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Locality Team Leader Nurse • Esher
Princess Alice Hospice

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1. Can you describe your leadership style and how you would foster a self-coaching environment within your team? Can you describe your leadership style and how you would foster a self-coaching environment within your team?

2. Give an example of a time when you motivated a team during a challenging situation. What strategies did you employ? Give an example of a time when you motivated a team during a challenging situation. What strategies did you employ?

3. How do you approach conflict resolution within a team setting, especially in a multi-disciplinary environment? How do you approach conflict resolution within a team setting, especially in a multi-disciplinary environment?

4. Describe a situation where you had to implement changes in practice based on new developments in palliative care. How did you manage the transition within your team? Describe a situation where you had to implement changes in practice based on new developments in palliative care. How did you manage the transition within your team?

5. With at least 60% of the role involving direct clinical care, how do you balance leadership responsibilities with direct patient interaction? With at least 60% of the role involving direct clinical care, how do you balance leadership responsibilities with direct patient interaction?

6. What impact do you believe the latest advancements in palliative care have on your clinical practice? Can you provide an example? What impact do you believe the latest advancements in palliative care have on your clinical practice? Can you provide an example?

7. How do you ensure that patients and their families receive a seamless package of care, especially when liaising with external agencies? How do you ensure that patients and their families receive a seamless package of care, especially when liaising with external agencies?

8. What role do you think ongoing education plays in delivering high-quality palliative care, and how would you promote a learning environment for your team? What role do you think ongoing education plays in delivering high-quality palliative care, and how would you promote a learning environment for your team?

9. Can you share an example of a successful educational program you developed or delivered? What was the outcome? Can you share an example of a successful educational program you developed or delivered? What was the outcome?

10. How do you keep abreast of current developments in specialist palliative care, and how do you translate this knowledge into practice for your team? How do you keep abreast of current developments in specialist palliative care, and how do you translate this knowledge into practice for your team?

11. Describe a time when you had to communicate complex information to a patient or their family. How did you ensure clarity and understanding? Describe a time when you had to communicate complex information to a patient or their family. How did you ensure clarity and understanding?

12. How do you build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, patients, and their families? How do you build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, patients, and their families?

13. In your opinion, what are the essential communication skills required for a nurse leader in the hospice setting? In your opinion, what are the essential communication skills required for a nurse leader in the hospice setting?

14. How do you ensure that your own professional registration and skills are up to date in line with current practice? How do you ensure that your own professional registration and skills are up to date in line with current practice?

15. What steps would you take to engage your team in achieving the strategic aims of the hospice? What steps would you take to engage your team in achieving the strategic aims of the hospice?

16. How would you contribute to the Hospice Governance arrangements and ensure that clinical guidelines are adhered to? How would you contribute to the Hospice Governance arrangements and ensure that clinical guidelines are adhered to?

17. How do you approach the integration of clinical volunteers into the team, and what role do they play in patient care? How do you approach the integration of clinical volunteers into the team, and what role do they play in patient care?

18. Can you discuss your experience with multi-professional caseload management? How do you ensure all team members are adequately informed about patients? Can you discuss your experience with multi-professional caseload management? How do you ensure all team members are adequately informed about patients?

19. What do you find most rewarding and challenging about working in palliative care, and how do you cope with these challenges? What do you find most rewarding and challenging about working in palliative care, and how do you cope with these challenges?

20. What attracted you to the position at Princess Alice Hospice, and how do you align with our values of making a difference in the lives of patients and their families? What attracted you to the position at Princess Alice Hospice, and how do you align with our values of making a difference in the lives of patients and their families?

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Role: Locality Team Leader Nurse in Esher

Interviewed on Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 14:56.

