Band 7

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 clinician wishing to develop their operational management skills to join the Horsham PCN Community Team as an operational Team Lead. The PCN Community Team provide community nursing and proactive care to patients within the home environment.

Horsham is a beautiful town nestled in West Sussex within the South Downs National Park . This includes the Counties of Hampshire, East and West Sussex. It is close to main roads for commuting either from the coastal West Sussex regions or for those living closer to London.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the leadership and coordination of care, the post holder will have a lead role in supporting development and delivery of practice standards within the PCN Community team. This will include operational leadership to the community nurses and the proactive care coordinators to ensure an integrated model of care is delivered.

The Team Lead will be responsible for day-to-day management of the team in relation to activity generated as a result of referrals being made to the MDT to ensure service outcomes and performance indicators are met

The Team Lead will be responsible for ensuring the delivering of high quality of care within the community setting working with patients proactively to enable and promote self management and independence throughout the continuum of care.

The Team Lead will be the identified link for a specific practice population to ensure all patients who have been identified as at high risk of admission or emergency placement have an agreed management plan.

To work in partnership with West Sussex County Council, Sussex Partnership NHS trust, GPs, local statutory and voluntary organizations and the Integrated Care Boards.

About us

At SCFT we believe in excellent care at the heart of the community. We encourage and expect all staff to actively promote and adhere to our values in every aspect of their work.

Compassionate careCaring for people in ways we would want for our loved ones

Achieving AmbitionsFor patients and service users, colleagues, our teams and our organisation

Working TogetherForging strong links with our patients, the public and our health and care partners, so we can rise to the challenges we face together

Delivering ExcellenceBecause our patients and partners deserve nothing less