SMASH (Sandbach, Middlewich, Alsager, Scholar Green, Haslington) Care Community, part of the Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking team as a District Nurse Team Leader.
This is a permanent, full time post working with the SMASH Team leading our amazing caring compassionate team within the wider Alsager Care Community.
Our ethos is making every contact count supporting the “Right Professional, Right Place, Right Time and Right Skill” approach to patient care. As a result of this you will empower our patients and your team to be the very best that they can be in order to provide a high-quality service and positive patient experience. We pride ourselves in a truly integrated approach and value every member of the MDT.
SMASH Care Community is a friendly, supportive and collaborative team we have an open mindset and every member of the team counts!! We can offer regular 1 to 1s, access to leadership support and opportunities for ongoing training to support your personal and professional development. If this fits with what you are looking for we look forward to hearing from you soon.
We are looking for a District Nurse who possess experience of working within the community setting, you will have a broad set of clinical skills and the ability to provide supportive leadership and operational management to the wider community nurse team. This role will require you to have overall responsibility for the caseloads within Alsager SMASH DN Team to ensure that high quality, efficient and safe care is provided.
You will report into the respective Community Operational Manager who will support and guide you through regular 1-1 meetings. This role will also give you experience of working with our partners within the wider Integrated Care System.
We are looking for caring, understanding, enthusiastic and flexible leader who possesses the clinical, leadership and digital skills to promote quality improvement for a local population.
In return you will benefit from a structured and robust induction package and the development of competencies within a very supportive team. You will also have an allocated mentor to work alongside you during the induction and probation process.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Fanthorpe-Lowe Job title: Community Operational Manager SMASH Email address: Rebecca.Fanthorpe-Lowe@mcht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07551883302