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The Care Home Team deliver care for residential homes across Hertsmere, St Albans and Harpenden, Dacorum & Watford.As a Band 6 Deputy Team Lead, you will be responsible for caseload managing the care of patients within residential homes within a geographical locality. You will line manage a small group of Band 5s, 4s, and 3s, ensuring that you nurture them to continue to be autonomous, skilled practitioners. You need to have strong assessment skills and will be well supported clinically, with a dedicated Band 7 nurse for the team, good access to Practice Development Nurses and link nurses aligned to the team to enable you to grow professionally, and encouraged to participate in numerous training opportunities provided by the CLCH Academy Team. There will be a requirement to work 1 in 4 weekends, and to work across the geographical locality depending on service need. The core hours of the service are 8am-6pm 7 days per week. The role will involve travel between homes and across the localities, occasionally assisting the other teams with visits in patients’ own homes, so access to a car for work purposes and a full driving license is essential.If you want to work with strong, supportive teams who have a real emphasis on listening to clinicians and are an experienced nurse wanting to progress in a leadership role, we would recommend you make your application to us.Key Responsibilities:To set and maintain standards of care and deploy, co-ordinate and supervise the nursing team and learners as required. To provide leadership and management to a team of community nurses and other staff covering the four localities across Herts Valleys. To be responsible for the team’s assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care to patients living in a residential home. The service is provided seven days per week 8pm-8am. To be responsible for the team’s maintenance of patient and other records. To participate in the long-term management of patients within the locality. To have continued responsibility for a defined caseload.Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!We can offer you: A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply (band 5 and above) Flexible working options Annual travel card loan Training, support and development in your careerTo have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here:CLCH BenefitsThis advert closes on Thursday 17 Apr 2025.#J-18808-Ljbffr