Contact information
For further details regarding this role, please contact:
Deborah Sullivan - Clinical Team Leader on Tel 07759929297 or email: deborah.sullivan3@nhs.net
Please contact us with any questions you may have, or to arrange an informal visit.
About the role
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.
At Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, we encourage lifelong learning and there is an expectation that you will support pre-registration students, trainee Nursing Associates and District Nursing students within your role. We have excellent electronic facilities to support your learning and development.
All flexible working applications will be considered to help you achieve a great work/life balance.
If you share our vision and values, and want to be part of our team, please submit an application via NHS Jobs.
Main duties
* The post holder 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 and support to students, nurses, and colleagues through mentorship, preceptorship and training.
* Investigate complaints, incidents, and accidents; compile reports and support corrective actions.
* Lead and manage change initiatives to improve clinical practice and patient outcomes.
* Uphold clinical governance standards including audits, risk management, and compliance with Trust policies.
* Identify and act on ethical and legal nursing practice issues.
* Ensure team competence in information reporting systems and perform related administrative duties efficiently.
* Demonstrate a consistent commitment to the Trust values and behaviours, ensuring these are reflected in all aspects of professional practice, communication and patient care.
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.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our benefits
* Access to the NHS pension plan
* Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
* Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
* Extensive benefits and support, including:
* Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Home electronics scheme
* Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
* Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
* Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
* Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
* Career progression, training and support
Skilled worker sponsorship
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