SPQ TRAINING - PRACTICE NURSING

Job responsibilities

Interested? Apply on TracFor more information, please contactCaroline Ogunsola (Professional Dev Lead Nurse) c.ogunsola@nhs.net or call 07901 009 092.

Qualification and Knowledge

Essential

• Current NMC Registration in Adult nursing
• Evidence of experience in community nursing practice
• DipHE (or above) qualification equivalent to 120 credits at level 5 (of the Higher Education Credit Framework E ? for England) 2 or evidence of previous education and learning to this level.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within multi- disciplinary and or integrated teams
• Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution

Desirable

• Experience of research application in practice

Skills

Essential

• Academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
• Good computer literacy skills e.g. Microsoft word, excel
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment

Desirable

• Current Caseload Management Skills

Personal and people development

Essential

• Ability to work with service users and families to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being
• Coaching for wellbeing skills to support self-care
• Ability to make every contact count Experience of patient participation and patient involvement
• Ability to lead people and a tram
• Excellent team player
• Good computer literacy skills e.g., Microsoft word, excel

Desirable

• Experience of leading staff within an integrated team

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of the role of the district nurse working in a contemporary community setting
• Knowledge of local and national policies which influence the provision vision of district nursing
• Current knowledge of safeguarding issues concerning vulnerable adults
• Knowledge of quality issues pertaining to district nursing, the audit process and clinical governance and 6Cs
• Academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level
• Numeracy and Literacy skills
• Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment
• Demonstrate knowledge of research - based practice
• Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
• Current Caseload Management Skills
• Effective clinical problem-solving abilities

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).