Job summary
- Main area
- community
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-6575938-I
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stanton Health Centre
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/09/2024 08:00
Employer heading
District Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
District Nurses
Integrated Neighbourhood Teams including Bury Rural, Bury Town, Sudbury
Full Time 37.5hours per week or Part time, Permanent
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 across 6 localities in Bury Town, Bury Rural, Haverhill, Sudbuty, Mildenhall & Brandon, and Newmarket. Please make it clear in your application which team(s), hours, and locality/localities 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.
Interviews to be held at West Suffolk House on 17th January 2024.
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.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
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.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Level 1
- District Nurse Qualification
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Preparation for Mentorship qualification
- NMC Registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching, learning and assessing qualification
Desirable criteria
- District Nurse qualification at Masters Level
- Specific Leadership qualification
- Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training
- V300 non-medical prescribing qualification
- Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of leading a DN team
- Management of complex patients
- Be responsible for management of complex cases sharing knowledge and skills with locality and community nurses to foster and grow knowledge and skills
- Advanced clinical assessment skills o Experience of history taking and physical examination o Experience of working autonomously o Experience of working with people with long term conditions
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients with long-term conditions, Nursing & Integration
- Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working collaboratively and autonomously
Desirable criteria
- Management of a community team
- Experience of interview and recruitment skills
- Understanding and knowledge of the Health and Social Care Act
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage people
- Ability to work across organisational and budgetary boundaries within an identified Locality
- Working in integrated team and style
- Provide and role model high standards of care
- Work in partnership with Alliance partners to deliver seamless care to patients and develop service and improvements
- Implementation of change to promote high quality outcomes for the locality
- Ability to Travel to rural locations to meet the needs of the post
- Excellent communication skills (detail re complex situations)
- Health Coaching skills or willingness to undertake
Desirable criteria
- Cannulation/IV therapy administration
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Role model positive behaviours
- Demonstrate the Trust values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachael Scicluna-penso
- Job title
- Locality Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07890438105
- Additional information
Amanda Keighley
Senior Matron
07984664015
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