The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

District Nurse

The closing date is 16 November 2025

Job summary

Are you a Qualified District Nurse looking for a new challenge? Are you caring, ambitious, forward thinking & values driven? Are you passionate about delivering safe, effective and compassionate care to patients in the place they call home?

We are looking for a dynamic, passionate, and committed experienced or newly qualified District Nurse with caseload management skills and multidisciplinary working, together with excellent communication skills, resilience and great leadership skills with the ability to motivate and support others through change in order to enable us to maintain the delivery of high quality, compassionate, proactive and safe care.

Working as part of the District Nursing team you will develop extensive clinical assessment and case management skills. District Nursing teams work closely with their community colleagues to maintain patients independence at home by utilising their excellent networks with our partners and voluntary agencies in local communities, planning and delivering complex packages of care.

As part of our journey of improvement we are continuously working towards advancing our relationships with partners and the successful candidate will be expected to play a key role in working with our Primary Care Networks as we continue to build working partnerships with practice colleagues for the benefit of our local populations.

All flexible working applications will be considered to help you achieve a great work/life balance.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients, for the assessment of holistic needs and the implementation of management plans.
Lead and clinically direct the professional team to ensure high standards of care and efficient resource management.
Empower and support team members professional development through collaborative leadership.
Act autonomously to assess patients holistically and develop individualised healthcare plans, including prescribing medications as required.
Collaborate with patients, GPs, consultants, and other agencies to agree on treatment options and coordinate care.
Promote health improvement and disease prevention through proactive strategies and partnership working.
Maintain accurate, confidential patient records in line with Trust policies and professional codes.
Recognise wider patient issues (e.g., safeguarding, mental health) and provide appropriate support and advocacy.
Ensure proper use, maintenance, and availability of clinical equipment. Build effective, diplomatic communication and relationships with patients, carers, and multidisciplinary teams.
Provide advice on local, regional, and national health issues and lead development of best practices.
Recognise own professional limitations and engage in ongoing learning and development.
Participate in and promote clinical supervision and lifelong learning culture within the team.
Deliver education & support to students, nurses, and colleagues through mentorship preceptorship & training.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

29 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

000720

Job locations

York House (Ground Floor)

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF2 7JE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential person specification requirements

Qualifications

Registered General Nurse
Specialist Practitioner Qualification (District Nursing)
Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or a willingness to undertake
NMC Professional Registration
Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development
Willingness to undertake further professional development
Teaching and assessing qualification
NMC Registration

Experience

Significant post registration nursing experience
Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Demonstrate recent experience of managing change in both processes and patient behaviour
Ability to establish good working relationships

Knowledge and Awareness

Awareness of own limitations.
Teaching and educating skills and facilitating the learning of others
Knowledge of relevant government policy

Skills and Abilities

Extended clinical skills
Ability to assess, plan, implement programs of care for patients with complex conditions
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
Demonstrate confidence and ability in written and verbal reporting
Interpret guidelines and policies and implement into practice
Understanding and experience of inter-agency working and services available within primary and secondary care
Evidence of ability to act on own initiative and work autonomously
Leadership skills
Organisational skills

Personal Attributes

Has a caring, compassionate and sympathetic nature
Ability to work closely with work colleagues and within a team
Demonstrates self motivation, common sense and organisational skills
Reliable and punctual
Understands the need to work in a multicultural environment and non-discriminatory way
Ability to independently travel across the district.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential person specification requirements

Qualifications

Registered General Nurse
Specialist Practitioner Qualification (District Nursing)
Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or a willingness to undertake
NMC Professional Registration
Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development
Willingness to undertake further professional development
Teaching and assessing qualification
NMC Registration

Experience

Significant post registration nursing experience
Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Demonstrate recent experience of managing change in both processes and patient behaviour
Ability to establish good working relationships

Knowledge and Awareness

Awareness of own limitations.
Teaching and educating skills and facilitating the learning of others
Knowledge of relevant government policy

Skills and Abilities

Extended clinical skills
Ability to assess, plan, implement programs of care for patients with complex conditions
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
Demonstrate confidence and ability in written and verbal reporting
Interpret guidelines and policies and implement into practice
Understanding and experience of inter-agency working and services available within primary and secondary care
Evidence of ability to act on own initiative and work autonomously
Leadership skills
Organisational skills

Personal Attributes

Has a caring, compassionate and sympathetic nature
Ability to work closely with work colleagues and within a team
Demonstrates self motivation, common sense and organisational skills
Reliable and punctual
Understands the need to work in a multicultural environment and non-discriminatory way
Ability to independently travel across the district.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click "apply now" to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click "apply now" to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).

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.