# District Nursing Clinical Lead, Eastbourne Victoria > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/district-nursing-clinical-lead-eastbourne-victoria/091b67ba-2857-4297-9023-cbdca9996886 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/district-nursing-clinical-lead-eastbourne-victoria/091b67ba-2857-4297-9023-cbdca9996886.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Eastbourne - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full time and part time available - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-30T16:00:31.978Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Eastbourne/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/District_Nursing/District_Nursing-v8166504 - **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Community Nursing Services Opportunity for District Nurse Clinical Lead (Band 7) Permanent – 37.5 hours per week Based in Eastbourne - Are you a District Nurse with the Specialist Practice Qualification (SPQ) looking for the opportunity to develop your career? - Do you want to be part of an innovative team that is remodelling its adult community nursing services to ensure they are fit for the future? If you are, an exciting and interesting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and enthusiastic Clinical Lead Nurse to join our District Nursing Service. We are looking for a District Nurse who hold a Community Specialist Practitioner Qualification and has significant Community Nursing experience, to clinically lead a Primary Care Network (PCN) aligned Locality team. The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive specialist knowledge base and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment. They will be responsible for the development and delivery of a 7 day, consistently high quality, safe and sustainable, cost efficient service operating 08:00 until 18:00 ### Main duties of the job - Assessing new patients for nursing interventions in their own homes, creating and evaluating care plans. - Undertaking skilled nursing interventions for a devolved caseload with support of the District Nurse and Clinical Leads. - Assisting patients and carers in achieving optimal independence using best practice and following national and Trust policies and guidelines. It can be quite a challenging role at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are important. If you are flexible and have the aspiration, capability, and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals. Each and every employee is valued and supported within the team, as everyone has an important role to play in our success. It is only with the dedication, passion and hard work from everyone in the team that excellent patient care can be achieved. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description attached. You must be able to travel independently, carrying equipment and car sharing as required. You must have access to a car and hold a current full driving license. The Trust has partnered with NHS Fleet solutions to provide a cost-effective way to lease a brand new car via salary sacrifice. If you have any questions about this position, please do not hesitate to contact us. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Independent prescribing, medication review and administration - Skilled in the use of reflective practice and proactive clinical supervision ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive SPQ community nursing experience - Teaching in a clinical setting - Experience of multidisciplinary working - Evidence of up to date knowledge and skills - Significant experience of team leadership and organisational skills at a senior level - Experience of caseload management **Desirable** - Experience of managing change and developing teams - Long term condition management - Motivational Interviewing ### Qualifications **Essential** - RGN/RN (Adults) on NMC Register - Community Specialist Practitioner Qualification (District Nurse) - Non-Medical Prescriber V300 (or commitment to undertake) - Teaching and assessing qualification aligned to NMC requirements - Advanced Physical Assessment Module (or commitment to undertake within 12 months of coming into post) - Leadership/Management Training (or commitment to undertake) - IOSH (or commitment to undertake) **Desirable** - Evidence of further study at Masters - Trained to interpret microbiology and pathology results ## Documents - [dn clinical lead jd (pdf, 362.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468057) - [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672) ## 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.