Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
District Nurse - Community Specialist Practitioner
The closing date is 27 July 2025
We are Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation - an exciting, new public sector organisation that is bringing together NHS community health services and social care services in the city. We're driven by the aim of improving the health of local people, by working across organisational boundaries.
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in our neighbourhood, as part of an integrated team?
Are you ready to strengthen and expand your clinical knowledge and skills?
Are you ready to be a role model; providing leadership and mentorship for our community nursing team?
Are you ready to take on responsibility for specific areas of quality and safety?
If so, we invite you to join us as a transformative member of our nursing team, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing healthcare delivery.
What We're Looking For
A Community Specialist Practitioner who is passionate about making a positive impact and who would thrive in a role that combines delivering clinical excellence with leadership responsibilities.
What We Offer
A collaborative environment that encourages innovative approaches to patient care.
The opportunity to shape the future of nursing within our community.
A chance to mentor emerging talent.
The opportunity to be responsible for specific areas of leadership,
Ongoing clinical and professional development opportunities.
Opportunity to work within a successful and developing integrated health and social care team.
Main duties of the job
This is your chance to be part of a vibrant team, dedicated to providing exceptional care to patients in the comfort of their own environments. In this role, your autonomy will shine as you assess and attend to the diverse health needs of our community, including delivering exceptional care to those facing end-of-life challenges and patients with long-term or complex conditions. Working under the guidance of the Nursing Team Leader, you'll leverage your clinical expertise to make vital decisions that directly impact patient outcomes.
Your days will be dynamic and fulfilling, blending hands-on patient care with the gratifying task of nurturing emerging nursing talent. professional oversight and ensuring the safety and quality of that care
Working closely with members of our wider integrated neighbourhood team, you will be part of an MDT approach to addressing the diverse wellbeing needs of our population.
You will hold therelevant CSP Qualification and have the required community nursing experience as set out in the job description. With patient centred care as your main focus, you will deliver our values and nurse with pride, respect, empathy, consideration, compassion and dignity.
The Community Nursing Service is a 7 day service with variable shift patterns available between 8am-10 pm .
Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that you possess a full driving license and have access to a car.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Community Specialist Practitioner (CSP) qualification
* Registered Non-Medical Prescriber
* Practice teacher training
* Other relevant course e.g. care of the elderly/palliative care / management course
Experience
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit
* Implementation of audit recommendations
* Evidence of excellent communication, diplomacy and negotiation skills
* Evidence of leadership skills and involvement in change management
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Teaching skills
* Experience of implementation of change
* Undertaken a leadership/management programme
* Module/course in Research methods
Skills
* Able to demonstrate highly developed clinical practice
* Awareness of the wider NHS agenda
* Awareness of national and local strategic direction/frameworks
* Full, current driving license and access to car
* Enhanced communication skills training
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.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum (pro rata)
#J-18808-Ljbffr