# District Nurse Bury Rural or Newmarket INT > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/district-nurse-bury-rural-or-newmarket-int/9bcb6afb-94ba-4682-90f1-8e548f2add5c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/district-nurse-bury-rural-or-newmarket-int/9bcb6afb-94ba-4682-90f1-8e548f2add5c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** West Suffolk Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T10:55:57.744Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Suffolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/West_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/District_Nursing/District_Nursing-v8373325 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8373325?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wsh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - - Role model positive behaviours - - Demonstrate the Trust values ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - - Ability to work across organisational and budgetary boundaries within an identified Locality - - Working in integrated team and style - - Can do approach - - Provide and role model high standards of care - - Work in partnership with Alliance partners to deliver seamless care to patients and develop service - - Work within the Alliance to identify and drive service developments and improvements - - Implementation of change to promote high quality outcomes for the locality - - Ability to travel to rural locations to carry out post - - Ability to self-manage and prioritise - - Excellent communication skills (detail re complex situations) **Desirable** - - Coaching skills - - Cannulation/IV therapy administration ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - - Experience of leading a DN team - - Management of complex patients - - Be responsible for management of complex cases sharing knowledge and skills with locality and community nurses to foster and grow knowledge and skills - - Advanced clinical assessment skills o Experience of history taking and physical examination - o Experience of working autonomously - o Experience of working with people with long term conditions - - Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients with long-term conditions - - Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to Nursing - - Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to integration - - Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working collaboratively and autonomously **Desirable** - - Management of a community team - - Experience of interview and recruitment skills - - Understanding and knowledge of the Health and Social Care Act ### Education & Qualification **Essential** - - Registered Nurse Level 1 - - District Nurse Qualification - - Non-medical prescribing qualification - - Preparation for Mentorship qualification - - Current NMC registration - - Evidence of continuing professional development - - Teaching, learning and assessing qualification **Desirable** - - District Nurse qualification at Masters Level - - Specific Leadership qualification - - Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training - - Specific management qualification - - V300 non-medical prescribing qualification - - Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE ## Documents - [job description and person specification (pdf, 776.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10701273) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.