Out of Hours District Nurse Community Specialist Practitioner

Job overview

District Nursing Specialist Practitioner 28.5 hours

One of the most significant rewards of community nursing is the ability to make a direct and meaningful impact on patients’ lives. Here at Tameside and Glossop District Nursing Service we offer an award winning, quality driven, patient centred approach in all that we do.

We are excited to offer opportunities to experienced District Nurses who hold a Specialist Practitioner Qualification to join our forward-thinking team, with the prospect of being based within a locality team whilst also having the chance to experience our whole service offer, particularly during a supernumerary phase.

Why Tameside and Glossop?

• WE SUPPORT staff with continuous development throughout their career with bespoke mentorship and both formal and informal courses.
• WE SUPPORT all new starters, regardless of experience, with a 6-week supernumerary induction.
• WE SUPPORT evidence-based practice across all roles with the use of our clinical skills lab, via our Practice Educator team.
• WE SUPPORT flexible working and condensed hours across a 7-day working pattern to promote work life balance whilst maintaining service delivery.
• WE SUPPORT professional wellbeing with our Professional Nurse Advocate.
• WE SUPPORT visible leadership within the teams, with a Team Lead located in every area, and ongoing regular support from Matrons and other senior staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for management of the routine activities of the District Nursing Team, organising workload and staff rotas. Exercising leadership and judgement to ensure good clinical practises and high standards of care are maintained in order to meet service demand.

You will be working within an integrated neighbourhood and be involved with the current changes and developments within the organisation. Assess and develops students and junior staff to reach their potential by designing learning programmes and acting as a Mentor

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

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.