Overview
In the absence of the Band 7 Team leader, the Band 6 District Nurse will be responsible for leading the neighbourhood community team contributing to the development and the delivery of high quality clinical nursing care, maintaining and improving professional standards within the community setting of patients own homes.
Responsibilities
* Assess the needs of patients and plan interventions to alleviate symptoms, prevent complications of acute illness and to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
* Work autonomously whilst having regular support/communications with your band 7 Team Leader.
* Staff rostering, 1-1 meetings, staff appraisals and monitoring training metrics to ensure a high standard of care is delivered.
Qualifications & Experience
We are looking for flexible, innovative practitioners with a variety of clinical skills. The District Nursing Service provides care in patients' homes as well as residential homes caring for patients with complex needs and supporting carers. Stockport District Nursing Service offers a supportive preceptorship programme for staff new to community and welcomes applications from newly qualified District Nurses, returning to District Nursing or existing post holders. The post holder should have good organisational and assessment skills, be flexible and willing to cover the service between the hours of 08:00hrs-18:00 7 days per week.
Leadership & Communication
This is an exciting opportunity to join the integrated community service as a Community Specialist Practitioner Band 6 with the Stockport District Nursing Service with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. As a specialist practitioner you will be able to demonstrate effective leadership skills, ability to problem solve and illustrate a high level of clinical expertise in supporting staff in practice. You must be able to display effective communication skills with patients, family, carers as well as the wider multi-disciplinary service.
Safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
DBS & Salary
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Diversity & Equal Opportunity
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.
Flexible Working
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
About Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. It aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce. Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four 'specialist' hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a 'specialist' hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Benefits
* Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
* NHS pension scheme membership
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
* NHS Staff discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
* Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
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