District Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse - Lancaster District Nurses
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Lancaster District Nurses have an exciting opportunity to recruit a permanent Band 6 District Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse.
The successful candidate will ideally have at least one year's experience in Community Nursing and have completed or be working towards a relevant post-registration qualification.
You will be working within the Lancaster district as part of a dynamic and supportive team who continuously strive to deliver gold standard patient care within our community.
As a team, we also give equal importance to staff health and wellbeing. Utilising your specialist skills and knowledge, you will demonstrate genuine passion and enthusiasm for holistic patient-centred care delivery whilst facilitating and undertaking personal and professional development, which is supported by our team and Community Care Group.
1x full time (hours to be negotiated).
We encourage you to make contact with our Team Leader Amanda Wright to discuss this post or to arrange an informal visit. Tel: 01524 591470.
Main duties of the job
This exciting opportunity is for a dedicated and motivated community nurse to develop their skills and knowledge in District Nursing, working across the Lancaster area and other community Nursing Teams as part of the Integrated Care Community (ICC's), covering a 24-hour period including weekends and bank holidays, 7 days a week.
You may also be expected to work across a variety of DN teams in the Community Care Group to maintain service delivery.
Community Nurses work closely with all health and social care disciplines to prevent hospital admission, facilitate hospital discharge, and promote independence through reablement and management of long-term conditions. The role requires excellent communication skills as you will undertake complex nursing assessments and develop and deliver programmes of care with patients, families, and carers.
You will need a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle in order to fulfil this role.
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website here.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
* 1st level registered nurse.
* Demonstrable basic and advanced clinical skills, e.g., physical assessment skills, venepuncture, BLS, wound care.
* Recent management/leadership experience relevant to clinical specialty.
* Post-registration qualification in a relevant area that has enhanced clinical practice or working towards.
* Ability to travel as required.
* Ability to work as part of the MDT clinical team.
* Evidence of clinical competence and credibility in specialty.
* Ability to manage the care of a wide variety of patient conditions.
* Demonstrate ability to make clinical decisions and to develop others in this area.
* Understanding of clinical governance and its application.
* Demonstrate advanced people management skills, e.g., motivation of staff, decision making, leadership, staff development, conflict, managing change.
* Understands the trust values and behaviours.
* Post-registration management/leadership qualification or willingness to undertake.
* Community specialist practitioner qualification or a willingness to undertake.
* Modules of study in leg ulcer, tissue viability, V150, palliative care or willingness to undertake.
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.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata.
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