District Nurse
Stanton, England, United Kingdom Temporary Posted 6 days ago
The Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are looking for newly qualified or experienced District Nurses to a lead team of Community Nurses. The teams work alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social workers, and support staff. Please make it clear in your application which hours you are interested in working in.
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.
You will be supported with a comprehensive induction and training, as needed, to help you settle in, with the time & opportunity to get to know the people on your caseload, along with development opportunities.
If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact us for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
Please see the full job description attached for more information
Clinical
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: Team manager Email address: Trina.odebrecht@wsh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07895332859
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.
You will be supported with a comprehensive induction and training, as needed, to help you settle in, with the time & opportunity to get to know the people on your caseload, along with development opportunities.
If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact us for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
Please see the full job description attached for more information
Clinical
- Manage a caseload of complex patients with healthcare needs within a designated population, using specialist knowledge to carry out assessments.
- Assess; develop; and implement individualised and specialist nursing care programmes in th
- Evaluate treatment interventions for the caseload and modify healthcare plans. Encourage the patient towards self-care and independence, using a health coaching approach and to provide training, education and advice.
- Work in partnership with other services to and the patient and their family/carer to preventing inappropriate admission to acute hospital settings.
- Support discharges into the
- Effectively manage and oversee the triage of all referrals to th
- Ensure all aspects of care offered by the team meet the agreed National, Professional and Local
- Be responsible for the coordination of the day-to-day planning and delivery of District Nursing services within the team, prioritising clinical needs and delegating where needed to provide an effective
- Be responsible with other senior colleagues to provide the needs of the patient/client group, planning and delivering services.
- Ensure nursing capacity is reported using escalation process a
- Undertakes independent prescribing for own caseload within the limits of the postholders competence and the requirements of the nurse practitioner role.
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: Team manager Email address: Trina.odebrecht@wsh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07895332859
