District Nurse Community Specialist Practitioner

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave 27-33 days

Sick pay

NHS Pension Scheme

Eye tests

Gym discount

Bike loan scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced District Nurse with a Specialist Practitioner Qualification to lead a locality team and contribute to the wider service offer during a supernumerary phase.

You will manage routine district nursing activities, organise workloads and rostering, and mentor students and junior staff while engaging with service changes and continuous professional development within the Practice Educator team.

Qualifications

• Must hold Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
• Experience as District Nurse or equivalent.
• Ability to mentor students and junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage routine district nursing team activities.
• Organise workload and staff rotas.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to students and junior staff.
• Drive learning programmes and role modelling of best practices.

Skills

Specialist Practitioner Qualification

District Nursing

Mentorship

Job description

We are excited to offer opportunities to experienced District Nurses who hold a Specialist Practitioner Qualification to join our forward-thinking team, with the prospect of being based within a locality team whilst also having the chance to experience our whole service offer, particularly during a supernumerary phase.

Why Tameside and Glossop?

• WE SUPPORT staff with continuous development throughout their career with bespoke mentorship and both formal and informal courses.
• WE SUPPORT all new starters, regardless of experience, with a 6-week supernumerary induction.
• WE SUPPORT evidence-based practice across all roles with the use of our clinical skills lab, via our Practice Educator team.
• WE SUPPORT flexible working and condensed hours across a 7-day working pattern to promote work life balance whilst maintaining service delivery.
• WE SUPPORT professional wellbeing with our Professional Nurse Advocate.
• WE SUPPORT visible leadership within the teams, with a Team Lead located in every area, and ongoing regular support from Matrons and other senior staff.

The post holder will have responsibility for management of the routine activities of the District Nursing Team, organising workload and staff rotas. Exercising leadership and judgement to ensure good clinical practises and high standards of care are maintained in order to meet service demand. You will be working within an integrated neighbourhood and be involved with the current changes and developments within the organisation. Assess and develops students and junior staff to reach their potential by designing learning programmes and acting as a Mentor

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners. We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

One of the most significant rewards of community nursing is the ability to make a direct and meaningful impact on patients' lives. Here at Tameside and Glossop District Nursing Service we offer an award winning, quality driven, patient centred approach in all that we do.

Benefits include;

• flexible working
• 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• sick pay
• NHS Pension Scheme
• free eye tests and health checks
• gym discount
• free bicycle loan scheme
• salary sacrifice car scheme
• support with stress
• bereavement
• relationships
• finance
• and much more.