District Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking an innovative Community District Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse to lead a dynamic team in delivering high-quality nursing care across the Greenwich borough. This role emphasizes autonomy, requiring a qualified nurse with strong management skills and a commitment to patient-centered care. The successful candidate will oversee a diverse caseload, ensuring effective service delivery while fostering team development through leadership. If you are passionate about community health and ready to make a difference in patients' lives, this opportunity offers a fulfilling career path with the chance to enhance your clinical skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must hold District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
• Previous clinical team management experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of nurses managing care for a defined caseload.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.

Skills

Nursing Skills

Team Management

Communication Skills

Patient Care Assessment

Health Education

Knowledge of Safeguarding

Education

District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification

BSc in Specialist Practice

Tools

Information Technology (Word, Email, Internet)

RIO

Job description

Main area Adult Community Physical Health Services Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.50 hours per week) Job ref 277-6923937-CPH

Site Various sites and budget across Greenwich District nursing Town Greenwich Salary £42,939 - £50,697 pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

District Nursing Sister, Band 6 Greenwich DN Teams

We are seeking to appoint an innovative Community District Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse. You must hold the District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification. You will manage a District Nursing team within the Greenwich Directorate of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidates will be part of a progressive and supportive team located in South East London. Our District Nursing Service delivers care to a diverse population across the borough of Greenwich.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, conscientious, adaptable manager and team player with highly developed nursing skills.

You must be able to work on your own initiative. Previous clinical team management experience is essential.

In our district nursing teams, due to the requirement to be able to travel between patients’ homes in a timely manner, a full UK driver’s licence is essential as well as access to a car for work purposes.

You will be committed to the development of the team through effective leadership and be given the opportunity to develop your own clinical skills through the delivery of a wide range of evidence based care and an active personal development plan.

These posts are not suitable for RMN or Learning Disability nurses.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead a team of nurses and support staff with the responsibility of managing the care for a defined caseload.

Community Nurses work as part of a team delivering high quality evidence based nursing care to clients within their own home, residential homes and clinical environments. As part of a District Nursing team you will have a role placing emphasis on prevention and rehabilitation as well as curative and palliative care.

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner and will assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care and also participate in the training of patients, relatives, carers, students and other health care professionals.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and provide regular evaluation of health care needs in conjunction with patients, their carers and other appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Prioritisation, organisation and appropriate delegation of the responsibilities and workloads within the team will be required to ensure efficient and effective service provisions.
• To be responsible for the caseload management of patients within the practice population.
• To be responsible for keeping up to date with current issues and events in Primary Health Care.
• To actively participate and influence the developments of Community nursing services.
• To provide support and health education programmes for patients and carers through effective interpersonal skills.
• To work flexibly and relieve colleagues/ rotate within the trust as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service.
• To work alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team e.g. attend meetings of Primary Health Care Team.
• To ensure own mandatory training and team members mandatory training is kept up to date in line with Trust policies.
• Ability to use Information Technology including Word, email and the internet and RIO.
• Participation in complaint investigations, when requested.

Person specification

BSc specialist Practice DN

• achieved
• Knowledge & Skills

Communication

• achieved
• Experience
• recognised teaching qualification

2 years CSN

• experience in DN team
• knowledge of safeguarding

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Name Kay Flanders-Nivet Job title Matron for District Nursing Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07921405916