District Nurse

Job overview

The Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are looking for newly qualified or experienced District Nurses to a lead team of Community Nurses. The teams work alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social workers, and support staff. Please make it clear in your application which hours you are interested in working in.

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.

You will be supported with a comprehensive induction and training, as needed, to help you settle in, with the time & opportunity to get to know the people on your caseload, along with development opportunities.

If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact us for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full job description attached for more information

Clinical

• Manage a caseload of complex patients with healthcare needs within a designated population, using specialist knowledge to carry out assessments.
• Assess; develop; and implement individualised and specialist nursing care programmes in th
• Evaluate treatment interventions for the caseload and modify healthcare plans. Encourage the patient towards self-care and independence, using a health coaching approach and to provide training, education and advice.
• Work in partnership with other services to and the patient and their family/carer to preventing inappropriate admission to acute hospital settings.
• Support discharges into the
• Effectively manage and oversee the triage of all referrals to th
• Ensure all aspects of care offered by the team meet the agreed National, Professional and Local
• Be responsible for the coordination of the day-to-day planning and delivery of District Nursing services within the team, prioritising clinical needs and delegating where needed to provide an effective
• Be responsible with other senior colleagues to provide the needs of the patient/client group, planning and delivering services.
• Ensure nursing capacity is reported using escalation process a
• Undertakes independent prescribing for own caseload within the limits of the postholders competence and the requirements of the nurse practitioner role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in this Locality. 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 practise to asses, 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 and colleagues.
• 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 boundaries.
• To monitor the quality of care provision and identify and promote areas for service development.