Job summary Band 6 District Nurse - WTE, 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 About us By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; Supporting your career development and progressionExcellent NHS Pension schemeGenerous maternity, paternity and adoption leaveOptions for flexible workingUp to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leaveExtensive Health and Wellbeing support and resourcesIf you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patientsLease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rateSalary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business ratesSalary sacrifice bikes up to £2kFree car parking at all trust sitesFree flu vaccinations every yearCitizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met) And more.
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description Job responsibilities The Post holder will: Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of theDemonstrate 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 careManagement of continenceAdministration of medicationManagement of long term conditionsBe responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community andBe skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/supportHave 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 managementFor further details, please see the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification essential Essential SPQDN qualification working towards SPQDN qualification experience working as a SSN/Band 6 in community Desirable health assessment V150 prescribing Experience Essential caseload management leadership and management of a team community experience Desirable wound care management palliative care experience