Senior District Nurse
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
Are you a District Nurse with the Specialist Practice Qualification (SPQ) looking for the opportunity to develop your career in an organisation rated outstanding by the CQC?
Do you want to be part of an innovative team that is remodelling its adult community nursing services to ensure we are driven and focused on achieving clinical excellence in line with the national community direction?
We have an exciting and interesting opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic Senior District Nursing Practitioner to join our Out of Hospital Division.
We are looking for a District Nurse who holds the District Nurse SPQ, along with the Non-Medical Prescribing qualification to clinically lead our Warwick and Kenilworth Place Based Team (PBT) collaboratively working within and across professional and organisational boundaries.
The successful candidate will:
Demonstrate a comprehensive specialist knowledge base and promote excellence in nursing practice within a dynamic healthcare environment.
Hold clinical responsibility for the diagnosing, prescribing, planning and evaluation of care, always ensuring provision of high standards of care to patients and their families within the community.
Act as an autonomous expert practitioner and role model to the whole team, work alongside the Professional Lead and be responsible for the clinical development and delivery of a safe, effective, well-led, quality driven service.
Hold a UK driving licence and have use of a car.
Main duties of the job
This post is advertising pending Job Matching.
The post holder is required to be a Registered Nurse with substantial community experience of managing patients with complex needs and holding advanced clinical assessment skills. The post requires the completion of the DNSPQ qualification and be an independent prescriber.
The Senior District Nurse is responsible for the assessment and management of the complex health needs of an identified population and for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The post holder will be a registered nurse and hold the DNSPQ qualification. They will be providing clinical leadership for all patients within the community nursing caseload through proactive management. They will focus on ways to achieve and demonstrate overall improvements in health care. They will work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to establish a whole systems approach to the management of patients accessing healthcare in the area.
The Senior District Nurse will support their peers and be an effective team member. Whilst working on their own initiative, they will be responsible for ensuring that all members of the nursing team are providing the highest standard of evidenced based clinical care. They will clinically supervise and be responsible for the development and competencies of all staff within their team. To include performance development reviews, clinical supervision and recruitment and selection.
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full-time
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum
Closing date
31/08/2023