Are you a motivated District Nurse looking for change? We are seeking our next District Nurse to join the Newark District Nursing Team.
The Adult Community Service is an integrated healthcare team providing long- term conditions management, rehabilitation and community nursing services within the Newark town and surrounding villages. We are an enthusiastic team with a breadth of experience and a shared goal to offer the highest standard of care to our patients. We work closely with other health and social care professionals across primary and secondary care, as well as with patients, families and carers in both a home and clinic setting.
Your role will be to lead a team of staff and case manage the provision of care within an individual's home or residential home, including palliative care and long term conditions management. You will work autonomously using your own initiative to deliver holistic care to adults with physical health needs.
A key aim of our service is reduce unplanned hospital admissions and facilitate discharges from the acute care environment. The team members include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, Community nurses, community matrons, specialist nurses and support workers. We also work closely with GP's and the voluntary sector
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
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You will have a Specialist Practitioner qualification in District Nursing, a degree/ diploma in nursing and be registered with the NMC. You should possess excellent leadership abilities, interpersonal skills and time management skills. You should have experience in caseload management and be able to priorities work. An induction period will be provided.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Feb 2025
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