvement programmes are realised.
- Provide leadership, direction, and line management necessary for effective and efficient service delivery.
- Support the Matron in the delivery of strategic and organisational initiatives and priorities.
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Full UK driving license with access to a vehicle is essential.
Requirements
- Full UK driving license with access to a vehicle.
Established in 2003, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute and community healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
About Us
- Established in 2003.
- A large integrated health care organisation.
- Provides high quality acute and community healthcare.
The organisation puts safety and quality at the heart of everything we do, invests in and develops its workforce, works with key stakeholders to develop effective partnerships and encourages innovation and pathway reform to deliver best practice.
Our Values
- Safety and quality at the heart of everything we do.
- Invests in and develops its workforce.
- Works with key stakeholders to develop effective partnerships.
- Encourages innovation and pathway reform to deliver best practice.
We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
Our Team
- Employs over 8,000 staff.
- Many staff are internationally renowned and have won awards.
The District Nursing Service provides a supportive environment and provides staff with many professional development opportunities.
Professional Development
- Provides a supportive environment.
- Offers many professional development opportunities.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jayne Merchant
- Job title: Community Matron
- Email address: jayne.merchant@elht.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07943 580583
The service welcomes informal enquiries and site visits from prospective candidates.
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