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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nLocality Team Leader Nurse with Princess Alice Hospice in Esher, Surrey\n\n PLEASE APPLY VIA OUR WEBSITE: WWW.PAH.ORG.UK We are looking for an experienced Nurse to take on team leader responsibilities of one of our team localities. Working under the clinical leadership of the Associate Director of Patient Care and Communities, you will adopt a person-centered, coaching approach to the leadership of a locality team, fostering self-coaching, team working, self-awareness, personal growth and professional competence. With responsibilities for line management of the multi professional locality team and ability to deputise when needed. A minimum of 60% of time will be spent in direct clinical care. You will ensure clinical practice is reflective of current developments in Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care. Promote a learning environment and participate in the development and delivery of educational programs. PLEASE APPLY VIA OUR WEBSITE: WWW.PAH.ORG.UK You will be motivated, have excellent communication skills and clear leadership capabilities. You should have a relevant degree or diploma and its essential that you have Palliative care or oncology experience. If you are enthusiastic, personable and share our values and care about making a difference in the last years of someones life, we would love to hear from you! As well as joining a caring organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include: About us Team Leadership Under supervision by the Associate Director Patient Care and Communities, create a self-coaching team environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking, and cohesive team work. Provide the team with a vision around how their objectives link to the Hospice strategy. Motivate and inspire team members. Coach people in order to help them: Develop new skills and recognise and use their and each others talents. Help them generate their own solutions to the problems they face Develop and maintain good relationships, Act early and be proactive, competent and confident in managing conflict. Overcome barriers and try new things in a safe and supportive environment. Motivate, support and mentor each other as team colleagues Facilitate problem solving and collaboration Ensure discussions and decisions lead to an outcome Be creative, courageous and focused on constant improvement Facilitate problem solving and collaboration Ensure discussions and decisions lead to an outcome Be creative, courageous and focused on constant improvement Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives and carers, using specialist advanced communication skills and restorative conversations Influence practice and policy through the establishment of partnerships and networks with colleagues Promote harmonious relationships within the inter-professional team, supporting the vision and values of the HospiceMaintain effective and responsive external partnership working with health and social care colleagues such as Community Teams and Acute Trusts. Ensure integration of the various multi-disciplinary professions, particularly in relation to processes Assure that the team members have the necessary education and training to effectively participate on the team. Recognise and celebrate team and team member accomplishments and exceptional performance Monitor the performance and promote the development of the team, providing regular supervision and development conversations, observing their practice and coaching them to develop new skills. Manage and monitor the proper and effective use of the financial and other resources available to your service. Actively and regularly engage your team in how they can help achieve the strategic aims of the Hospice. Support people to achieve their development outcomes. To deputise for the Associate Director Patient Care and Communities, supporting the strategic delivery of all services pertaining to the community. To submit statistics and activity reports as required. To liaise frequently with the members of the team to ensure that patients on the caseload are reviewed and supported according to the caseload management guidelines. To support the Associate Director Patient Care and Communities to implement the Princess Alice Hospice Clinical Strategy and Service Plan. To receive and disseminate information through chairing locality team meetings and attendance at other relevant meetings. Supports the delivery of activity by clinical volunteers who work with the Community team ensuring integration and support needs are met. Participates in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff, to ensure that adequate staffing levels and skill mix are maintained, and that staff receive appropriate induction and personal development plans. Supports multi-professional caseload management for all patients, ensuring that all necessary information on patients is available as appropriate. Under supervision and leadership by the Associate Director Patient Care and Communities contribute to the Hospice Governance arrangements and apply Clinical Governance and Risk Management standards ensuring that policies and guidelines are available and adhered to. Clinical Participates and takes a lead role in multi professional team meetings to provide informed specialist practitioner opinion and care management options. Will spend a minimum of 60% of the working week in direct contact with patients and families Promotes and supports the team to deliver a seamless package of care, including liaison with external agencies, to enable patients to be managed in their preferred place of care Works alongside the Nurse Consultant develop advanced practice within the team, developing a team that is responsive and skilled in physical assessment and non -medical prescribing, ensuring that any advice given is within the scope of practice Under the supervision of the Associate Director Patient Care and Communities and the Nurse Consultant develop clinical leadership for the Hospice at Home Team throughout the patient pathway from referral, triage, advance care planning to preferred place of care and death at the end of life. To participate in cover and the 24 hour on-call rota as appropriate, that covers the Princess Alice Hospice catchment area. Educational Keeps abreast of current developments in Specialist Palliative Care and End of Life Care, and the implications they may have to clinical practice. Acts as a role model and mentor, providing informal education and support to colleagues in their provision of care. Promotes a learning environment for students, other clinical placements and visitors to the Team specifically and the Hospice generally. Participates in the development and delivery of formal educational programs internally and with external clinical and academic partners. Participates and leads as appropriate in developing and auditing nursing specific and multi professional standards. Participates in and supports nursing specific and collaborative clinical research, and leads in the development of evidence based practice. Professional: Ensures own Professional registration is valid and current and adheres to own code and scope of professional practice. Ensures that a professional portfolio is kept and updated in accordance with revalidation as appropriate Ensures that personal knowledge and skills meet the requirements of the post and that they are in line with current practice. Acts as an ambassador for the Hospice at all times, including representing the Hospice in fundraising and public relations activities as requested. Other responsibilities To undertake any other such duties or general tasks and hours of work as may reasonably be required and to work in other locations within the hospice organisation. A job description is not a rigid or inflexible document but acts to provide guidelines to the duties expected while in post. This job description will be reviewed and amended in the light of changing professional demands "}