Operational Lead for Community Nursing

An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for Operational Lead for Community Nursing, where you'll drive service excellence, lead transformational change, and support our community nursing teams. This is a rewarding opportunity to manage and support staff, champion innovation, and ensure high-quality care delivery in the heart of the community.

Key Skills Required

• Registered District Nurse qualification
• Proven experience in leading change and service improvement
• Strong people management and team leadership skills
• Excellent communication and organisational abilities
• Responsible for the operational leadership and management of designated Community Nursing Teams.
• To actively lead the development of community nursing teams through staff engagement and workforce development.
• To work with community, primary and secondary care services, supporting the development, facilitation and implementation of robust strategies for admissions avoidance and hospital discharge.
• Establish effective working partnerships with all members of the Inter-disciplinary Team (IDT) and multi-agency team within Community, Primary and secondary care to develop effective patient pathways between services.
• To work with appropriate professional leads and clinical/operational managers to ensure professional development of all staff within the integrated care team.
• Actively engage with partner agencies in developing effective and efficient Integrated Community Teams across Sheffield.
• Work with appropriate colleagues to implement Safeguarding Adult policies ensuring robust reporting mechanisms are in place within the business unit.
• To engage with the clinical governance agenda of the Directorate, Care Group and wider organisations.
• To develop and maintain effective relationships and networks with all stakeholders.
• Line manage the staff in the pathway ensuring personal objectives are aligned with the service and care group objectives to achieve key performance targets.
  
  

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebekah Matthews Job title: Assistant Head of Integrated Community Care Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07973801783