Ward Based Interventional Lead Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust (NCHC) for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 7 Intervention Lead Nurse to join our 12-month practice driven intervention study to facilitate the Therapeutic Optimisation (THEO) participatory action research study using practice development approaches at ward level You will be working as part of the clinical team as an experienced staff member and will focus on approaches to enhance and improve highly effective clinical interactions with colleagues, patients their families and significant others. We are looking for someone to work in collaboration with the existing ward manager and team, to be an excellent clinical role model with excellent guiding and coaching skills with the patient at the centre of everything that we do., We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic, experienced and motivated nurse with a proven track record for organising and providing patient care of the highest standard. Alongside experience of guiding, enabling and coaching skills to enable participation in practice driven innovation. And collaborating with partners at local Trust level and working closely with Staffordshire University and the University of East Anglia (as the Academic Collaborators).

• Be a forward thinking, innovative person with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Have NMC registration
• Be organised, highly self motivated and engaged
• Have considerable clinical nursing experience in a variety of settings
• Have excellent guiding and coaching skills
• have excellent inter-personal skills to lead, work alongside and motivate the multidisciplinary team
• need to be motivated in participatory approaches and implementing changes in collaboration with others
• Experience of successful clinical practice change
• Experience of working to protocols and guidelines
• Experience of clinical audit/ quality improvement
  
  Norfolk Community Health and Care actively works towards improving patient care using national programmes e.g. Discharge to Assess and Accreditation. Across Norfolk and Waveney, the National Hospital Discharge Service: Policy and Operating Model is being implemented which alongside the NHS Long Term Plan is placing greater emphasis on community services and supporting patients in their own homes. Overall, this is an exiting time to join Norfolk Community Health and Care and lead an inpatient team.
The community hospitals are part of the Community Beds and System Operations portfolio. Other services within this portfolio are the Operations Centre based at Norwich Community Hospital, the Inpatient Medical Team, and the Community Access Team based at NNUH who provide an admission avoidance service in the Emergency Department and lead on admissions into the community hospitals. Come and join a friendly, supportive team with excellent and collaborative working practices.