District Nurse

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a District Nurse to manage a community nursing team, ensuring high-quality care across various settings. The role requires a Nursing Degree, leadership experience, and a valid UK driving licence. This full-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to community health services.

Qualifications

• Must hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
• Experience in a leadership role within Community Health Services is essential.
• Ability to provide professional nursing leadership and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Manage a community nursing team and ensure high-quality nursing care.
• Provide clinical oversight and support to nursing staff.
• Be responsible for care quality performance and clinical activity.

Skills

Clinical oversight

Leadership

Team management

Community care

Education

Nursing Degree

Job description

Can you demonstrate our values of Trust, Respect, Integrity and Compassion? Do you share in our ambition to create high quality, compassionate care and wellbeing for all? Then take a step towards LPT... Do you have the necessary skills to work in a leadership role within Community Health Services? Would you enjoy the challenge of providing support and clinical oversight within one of our Community Nursing Teams? Each community nursing team forms part of an Integrated Community HUB and each of the teams requires a team leader. Opportunities have arisen for District Nurses to manage a community nursing team, taking overall responsibility for the assessment, management, and evaluation of evidence-based nursing care to patients in a variety of settings. We have vacancies for a full time (37.5 hours) District Nurse in the City East Community Nursing HUB (Merlyn Vaz, Leicester City), a full time (37.5 hours) District Nurse in the City West Community Nursing HUB (Braunstone), a part time (30 hours) District Nurse in the East North Community Nursing HUB (based at Rutland) and a part time (30 hours) District Nurse in the East South Community Nursing HUB (Enderby). It is essential that you hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle that an be used for work purposes. For further information please contact Matron Emma Camp - [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The District Nurse post will involve you working with and supporting Nurses for Complex Care, Senior District Nurses and Senior Nurses for Complex Care in delivering high quality care. You will have responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice, and management. We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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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.