Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse Evening and Overnight DN Team

Job overview

This role is offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months.

*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*

If you have extensive community nursing experience and you are looking for a new challenge and career development this might be the next job role for you.

The Evening and Overnight District Nursing Service are a team of experienced registered nurses who visit people at home when they have an unplanned nursing or health need in the evening or overnight. The Out of Hours community nursing covers from 19.00pm- 08.00am made up of two shifts twilight and night shift. We are looking for a caring and committed Senior Community/District Nurse to lead a team of nurses and healthcare assistants within a multi-professional environment. To excel in this role you will require excellent communication skills, effective delegation and prioritisation skills and have the confidence to make autonomous clinical decisions. We seek nurses with compassion , who hold patient experience and high-quality care at the heart of their nursing practice

Main duties of the job

We are currently looking to strengthen and enhance our out of hours community nursing service and the individual appointed to this post will be a part of these upcoming conversations and support the ongoing development of urgent care services.

Your transition into this new role will be supported with a comprehensive induction plan, regular clinical supervision and leadership support from your line manager. You will also join an established, highly experienced peer group of Senior Community Nurses/District Nurses .

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Government’s UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

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.