Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

The Lower Limb Service Nurse Co-ordinator is an exciting role for a Registered Nurse (RN12-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

The post holder will achieve this by offering specific lower limb advice and support to patients and their care givers, with a particular focus on coordinating the lower limb care service offer in the Locality team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder, with the support of the team lead, will lead and manage the lower limb service within the Locality team and be responsible for the management of the service caseload ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients and their families in the community.

He/she will work as part of the integrated community health care team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies he/she will deliver individualised care to patients.

The Lower Limb Service Nurse Coordinator works without direct supervision and provides leadership to the community nursing team supporting the service, with the support of the team lead.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – LondonThis post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5, 735 per annum).

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Please ensure you meet the person specifications and have the relevant qualifications required for the role.

The successful applicant must be flexible, car driver, a good team worker, used to working under pressure, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and other members of the MDT.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities Awareness of the content and application in practice of the NMC code of professional conduct Extensive range of clinical skills including assessment Manage, implement and evaluate complex health care needs and make recommendations Understand the importance of disease management and rehabilitation in the community Effective management of team members, planning and delegating of caseload appropriately An understanding of working within budgetary and resource constraints Aware of current policy and professional, primary and social care issues An understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice Provide statistical data and reports as required for service delivery Understand the need for confidentiality when relating patients condition to relatives Ensure all risks are assessed and appropriate action taken to eliminate any risks Make recommendations as necessary and improve service delivery

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Current NMC registration – Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Prescriber/Non medical Prescriber or willing to undertake Post Graduate qualification in relevant field Mentorship Qualification Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable criteria

Specialist Community Practitioner (District Nursing) Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive experience of working within adult services Experience of providing support and supervision to community team members Experience of facilitating groups/meetings Evidence of teaching and assessing individuals Project leadership experience Evidence of providing complex package pf care Evdience of innovations in practise Ability to mange staff conflict and difficult situations Experience of ensuring practise is evidence based Experience of clinical audit

Other

Essential criteria

To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values. To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area Involvement in providing learning environment for students Enthusiastic approach and ability to enthuse others to develop and increase their responsibilities within the team Excellent role model Able to work flexibly and respond to changing demands in workload/environment Approachable Applicant will need to be a car driver with valid UK licence with access to vehicle for work

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

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 whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.