Out of Hours Clinical Team Leader
Band 7 | Fixed Term–12 months | Wokingham
Are you an experienced Community Nurse with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering high-quality care? We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Team Leader to join our busy and rewarding Berkshire Out of Hours Community Nursing Service.
Working Monday to Friday, 15:00–23:00, with occasional weekend working, you will play a key role in the day-to-day running of the service, providing clinical leadership and supporting our nursing teams across Berkshire.
You will need:
Community Nursing experience at Band 6 level
Previous leadership and team management experience
A UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, as some locations are not accessible by public transport
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including confidence in managing challenging conversations
Experience of change management, service improvement or introducing innovative practice
The ability to support, develop and motivate staff to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based care
You will work closely with Senior OOH Nurses to ensure staff are supported, appropriately inducted and competent in their roles. You will help promote proactive community care that prevents avoidable hospital admissions and supports timely discharge.
If you are a confident clinical leader who wants to make a real difference to patients in the community, we would love to hear from you!
- Day to day management of the Berkshire Out of Hours Community Nursing service
- Exercise leadership and judgment in the management of Berkshire Out of Hours Community Nursing Team to ensure good clinical practice and maintain high standards of care, and review staff practice at regular intervals.
- Responsible for the direct delivery and operational management of the service, developing rosters of staff from exiting teams to prevent inappropriate or unscheduled hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharge, across Berkshire.
- Responsible for capacity planning and management for a seven-day service and liaison with other Team Leaders to ensure equity of staffing and workload levels to meet the needs of the service.
- Assess current treatment practices, maximise cost effectiveness whilst improving outcomes.
- Operationally manage a group of staff, including appraisal and personal development planning review and delivery, performance management, leave and sickness absence.
- Supporting staff to develop and enhance their capabilities.
- Supporting colleagues in the delivery of compassionate, safe and structured care
- Work innovatively to ensure Community Service is fit for challenges and future demands.
- I.T. literate to support staff transitioning to mobile working.
Please see the full Job Description for further details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance
27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
Generous NHS pension scheme
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
- Community Nursing experience at Band 6.
- Leadership experience
- Have been involved with change management or innovative idea
- Sound communication skills to support challenging conversations.
- A full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purposes
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
If you would like to discuss this role in more detail prior to application, please contact:
Saiyad Allymamod, T: 07930914721 or email on
[email protected]
Applications for this role will be considered on a first come first serve basis and we may close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found
Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
