District Nurse

Do you hold the District Nursing Specialist Practitioner Qualification and are you looking for an opportunity to develop or continue your career in the community setting? If so, we have exciting opportunities now available for highly skilled, enthusiastic individuals to join our community leadership teams. District Nurses work as part of the team to lead and manage both registered and non-registered staff and have overall responsibility and accountability for the assessment, management and evaluation of care delivered to patients on a designated caseload. In addition, you will have responsibility for performance and clinical activity and be required to be responsive to changing health care needs and complexity. The working hours are Monday to Sunday, between 08:00 and 22:00.,

• Providing specialist nursing care to include: management of wounds and leg ulcers, care of patients with a palliative diagnosis, symptom control and care in the last days of life, bowel, continence and catheter care and administration of medication including IVs.
• Leadership and line management.
• Clinical governance, incident and risk management and audit.
• Working with the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Supporting patients to remain at home and avoid hospital admission.
• Promoting self-care and independence.
We would offer you:
• Meaningful clinical and managerial supervision.
• Robust induction to the role and hub.
• Clear pathways and opportunities for career development for those who have a desire to progress.
• Free parking in all our bases.
• Competitive mileage rates.
• No night shifts., working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri
  
  We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied
  
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The location of the job opportunities and preference of base will be discussed further at interview. It is an essential requirement that you have a car for work use and have a UK driving licence.