District Nurse Bury Rural or Newmarket INT
The West Suffolk Community Integrated Neighbourhood Team has had a significant investment which has seen the addition of multiple posts across the teams.
On the back of this there is an opportunity for a District Nurse to join the Community Nursing Team in either Bury Rural or Newmarket.
Working alongside existing District Nurses you will provide a key leadership function of the teams alongside the Team Manager and Speciality Therapist.
When you join our team, you will be at the front line of healthcare, delivering care to the patients on your caseload in their own homes, with excellent support from an Integrated Community Team.
This post requires a specialised District Nursing degree, following your Adult Nursing qualification. NHS work experience is essential & Community Nursing experience desirable.
This rewarding job helps maintain a patient’s independence and freedom, whilst still being able to access exemplary medical care.
Main Duties Of The Job
- To lead, develop and manage the Community Nursing Service alongside peers in sometimes unpredictable environments.
- To provide specialist clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff and students within the team.
- To provide patient centred and evidence-based management of a defined caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs.
To provide the highest standard of clinical care by using advanced skills and expert knowledge to holistically assess needs, instigate and provide clinical treatments using evidence-based practice.
To support staff to feel confident and competent to move across organisational and professional boundaries.
To monitor the quality of care provision and identify and promote areas for service development.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Trina Odebrecht Job title: Integrated Neighbourhood Team Manager Email address: trina.odebrecht@wsh.nhs.uk
