Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Allied Health Professions
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (FTC or a secondment will be considered)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The Homefirst team provide a service 7 days a week)
- Job ref
- 201-25-692
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Austell Community Hospital
- Town
- St Austell
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Homefirst Team Leader
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead a multi-professional team providing support to people in their own homes within Restormel area. The Homefirst team provide a preventative, supportive and rehabilitative service, to avoid admission to an acute setting and to enable patients to recover at home safely following an acute period of illness or injury. The team also support early discharge from the acute setting, mitigating the risk of deconditioning within a hospital setting and to support patients to regain a level of independence and to remain at home safely. The team works closely with the neighbourhood integrated teams and other partner organisations, with the aim of boosting community capacity and aiming for a seamless transition between services for patients.
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Main duties of the job
Key elements of the role are: day to day coordination and supervision of a team comprising of therapists, nurses, support workers and administrative staff; providing complex case management and support; monitoring and reporting on key performance indicators; identifying new opportunities for team and service development; ensuring that the service is cost effective and efficient; and pathway development with partner organisations.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration – NMC, HCPC
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience in audit, research and evidence based practice
- Professional qualification - RMN, RNLD, RNC, OT, PT, SLT
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Previous involvement in implementing change in practice
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Clinical competencies in a range of skills ie advanced clinical assessment and care planning
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Bloomfield
- Job title
- Integrated Care Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07824483107
- Additional information
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.
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
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