Student District Nurse

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Job summary

NELFT is looking for highly motivated qualified nurses interested in undertaking the Specialist Community Practitioner (District Nurse) qualification in January 2024. This is a fully salaried training place. You will be given a fixed term contract with NELFT to undertake a one-year full-time course.

The course is taken jointly with Anglia Ruskin University.

The post of Specialist Community Practitioner Sponsorship Student is a development post building on existing knowledge, skills and competencies to achieve a higher level of practice resulting in an academic qualification as well as a recordable/recognised qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

The fundamental responsibilities of the post holder are to attain the academic credentials and the clinical skills required to practice as a NMC registered Specialist Community Practitioner on a defined pathway.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will achieve this by working towards gaining the standards of proficiency for entry to the NMC register / recordable for Specialist Community Practitioner.

To provide the Specialist Community Practitioner Student with a learning environment which will enable the student to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies required to take on the role of a qualified Specialist Community Practitioner within the District Nursing pathway.

To gain the knowledge and skills and competence required in order to exercise higher levels of judgment, discretion and decision making in clinical care focusing on four broad areas:

• Clinical practice

• Community Engagement

• Clinical practice development

• Leadership in clinical practice.

Contract

Fixed term – 12 months

Hours

Full-time

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year up to mid point band 5

Closing date

01/10/2023