Student District Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Swanley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider is seeking a Specialist Practitioner - District Nurse to provide care at patients' homes in Swanley. The role involves collaborative work with multidisciplinary teams and offers a full-time contract to undertake a Specialist Practitioner Award. Successful candidates will enjoy benefits like NHS Pension, on-site parking, and access to wellbeing resources. Ideal applicants have community nursing experience, are registered with the NMC, and hold a relevant degree.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Free tea and coffee

On-site parking

Discounts via My Reward Hub

Access to wages as earned

Online wellbeing support

Career coaching

Qualifications

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience in community nursing.
• Competence and academic ability to study at required level.

Responsibilities

• Provide community nursing care in patients' homes.
• Collaborate with community matrons and nursing services.
• Deliver high service standards and share best practices.
• Use electronic notes on the go.

Skills

Community nursing experience

Autonomy in patient care

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Education

Relevant degree at 2:2 or above

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for the next steps in your nursing career as a Specialist Practitioner - District Nurse? Are you passionate about making a difference to patients' lives? If yes, there couldn't be a more exciting time to join us. You will be based within one of our community nursing teams who provide care to people in their own homes and have access to our Community Matrons and Specialist Nursing Services in addition to our Rapid Response and therapy teams. We empower our staff to work autonomously and with flexibility by providing state-of-the-art tablets for writing notes on the go electronically in real time. In this role, you will care for patients in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work.

About the opportunity

HCRG Care Group (North Kent) is inviting applications to undertake a 1-year full time Specialist Practitioner Award in District Nursing commencing January 2026. This challenging course consists of 50% taught sessions at the University of Greenwich and 50% work-based placements. Successful applicants will be employed on a full-time fixed term 12-month contract, receiving a salary and full funding for the Specialist District Nursing programme at the University of Greenwich. There will also be the opportunity to join us as one of our substantive colleagues at the end of the course and ongoing support to complete achievement of the Non-Medical Prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Provide community nursing care within patients\' homes as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with Community Matrons and Specialist Nursing Services, Rapid Response, and therapy teams.
• Deliver high service standards, share best practice, and actively improve ways of working.
• Operate with autonomy and flexibility, using electronic notes written on the go via tablets.

Qualifications

• Be currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Nurse
• Have at least 2 years post-registration experience within community nursing
• Hold a relevant degree, normally at 2:2 or above (at least 120 credits at level 6)
• Show evidence of competence, experience, or academic ability to study at the level required for the programme

Additional information

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK\'s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year — guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We\'re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We\'re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Benefits and note

• AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
• Plentiful on-site parking
• Membership of My Reward Hub with discounts and cashback offers
• Access to wages as you earn them to help cover emergencies
• Online wellbeing support, including mental/physical health resources, and career coaching
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and CPD through The Learning Enterprise
• The pride of working for an organisation with high clinical and quality standards

Note: While it doesn\'t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we may close it earlier than the date shown. If you\'re keen to join our team, please apply as soon as you can.