Senior District Nurse Practitioner – Fixed-Term Secondment

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust; Swanage; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust in Swanage, Purbeck, seeks a District Nurse Specialist Practitioner for a fixed-term role up to 12 months. The post will lead community nursing teams and contribute to Integrated Neighbourhood Health initiatives.

You will require strong leadership, caseload management, and decision-making abilities to deliver high-quality patient care in a multidisciplinary community setting.

Qualifications

• Experience at Practitioner Band 5 level with extended roles in community nursing.
• Experience in leading a team in community nursing.
• Ability to develop specialist programmes of care for individuals or groups and provide highly specialist advice.
• Ability to travel using own vehicle for Trust business.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate care and workloads for community nursing teams.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist treatment and care for a caseload.
• Contribute to development of Integrated Neighbourhood Health initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Caseload management

Team leading

Education

Registered nurse

District Nurse SPQDN

Non‑Medical Prescriber

Tools

Electronic patient records

Data reporting

Job description

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust in Swanage, Purbeck, seeks a District Nurse Specialist Practitioner for a fixed-term role up to 12 months. The post will lead community nursing teams and contribute to Integrated Neighbourhood Health initiatives.

You will require strong leadership, caseload management, and decision-making abilities to deliver high-quality patient care in a multidisciplinary community setting.