District Nurse

Job overview

Band 6 District Nurse - 1.0 WTE, 37.5 hours a week.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated District Nurse looking for a opportunity to lead and develop our friendly and supportive  Burton Town District Nursing team.

We are looking for someone who is dynamic and motivated and has the confidence to support, coach and develop individuals to deliver consistently high quality services.  Excellent communication and time management skills, and sound clinical knowledge, are essential.  You will be responsible for the ongoing assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

You will be managing a caseload of patients while providing support and supervision for team members and students to enable provision of high quality person-centred care to patients within their own homes which includes ensuring high standards of care are delivered in line with MPFT’s policies and meeting locally required targets.

Essential requirements for the post are a Degree in Nursing or equivalent and a Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing.

Main duties of the job

Why choose East Staffordshire as a place to work?

Because we are an innovative, integrated Community service covering the East Staffordshire area including the Burton Town area, Uttoxeter and the surrounding Villages. We work closely across the Nursing teams, AHP’s including Podiatry, Physio, Falls Team, Stroke and Rehab team including our out of hours service, to ensure that our patients are at the centre of the care provided.  We collaboratively deliver our care across all the professions, recognising the importance for patient centred approach, working together across all the nursing and therapy teams

We pride ourselves on our strong leadership, innovation, prevention and implementation of the care within the living model in all our patient care. We ensure that all of MPFT’s values and behaviours are entwined and embedded within our staff, teams and our patient centred care. We support the development and learning of all staff, having great links with our local universities, while also priding ourselves on growing our own staff and the leaders of the future

If you are interested in joining our innovative workforce, then choose East Staffs for the next chapter in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Post holder will:

• Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the
• Demonstrate at all times the Partnership Trust Values of: “People, Empowerment and Partnership.”
• Be a Registered Nurse and have a detailed professional and clinical They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in the following areas;
• Palliative care
• Management of continence
• Administration of medication
• Management of long term conditions
• Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community and
• Be skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support
• Have supervisory, training and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
• Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to

Work with the Operational Lead undertaking delegated tasks in team management

For further details, please see the job description and person specification attached.