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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact
- Address
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Queen Victoria Road
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear
- NE1 4LP
- Contact Number
- 0191 282 0999 option 2
Team Lead Evening and Night Nursing Service
Closed for applications on: 5-Feb-2025 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Feb-2025 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 sessions per week (This post would be working predominantly out of hours)
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 Evening & Night Nursing Service
- Interview date
- 14/02/2025
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Team Lead for the Evening and Night Nursing Service which is part of our Urgent Community Response Team based at Regent Point in Newcastle. This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative team of friendly, experienced and professional staff who provide care for patients in their own homes and care homes out of hours.
- Interview date: 14 February 2025
- 30 hours/week
- Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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- To be responsible for the operational management of the nursing team
- To support the Clinical Manager in managing the service and its resources.
- To work in partnership with community teams and services to support the delivery of high standards of patient care.
- To identify areas for potential improvement, to support the development of services.
- To demonstrate leadership of the team, taking an active role with the professional development of the workforce.
- To facilitate an environment where team members are supported to work and develop clinical practice.
- To work with the Clinical Manager to meet national, local and service priorities.
- To support the Clinical Manger to lead and manage change through a multi-skilled team approach, supporting the development of staff and services to meet identified gaps in the service and in line with Government policy.
- To work collaboratively to meet the needs of service users in order to provide greater access, choice and to enhance current service use.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be responsible for the operational management of a designated cluster of community nursing teams.
- To support the Clinical Manager in managing the service and its resources.
- To work in partnership with community team and services to support the delivery of high standards of patient care.
- To be the principal point of contact for allocated GP Practices, local statutory, private and voluntary providers, carers and service users in a designated area
- To identify areas for potential improvement, to support the development of services in line with the requirements of the commissioning body.
- To demonstrate leadership of the designated cluster of community nurses, taking an active role with the professional development of the workforce.
- To facilitate an environment where team members are supported to work and develop clinical practice.
- To work with the Clinical Manager to meet national, local and service priorities as determined by the Annual Operating Plan, Service Level Agreements and contract.
- To support the Clinical Manger to lead and manage change through a multi-skilled team approach, supporting the development of staff and services to meet identified gaps in the service and in line with Government policy.
- To work collaboratively to meet the needs of service users in order to provide greater access, choice and to enhance current service use.
- To proactively contribute to delivery of public health agenda
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (appropriate to Branch)
- Valid NMC registration
- Degree /Masters levels study or equivalent specialist study / experience
- UK Driving licence
Desirable criteria
- Master’s Degree qualification
- Leadership / management qualification
- Leadership course
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical practice in speciality, some of which will be at senior level
- Meets nursing and midwifery counsel requirements for Mentorship
- Experience of managing / leading nursing teams
- Evidence of achievement in current post and on-going professional development
- Knowledge of adult / child safeguarding
- Knowledge and understanding of current relevant NHS policy context
- Audit experience
Desirable criteria
- Research experience
- Experience of Adult / child safeguarding
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate effective leadership
- Ability to demonstrate change management
- Excellent report writing skills
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Good IT skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kerry Puga
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919627726
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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