Job summary
B7 District Nurse
Mildenhall & Brandon Integrated Neighbourhood Team
Full Time 37.5hours per week Permanent
The Mildenhall & Brandon Community Healthcare Team is looking for a full time District Nurse, to work alongside our established team of 1 other District Nurse & several Community Nurses, OT's & Physiotherapists with support staff.
When you join our team, you will be at the front line of healthcare, delivering medical care to the patients on our caseloads in their own homes, with excellent support from an Integrated Community Team which includes Adult Social Services staff.
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.
We attend the housebound patients of the 5 GP Practices in Mildenhall, Lakenheath & Brandon & visit as required - some over the borders into Norfolk & Cambridgeshire.
You will join a small, friendly, and well-led integrated community healthcare team, where we work closely with the MDT (Social Workers, GP's and Allied Health Professionals)
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.
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.
Interviews to be held in the Mildenhall Hub, Sheldrick Way, Mildenhall IP28 7JX.
If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact Pippa Sharp or Heather Male, Team Leads, for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
Pippa Sharp - 07974854876
Heather Male - 07951658608
About us
#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?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description attached for more information
Job summary:
- To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in a given 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 practice to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions, with the patient at the center.
- 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
- To lead service development of integrated services in the Locality, in partnership with peers and
- 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
- To monitor the quality-of-care provision and identify and promote areas for service
- To build strong relationships with partner organisations, particularly for patients receiving shared care to ensure an effective flow of patient information to ensure high quality care.
Job responsibilities:
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 the
- 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 the
- 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 and
- Undertakes independent prescribing for own caseload within the limits of the postholders competence and the requirements of the nurse practitioner role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description attached for more information
Job summary:
- To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in a given 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 practice to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions, with the patient at the center.
- 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
- To lead service development of integrated services in the Locality, in partnership with peers and
- 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
- To monitor the quality-of-care provision and identify and promote areas for service
- To build strong relationships with partner organisations, particularly for patients receiving shared care to ensure an effective flow of patient information to ensure high quality care.
Job responsibilities:
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 the
- 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 the
- 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 and
- Undertakes independent prescribing for own caseload within the limits of the postholders competence and the requirements of the nurse practitioner role.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse Level 1
- District Nurse Qualification
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Preparation for Mentorship qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching, learning and assessing qualification
Desirable
- District Nurse qualification at Masters Level
- Specific Leadership qualification
- Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training
- Specific management qualification
- V300 non-medical prescribing qualification
- Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- 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
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients with long-term conditions
- Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to Nursing
- Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to integration
- Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working collaboratively and autonomously
Desirable
- Management of a community team
- Experience of interview and recruitment skills
- Understanding and knowledge of the Health and Social Care Act
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Ability to manage people
- Ability to work across organisational and budgetary boundaries within an identified Locality
- Working in integrated team and style
- Can do approach
- Provide and role model high standards of care
- Work in partnership with Alliance partners to deliver seamless care to patients and develop service
- Work within the Alliance to identify and drive service developments 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
- Ability to self-manage and prioritise
- Excellent communication skills (detail re complex situations)
- Health Coaching skills or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- Coaching skills
- Cannulation/IV therapy administration
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Role model positive behaviours
- Meet the standards for Professional appearance and behaviours
- Demonstrate the Trust values
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse Level 1
- District Nurse Qualification
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Preparation for Mentorship qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching, learning and assessing qualification
Desirable
- District Nurse qualification at Masters Level
- Specific Leadership qualification
- Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training
- Specific management qualification
- V300 non-medical prescribing qualification
- Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- 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
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients with long-term conditions
- Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to Nursing
- Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to integration
- Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working collaboratively and autonomously
Desirable
- Management of a community team
- Experience of interview and recruitment skills
- Understanding and knowledge of the Health and Social Care Act
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Ability to manage people
- Ability to work across organisational and budgetary boundaries within an identified Locality
- Working in integrated team and style
- Can do approach
- Provide and role model high standards of care
- Work in partnership with Alliance partners to deliver seamless care to patients and develop service
- Work within the Alliance to identify and drive service developments 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
- Ability to self-manage and prioritise
- Excellent communication skills (detail re complex situations)
- Health Coaching skills or willingness to undertake
Desirable
- Coaching skills
- Cannulation/IV therapy administration
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Role model positive behaviours
- Meet the standards for Professional appearance and behaviours
- Demonstrate the Trust values
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
