District Nurse Bury Rural or Newmarket INT

Job overview

The West Suffolk Community Integrated Neighbourhood Team has had a significant investment which has seen the addition of multiple posts across the teams.

On the back of this there is an opportunity for a District Nurse to join the Community Nursing Team in either Bury Rural, Bury Town or Newmarket.

Working alongside existing District Nurses you will provide a key leadership function of the teams alongside the Team Manager and Speciality Therapist.

When you join our team, you will be at the front line of healthcare, delivering care to the patients on your caseload in their own homes, with excellent support from an Integrated Community Team.

This post requires a specialised District Nursing degree, following your Adult Nursing qualification. NHS work experience is essential & Community Nursing experience desirable.

This rewarding job helps maintain a patient’s independence and freedom, whilst still being able to access exemplary medical care.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the job:

To lead, develop and manage the Community Nursing Service alongside peers in sometimes unpredictable environments.

To provide specialist clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff and students within the team.

To provide patient centred and evidence-based management of a defined caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs.

To provide the highest standard of clinical care by using advanced skills and expert knowledge to holistically assess needs, instigate and provide clinical treatments using evidence-based practice.

To support staff to feel confident and competent to move across organisational and professional boundaries.

To monitor the quality of care provision and identify and promote areas for service development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job summary:

• To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in a given To provide specialist clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff and students within the team.
• To manage a caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions, with the patient at the centre.
• To provide the highest standard of clinical care by using advanced skills and expert knowledge to holistically assess needs, instigate and provide clinical treatments using evidence-based practice.
• To lead service development of integrated services in the Locality, in partnership with peers.
• To use new knowledge in innovative ways and take responsibility for developing and changing practice in complex and sometimes unpredictable environments.
• To support staff to feel confident and competent to move across organisational and professional
• To monitor the quality-of-care provision and identify and promote areas for service
• To build strong relationships with partner organisations, particularly for patients receiving shared care to ensure an effective flow of patient information to ensure high quality care.

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.