Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Nurse Team Manager with the Toressa Community Nursing Team. This role is split across 2 bases Torpoint and Saltash.



The successful applicant will lead and manage the operational services of a Community Nursing Locality Team, taking into account local health needs and the policy priority of developing services closer to home.



You will be responsible for the delivery and maintenance of high quality evidence based care, focussed on meeting the needs and choices of patients, carers and families, fostering positive relationships with local commissioning boards and community and voluntary organisations.



Creating an effective, integrated multi-disciplinary approach you will be responsible for working within the locality teams and ensuring the best practice guidelines and performance standards are met while meeting service targets.



You will be an autonomous practitioner responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex health and social care needs, and provide developmental leadership and management to all staff within the locality and with responsibility to form and inform future service development.



This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

Key Dimensions of the post are:

Professional and operational lead for Community Nursing Service within a given Locality. Authorised signatory and responsible for appropriate use of resources. Responsible for Quality and Governance, including Health & Safety and patient safety.

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.

We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:



Cornwall Foundation Trust



Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust



Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board



If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.



We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.



We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.



Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.



We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.



Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.



To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see 'supporting documents'.