District Nurse - Community Specialist Practitioner

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Sale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Sale is seeking a dedicated community nurse to provide clinical care across various health needs. The role focuses on patient-centered care while ensuring quality and safety. Applicants must have a relevant CSP qualification and community nursing experience. A full driving license and access to a car are essential. Join an organization committed to improving health through collaborative work with a robust support system.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in community nursing is required.
• Full driving license and access to a car essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care across the community.
• Assess and plan health needs under guidance.
• Nurture emerging nursing talent and ensure care quality.
• Collaborate with MDT for diverse population needs.
• Lead and mentor community nursing team.

Skills

Clinical care

Patient assessment

Mentorship

Collaboration

Education

Relevant CSP Qualification

Job description

Overview

This is your chance to be part of a vibrant team, dedicated to providing exceptional care to patients in the comfort of their own environments. In this role, your autonomy will shine as you assess and attend to the diverse health needs of our community, including delivering exceptional care to those facing end-of-life challenges and patients with long-term or complex conditions. Working under the guidance of the Nursing Team Leader, you'll leverage your clinical expertise to make vital decisions that directly impact patient outcomes.

Your days will be dynamic and fulfilling, blending hands-on patient care with the gratifying task of nurturing emerging nursing talent. professional oversight and ensuring the safety and quality of that care.

Working closely with members of our wider integrated neighbourhood team, you will be part of an MDT approach to addressing the diverse wellbeing needs of our population.

You will hold therelevant CSP Qualification and have the required community nursing experience as set out in the job description. With patient centred care as your main focus, you will deliver our values and nurse with pride, respect, empathy, consideration, compassion and dignity.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care across the community, including end-of-life and patients with long-term or complex conditions.
• Assess, plan, and attend to health needs under the guidance of the Nursing Team Leader.
• Deliver hands-on patient care while nurturing emerging nursing talent and ensuring safety and quality of care.
• Collaborate with an MDT to address diverse wellbeing needs of the population.
• Play a role model with leadership and mentorship for the community nursing team.
• Take responsibility for specific areas of quality and safety.

Service Details

The Community Nursing Service is a 7 day service with variable shift patterns available between 8am-10pm.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that you possess a full driving license and have access to a car.

Qualifications

• Relevant CSP Qualification
• Required community nursing experience as set out in the job description

About Us

We are Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation - an exciting, new public sector organisation that is bringing together NHS community health services and social care services in the city. We\'re driven by the aim of improving the health of local people, by working across organisational boundaries. MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We\'re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you\'ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We\'ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We\'re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We\'re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.