Overview
The Sudbury Integrated Neighbourhood Team is looking for a District Nurse to work alongside our established team of three other District Nurses & several Community Nurses, OT's and Physiotherapists and 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. We attend the housebound patients of the 5 GP Practices in Sudbury and surrounding villages. You will join a large, 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. Excitingly we are now integrated with the Virtual Ward service where we can deliver hospital at home with support from our WSFT Hospital consultants overseeing the patient care. This will require skills such as IV therapy, ECG recording and various Point of Care Testing techniques.
Main duties
To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in this Locality by providing 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 assess, 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.
If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact Jennifer McCrory, Health Team Manager, for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit. Jennifer McCrory 07961603129
Details
* Date posted: 30 October 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 7
* Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata per annum
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
* Reference number: 179-7538162-I
* Job locations: Sudbury Community Health Centre, Church Field Road, Sudbury, CO10 2DZ
Job responsibilities
* To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in a given locality by providing 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 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.
* 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.
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
Other
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. 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 are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. Employer details: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Address: Sudbury Community Health Centre, Church Field Road, Sudbury, CO10 2DZ; Employer's website: https://www.wsh.nhs.uk
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