District Nursing Clinical Lead - Hastings
* Are you a District Nurse with the Specialist Practice Qualification (SPQ) looking for the opportunity to develop your career?
* Do you want to be part of an innovative team that is remodelling its adult community nursing services to ensure they are fit for the future?
If you are, an exciting and interesting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and enthusiastic Clinical Lead Nurse to join our District Nursing Service.
We are looking for a District Nurse who holds a Community Specialist Practitioner Qualification and has significant Community Nursing experience to clinically lead a Primary Care Network (PCN) aligned Locality team. The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive specialist knowledge base and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment.
They will be responsible for the development and delivery of a 7-day consistently high quality, safe and sustainable, cost-efficient service operating 08:00 till 18:00.
Main duties of the job
* Assessing new patients for nursing interventions in their own homes, creating and evaluating care plans.
* Undertaking skilled nursing interventions for a devolved caseload with support of the District Nurse and Clinical Leads.
* Assisting patients and carers in achieving optimal independence using best practice and following national and Trust policies and guidelines.
It can be quite a challenging role at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are important.
If you are flexible and have the aspiration, capability, and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals. Each and every employee is valued and supported within the team, as everyone has an important role to play in our success. It is only with the dedication, passion, and hard work from everyone in the team that excellent patient care can be achieved.
About us
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants, and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RGN/RN (Adults) on NMC Register
* Community Specialist Practitioner Qualification (District Nurse)
* Non-Medical Prescriber V300 (or commitment to undertake)
* Advanced Physical Assessment Module (or commitment to undertake within 12 months of coming into post)
* Teaching and assessing qualification aligned to NMC requirements
* Leadership/Management Training (or commitment to undertake)
* IOSH (or commitment to undertake)
* Evidence of further study at Masters level
* Trained to interpret microbiology and pathology results
Experience
* Extensive SPQ community nursing experience
* Evidence of up to date knowledge and skills
* Teaching in a clinical setting
* Significant experience of team leadership and organisational skills at a senior level
* Experience of caseload management
* Experience of multidisciplinary working
* Long term condition management
* Experience of managing change and developing teams
* Motivational Interviewing
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.
£46,148 to £52,809 per annum, pro rata.
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