District Nurse

1. Manage a caseload of complex patients with healthcare needs within a designated population, using specialist knowledge to carry out assessments.
2. Assess; develop; and implement individualised and specialist nursing care programmes in th
3. 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.
4. Work in partnership with other services to and the patient and their family/carer to preventing inappropriate admission to acute hospital settings.
5. Support discharges into the
6. Effectively manage and oversee the triage of all referrals to th
7. Ensure all aspects of care offered by the team meet the agreed National, Professional and Local
8. 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
9. Be responsible with other senior colleagues to provide the needs of the patient/client group, planning and delivering services.
10. Ensure nursing capacity is reported using escalation process a
11. Undertakes independent prescribing for own caseload within the limits of the postholders competence and the requirements of the nurse practitioner role.

This post requires a specialised District Nursing degree, following your Adult Nursing qualification. NHS work experience is essential & Community Nursing experience desirable.

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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.

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