Community Nurse Team Manager (Tiverton)

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Role Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and well organised Community Nurse to manage the Community Nursing Team for Tiverton and the surrounding area. Based with your team from Tiverton & District Hospital, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality evidence based, place based care.

You will need to have experience in Community Nursing and leading a team. You will work closely with your colleagues across the Community Health and Social Care Pillar, including Urgent Community Response, Community Rehab and Adult Social Care.

Applications are invited from Registered Nurses with the ability to work autonomously, with effective leadership skills to be part of a team committed to excellence in patient care. If you have excellent communication and people skills, would enjoy the challenge of managing a team of community nurses and possess excellent organisational leadership skills, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

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More detail about the role:

The Community Nurse Team Manager will ensure effective day to day operational leadership of a cluster group of community nurses, ensuring that the Community Nursing service delivers its core specification within allocated resources, while managing service delivery against risks. The individual will work closely with the Clinical Matron and Community Services Manager, alongside the wider Integrated Health and Social Care Team, linking community nursing and community matrons into the complex care team.

The post-holder will line manage the wider community nursing teams, the community matrons and work closely with the Clinical Matron and Community Services Manager to ensure that cluster and practice population receive the appropriate care and treatment as close to home as possible, while ensuring that the health and social care is patient centred and delivered to a high standard.

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:30 - 16:30. This postholder will be part of the on call clinician rota for the Community Care Group, requiring occasional weekend and evening on call working.

Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 4th November 2024

For further information please contact: Victoria Martin, Community Services Manager, on 07772 626490 or victoria.martin@devon.gov.uk

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

About Us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people's own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more

It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Benefits

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you are starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available - if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.