Bury Town Integrated Neighbourhood Team is looking for a District Nurse to work alongside our established team of two other District Nurses. Based within an INT comprised of two Community Nurse teams, OT's and Physiotherapists with support staff it's an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest INTs in West Suffolk.
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.
This post requires a specialised District Nursing degree, following your Adult Nursing qualification. NHS work experience is essential & Community Nursing experience desirable.
This rewarding job helps maintain a patient's independence and freedom, whilst still being able to access exemplary medical care.
Job responsibilities
* To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in this Locality and provide 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 development.
* To build strong relationships with partner organisations, particularly for patients receiving shared care to ensure an effective flow of patient information and high quality care.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
* Registered Nurse Level 1
* District Nurse Qualification
* Current NMC registration
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Teaching, learning and assessing qualification
* Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training
* Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE
Experience & Knowledge
* 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; experience of history taking and physical examination
* Experience of working autonomously
* Experience of working with people with long term conditions
* 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
* Management of a community team
* Experience of interview and recruitment skills
* Understanding and knowledge of the Health and Social Care Act
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to work across organisational and budgetary boundaries within an identified Locality
* Working in integrated team and style
* 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 carry out post
* Ability to self‑manage and prioritise
* Excellent communication skills (detail re complex situations)
* Coaching skills
* Cannulation/IV therapy administration
Personal Qualities
* Demonstrate the Trust values
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.
Remuneration
£49,387 to £56,515 a year pro‑rated, per annum.
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