District Nurse

NHS; Castleford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Castleford is looking for a District Nurse to manage patient care in the community. This role requires strong leadership and communication skills, along with a commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate care. Join our team in delivering excellent patient experiences with opportunities for continuous professional development. Competitive benefits include access to an NHS pension plan and various employee support services.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Qualified District Nurse Specialist Practitioner.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary working.
• Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients and implement management plans.
• Lead and clinically direct the professional team.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to coordinate care.

Skills

Caseload management skills

Excellent communication skills

Resilience

Leadership skills

Teaching and educating skills

Education

Registered General Nurse

Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

NMC Professional Registration

Job description

Do you have a District Nurse Specialist Practitioner qualification and are you 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 dynamic, passionate, and committed experienced or newly qualified District Nurses 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. We currently have vacancies at York House, Ossett Health Village and Pontefract Health Centre.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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

• Registered General Nurse
• 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 of multi-disciplinary working
• Demonstrate recent experience of managing change in both processes and patient behaviour
• Ability to establish good working relationships
• Awareness of own limitations.
• Teaching and educating skills and facilitating the learning of others
• Knowledge of relevant government policy

Person Specification

Qualifications

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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.