District Nurse Clinical Lead - Launceston and Tamar Valley CN Team

Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust; Launceston, Callington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health trust is seeking a District Nurse Clinical Lead to join its nursing teams in Launceston. The role involves ensuring high standards of care, providing clinical leadership, and working within integrated teams. Candidates must be registered nurses, and ideally working towards the DNSPQ qualification. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on community health in East Cornwall.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse who is clinically responsible for diagnosing, prescribing, planning and evaluation of care.
• Experience working within integrated teams across professional boundaries.
• Ability to lead on service development and quality of care provision.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high standards of evidence-based clinical care.
• Monitor quality of care and lead service development.
• Provide clinical leadership across the community nursing caseload.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Quality care provision

Proactive management

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

DNSPQ qualification or working towards

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for a District Nurse Clinical Lead to join our caring and highly motivated Tamar Valley and Launceston Community nursing teams in the area of East Cornwall. This is a key role within our service to support the trust vision of “Delivering high quality care” in their day to day work.

Responsibilities

• Clinically responsible for the diagnosing, prescribing, planning and evaluation of care, ensuring provision of high standards of care to patients and their families within the community.
• Work as part of Integrated Teams, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Monitor the quality of care provision and identify and lead on areas of service development.
• Provide clinical leadership for all patients within the community nursing caseload through proactive management.
• Ensure that all members of the nursing team are providing the highest standard of evidence-based clinical care and actively liaise with other health and social agencies and professionals.
• Hold or work towards the DNSPQ qualification and operate within an integrated team.

About the role and requirements

The post holder will monitor the quality of care provision and identify and lead on areas of service development. They will be a registered nurse who holds or is working towards the DNSPQ qualification. They will work within an integrated team providing clinical leadership for all patients within the community nursing caseload through proactive management.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability. We are a people organisation and people matter to us.

About the Trust

As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK. Over 4,000 people make up the Trust, including doctors, nurses, therapists, admin and support staff. We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases; some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner. Approximately 568,000 people live here, with a third of people who live in Cornwall supported by acute hospital services in Devon; we work closely with our partners in Devon.

In the summer and during other holidays, lots of people visit the area, which increases demand for our services.

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This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025