The closing date is 07 April 2025
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year
Job summary
Are you a District Nurse who currently holds a Specialist Practitioner qualification? Here at Bridgewater, we are looking for an experienced and motivated individual who will be responsible for carrying out holistic and autonomous evidenced-based nursing care to patients under the care of the Warrington District Nursing service. The successful applicant will provide a high standard of care, utilising clinical skills in the assessment, planning and implementation of pro-active care to a community population. This role provides opportunity to work in close collaboration with other professionals/stakeholders within the Warrington footprint. You should be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development.
If you are looking for flexibility with your working hours to support your work life balance, all flexible working requests will be considered in line with the needs of the service.
Main duties of the job
Main District Nurse duties include:
To actively manage the district nursing caseload
Perform holistic assessments of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement, and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.
Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.
Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
To establish and maintain effective communication with stake holders, individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.
Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template
Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical
- Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills.
- Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.
- Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care.
- To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
- Work collaboratively with other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met.
- Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
- To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
- Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
- To identify skills and knowledge to address individuals training needs by undertaking personal development reviews and personal development plans within the KSF framework.
- To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.
- Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
- Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template
- Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams
Managerial/Leadership
- Work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator in providing nursing services to patients registered within a defined GP Practice.
- Manage the night service caseload of patients.
- Delegate the workload to appropriate team members.
- Day to day responsibility for the designated caseload.
- To provide accurate timely information to the identified administrator regarding annual leave, expenses and study leave.
- To undertake back to work interviews and assist in the monitoring and reporting to District Nurse Coordinator general HR issues surrounding staff sickness, absentees.
- To report any concerns with regards to poor practice or concerns of staff members to the District Nurse Coordinator.
- Support the effective use of physical and financial resources. Ordering supplies and equipment.
- To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe, adhering to the Lone Worker policy.
- To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encourage clinical supervision.
- Supply required activity data related to patient care.
Clinical Governance:
- To support the clinical governance agenda by benchmarking best practice, identify any inequalities in service delivery.
- Ensure that practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature.
- To contribute to the development of and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work to ensure best practice.
- In-depth knowledge of the legal, ethical, moral and accountability issues related to District Nursing. Adhere to the NMC Standards:- Professional Code of Conduct, Scope of Professional Practice and Administrations of Medicines records and Record Keeping.
- Support the organisations public health agenda.
- Maintain a professional portfolio that demonstrates evidence of on-going professional development.
- Identify any limitations/gaps in professional or clinical knowledge.
- Access and promote clinical supervision within the team
- Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
Teaching and Learning:
- To ensure own continued professional development.
- To undertake mandatory training and other training that is specific for the post.
- Facilitate the placement of pre and post registration nursing students.
- Support the development of the nursing team by teaching and assessing other member of the team including nursing auxiliaries.
- Teaching of patients/carers and other professionals to support patients to maintain their optimum level of independence.
- Promote lifelong learning with the nursing team.
- Act as practice teacher to specialist practitioner students (NMC Standard 2006)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN First level/RGN
- District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner qualification.
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- V300 NMP
- Clinical assessment qualification
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate current experience in role
- Experience of high level organisational skills
Desirable
- Relevant community experience
- Leadership qualification
Right to Work
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
- Wide range of clinical skills
- Proven leadership skills
- Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
- Able to demonstrate initiative.
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
- Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students including SPQ students.
- Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Tissue viability qualification
- Palliative care qualification
- Patient safety/PSIRF experience
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the Trust
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs over a 7 day period
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).