Senior Nurse - Community Urgent Response Team

This post is within Community Urgent Response Team (CURT) and involves supporting the Service and Operational Leads in providing dynamic, professional leadership within the designated service structure in Unplanned Services. The post holder will be responsible for managing and monitoring core functions within CURT. They will actively support the team leader in providing information and performing delegated management tasks. They will also maintain a clinical function within CURT. In managing CURT, the post holder will be expected to operate autonomously to deal with the day to day management issues, adhering to policies and procedures to support the band 7 Team lead. This will include escalation to the Operational Lead/Matron where appropriate. The post holder will be accessible and have a visible presence, advising and supporting CURT, patients and their families/ carers to ensure effective patient care across the whole patient pathway. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring
that all staff are fully competent and possess the appropriate clinical skills to deliver a high standard of care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

To manage and take continued responsibility for the day to day running of the Community Urgent Response Team.

Delegation, management and supervision of workload of other staff within the team.

Responsibility for identifying own training needs.

Carrying out PADRs of those grades reporting to the jobholder.

Provide a structured induction and training programme for new members of staff.

Work clinically as needed to assist with the operational pressures of the service.

Participate in the recruitment process.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.