The closing date is 25 March 2026
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a District Nurse to work within our St Ives/Hunts Community Nursing Team.
You will be working as part of a team which includes Community Nurses (RN), Advanced Clinical Nurse Practitioner and Integrated Care Workers. You will link closely with colleagues outside of CPFT including GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team to support excellent nursing care at home, reducing the necessity for acute hospital admission.
The successful candidate will need to have a District Nurse Specialist Qualification, or have worked in a leadership role within a community nursing team or similar role – with community related continual professional development evidenced with completion or plan for completion of post graduate community related qualification.
The post holder will be supported and be committed to further development within role either with modular post graduate development or completion of the Specialist Practitioner DN Qualification.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team, neighbourhood teams.
- To be responsible for own caseload and undertake an assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
- To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the multidisciplinary team.
- To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
- Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students.
- To supervise junior staff and students overseeing patient intervention and ensure that a high standard of care is delivered and staff achieve set competencies.
- To be accountable for a delegated caseload
- To priorities, all referrals according to clinical lead and allocate or signpost appropriately
- To provide a high standard of nursing intervention within patients own homes this includes lone working, with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required.
- To identify patient needs, agree on goals and provide appropriate holistic nursing interventions, to refer to other services and provide or order equipment.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own and delegated work.
- To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
- To undertake a holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills.
- To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
- To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
- Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately.
- Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks.
- To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions.
- To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g. hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems and pain.
- To contribute to and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Neighbourhood Teams and the new model of care.
- To work effectively within the neighbourhood team structure and liaise appropriately with members of the MDT and other agencies by attending MDT meetings, case reviews.
- To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.
- To inform/update all members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient.
- To support the Community nursing team with day to day planning and delivery of high-quality care.
- To support the neighbourhood team with a case management model.
- To support, educate and advise formal and informal carers with the nursing care which they can provide.
- To act as a patient advocate, providing information, health education and support to facilitate patient choice with regard to nursing care, promoting independence.
- To ensure that medications are stored and recorded according to the rules relating to the drugs policy of CPFT.
To administer immunisations and vaccinations to adults in accordance with agreed protocols for patients on the current caseload.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- RGN level 1 educated to degree level.
- Post-registration qualification relevant to district nursing
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Management of leg ulcer qualification
- Prescriber or willing to undertake
- Wound care qualification
Experience
Essential
- Multidisciplinary working experience
- Management experience
- Relevant and proven experience post registration in a variety of settings
- Nursing in both acute and community settings
Desirable
- Demonstrate application of clinical governance and experience of clinical supervision
- Experience in delivering training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- The ability to respond to changing situations
- Ability to develop effective working relationships
- Ability to exercise initiative
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to innovate
Desirable
- Extensive understanding of clinical supervision
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of national government initiatives in health and social care and how these impact on local services
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings.
- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
- Manoeuvre patients using safe techniques in accordance with care plan.
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).