Lead Nurse

Job summary

37.5 hours per week

The main focus of the job role is to to minimise unnecessary hospital admissions and ensure prompt discharges, in alignment with Trust Initiatives. This will require the post holder to establish links with the UECC, SDEC and AMU and other teams, and wards within the Acute Trust, to establish the new integrated pathways. This role is pivotal in orchestrating a smooth and efficient patient care journey.

The post holder will co-ordinate the patients journey providing excellent care and develop consistent approaches to the strategic management of patients through training, education, mentorship, policy and guideline development, audit, research and implementation of evidence based practice.

The post holder will use various methods of communication to challenge existing practice about clinical decision making with senior Health Care Professionals to ensure patients are able to access the most appropriate clinical pathway. This will require the post holder to demonstrate excellent negating and influencing skills along with high level clinical expertise and awareness about the wider community services.

The post holder will have a Trust- wide responsibility to promote clinical excellence in the caring of patients presenting to their area by providing clinical service and support to nursing staff and other colleagues with the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Establishing efficient cooperation with the Acute Trust staff during ward rounds and MDTs to discuss patient cases effectively.

To be a pivotal member of the Team. Seeing patients in a variety of settings including (not Limited to) new referrals to the speciality, undertaking telephone calls including telephone triage when required and participating in ward rounds.

Work as an autonomous practitioner. Managing and prioritising own workload.

Work autonomously and to be effective and responsible for supporting others and exploring mechanisms to develop new ways of working.

Showcasing strong clinical leadership, providing supervision and support to the nursing team to advance clinical excellence

Promoting open and effective communication about complex or challenging issues, overcoming any barriers to communication.

Job responsibilities

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.