Job overview
Join our new District Nurse Triage Desk and help shape the future of community care
Our District Nurse Duty Desk provides a vital triage service, enabling patients to receive holistic assessments of their care needs and ensuring they are signposted to the most appropriate services. The team plays a key role in coordinating timely visits from District Nurse assessors, delivering responsive, patient-centred care within the community.
Main duties of the job
The services currently operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with core hours of 08.00-18.30.
Shift patterns are 08.00-16.00, 10.30-18.30 or 08.00-18.30.
What will we give you?
Once you have started with Oxford Health you will be on the road to develop and hone your clinical skills. We offer each person a bespoke induction in your team with a period of being supernumerary , which is usually up to 4 weeks. We will ensure you can attend the District Nursing Induction programme, this is tailored to district nursing staff, encompassing as facets of Oxford Health and the lived experience of what you will do, giving you an insight into the organisation. The preceptorship programme is another opportunity for you and you will be able to undertake a service development project. We are Oxford Health pride ourselves in supporting and developing our staff to achieve their potential and to fly in their career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- IT literate with basic key board skills.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the Clinical Governance requirements.
experience
Essential
- Knowledge around long term conditions and their management.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure.
Desirable
- Previous Community Services experience
- Evidence of clinical ability. catheterisation, meds administration, wound care
qualification
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (adult).
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desirable
- Mentor qualification
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This advert is for Triage Nurse - District Nursing with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum | pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Full and part time hours available. The application deadline is 29 Jun 2026.
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