District Charge Nurse VR

NHS Scotland; Wideopen; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland in the North East Fife Locality invites applications for a District Charge Nurse role. You will lead a district nursing team, manage a caseload of community patients, and act as the clinical lead to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in the community.

The post emphasizes demonstrated community nursing experience and a Specialist Practitioner District Nursing qualification, with flexibility to work weekends/public holidays and across Fife as required.

Qualifications

• Extensive community nursing experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of a district nursing team.
• Strong communication and partnership working.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of community patients and lead the district nursing team.
• Provide high-quality, culturally sensitive nursing care in the community.
• Act as clinical expert and ensure quality standards and governance.

Skills

Community nursing experience

Leadership

Education

Specialist Practitioner District Nursing qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and enthusiastic District Charge Nurse to join a community nursing team in the North East Fife Locality supporting the delivery of high-quality nursing care to the people of Fife.

The District Charge Nurse will be responsible for the management of a caseload of community patients leading and managing a team of qualified nursing staff and health support workers.

The post holder will provide an accessible, appropriate, high quality, culturally sensitive and effective nursing service in the community, by working in partnership with service users, care providers and other agencies. The post holder will function as an independent autonomous practitioner by virtue of in-depth knowledge, expertise, proficiency and experience to lead and enable the district nursing team to provide a quality nursing service. The post holder will be the clinical expert who will be accountable for case management and nursing activity within the caseload, and lead, manage and support the district nursing team.

The post holder should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be committed to the development of an effective flexible person-centred nursing team through your ongoing professional development as well as that of your team.

Considerable community nursing experience is essential for this post and candidates must have already completed the Specialist Practitioner District Nursing qualification.

The post will include working weekends and public holidays and in addition to being able to work in other areas Fife-wide if the service warrants it.

This post holder will be required to work within a 24 hour, 7 day Community Nursing Service.

An ability to travel across the locality is essential.

Informal Enquiries: In the first instance: Louise Plunkett, Team Leader DCN: 07867997918 or [e-mail]

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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