District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse Band 6

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for District Nurses to join a supportive and progressive healthcare team in Barking and Dagenham. This role involves leading a Community Nursing Team, providing high-quality care to patients while working collaboratively with various healthcare professionals. The organization values diversity and invests in employee development, ensuring that team members are well-supported and equipped to deliver exceptional care. Join a forward-thinking trust that is committed to achieving outstanding ratings and making a positive impact in the community. If you are a passionate nurse looking for a fulfilling role, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction program

Health and wellbeing activities

High Cost Area Supplement

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN12-NMC) with experience in community nursing.
• Evidence of professional updating and relevant post registration courses.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a Community Nursing Team, ensuring high standards of care.
• Deliver individualized care and collaborate with other health professionals.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Education

Current NMC Registration Registered Nurse (RN)

Relevant post registration course

Job description

District Nurse/Senior Community Nurse Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 395-BD064-24-B

Site Barking & Dagenham Town Barking & Dagenham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 plus HCAS per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/01/2025 23:59

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for District Nurses to join our Integrated Teams in Barking and Dagenham.

The successful candidates will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day to day work. These are the 5P’s:

1. Putting people first
2. Being progressive, innovative and continually improve
3. Being professional and honest
4. Promoting what is possible – independence, opportunity and choice

The successful candidate will be a Registered Nurse (RN12-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

The successful candidates will support their peers and team leader and will be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise pre-registration students and have a commitment to collaborative working actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will lead and manage a Community Nursing Team, geographically aligned to GP practices and be responsible for the management of a caseload ensuring the provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients and their families in the community. They will work as part of the integrated primary/community health care team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies, they will deliver individualised care to patients. The district nurse works without direct supervision and provides leadership to the community nursing team.

Applications are welcome from nurses currently undertaking the Band 6 Development Program.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.

Person specification

Qualification

• Current NMC Registration Registered Nurse (RN)
• Nurse/Prescriber/Non-Medical Prescriber
• Evidence of professional up-dating
• Relevant post registration course and experience e.g. Palliative Care, Diabetes and Tissue Viability

Experience

• Has experience of team working that will assist the individual to manage an effective team
• Interagency and collaborative working
• Evidence of teaching and assessing individuals
• Providing complex packages of care
• 3 years post registration experience
• Ability to manage staff conflict and difficult situations
• Experience of ensuring practice is based on sound evidence and clinical audit

Knowledge

• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
• Awareness of the content and application in practice of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• A good range of clinical skills, including assessment
• Understand the importance of chronic disease management and rehabilitation in the community

Skills

• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
• Good organisation skills and ability to prioritise and work in a self-directed way

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.