District Nurse (Developing Case Manager considered)

Job overview

Lincolnshire Community Health Services are seeking a full time District Nurse to join them within the Gainsborough Community Nursing Team.

Applicants should hold the Community Specialist Practitioner qualification and have experience of managing a caseload of patients and leading a team of staff in delivering excellent patient care. There is an opportunity for this post to be a development role for a Case Manager on a fixed term basis of 1 year to allow for competencies to be obtained. This is a Fixed term post for 1 year to cover case managers post while they are training.

The service delivers care to patients in a variety of community settings across a 7 day service covering the hours of 8:00- 18:30 (shift work involved).

Main duties of the job

The District Nurse/Case Manager will hold a caseload of patients with varying health needs, coordinating care delivery. They will need to have extensive communication, interpersonal and clinical skills in order to be successful.

The District Nurse/Case Manager is not only integral to leading on patient care but leading the community nursing team through challenging times and the transformation of services, role modelling excellent behaviours which are in line with our trust values. The District Nurse/Case Manager is essential to improving the quality of care that we deliver and in ensuring that the patient has a positive experience.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As this is a community post, you must be able to travel to patients homes and clinic settings. Due to the rurality of Lincolnshire some areas are not well covered by public transport therefore having access to transport is essential.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you will need, you are encourage to look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading and refer back to these documents when completing your application.

You should use your application form to show that you meet all or most of the essential criteria outlined in the person specification for the position. If you fail to demonstrate this in your answers, or you are unable to meet the criteria, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for an interview for that post.

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.