Lead Nurse

As the Rapid Access Service Clinical Lead Nurse, you will be expected to be a competent Senior Nurse who is able to adapt to any of the 3 sub-services. Urgent Community Response (previously Rapid Response), Virtual Ward and Discharge to Assess (accelerated discharge service). You will be part of a community team where your proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Manage the workforce planning in the team, managing recruitment and selection of personnel and ongoing performance management including appraisals and objective setting.

Manage the governance of the service covering the investigation of complaints and incidents to ensure lessons learnt are shared and implemented.

To manage the clinical performance of staff, ensuring that their interventions are commensurate with the required competency.

Manage relationships with the acute trust and partner community provider communicating regularly and working together to develop joint processes and policies.

Establish effective communication links with community colleagues supporting integrated working to manage smooth a hand over of care.

Lead on the service development of the team implementing Lean principles to maximise productivity and extending the remit of team into other areas of working.

Manage the development of new policies and processes to support the development and appropriate governance of the service.

To ensure nursing and therapy care delivered by the team is technically excellent, expressly personal and ensures patients and carers dignity is enhanced.

To address distressing and emotional need of patients and carers in an exemplary manner.

To undertake highly skilled and complex nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient care.

To make skilled clinical decisions and communicate the rationale clearly.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing intiatives for staff.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

Please see the attached person specification and job description for further information regarding this role.