District Nurse Band 7

A vacancy has arisen to cover maternity leave, for enthusiastic and flexible registered District Nurse to join our community nursing teams in the borough of Kingston.

Rated OUTSTANDING for CARE by the CQC, you will be leading a team of highly skilled and compassionate nurses, nurse associates and health care assistants.

You will manage a caseload of patients, attached to 1 or 2 GP surgeries, including case management of patients identified as being at risk of hospital admission. You will complete skilled, professional holistic assessment of health needs, plan and provide relevant nursing care to adults in their own homes or care home setting.

The Team Leader works in partnership with the primary health care team, social services, private and voluntary sector, addressing health promotion priorities both locally and nationally.

You will need to have a District Nursing qualification. Also experience of managing patients with a range of long-term conditions and multi pathologies.

You will act as a role model, teaching and supporting staff and students on placement in the community, so will need to be a trained Practice Assessor.

You will also manage team members, developing their skills and providing feedback through 1-1 meetings and appraisal and managing sickness and capability as required. You will also be involved in audit to ensure care remains at a high quality and evidence based.

You will need to be a car driver and have access to a vehicle.,

• To provide professional leadership including line management, recruitment, supervision/ appraisal and development both qualified and unqualified staff within the Community Team.


• To provide an expert and evidenced based Nursing service to patients requiring nursing care within their own homes.


• To work autonomously and as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with other agencies including acute, primary and voluntary sectors.
  
  Welcome to Your Healthcare CIC, we are a not for profit social enterprise, proud of delivering patient-led, high quality health and social care community services for residents in the Borough of Kingston, as part of the NHS family.


Your Healthcare is located in the South West of London within the Royal Borough of Kingston. Working as a Community Interest Company (CIC), our status allows us to invest any surplus or profit back into front line services, where it is needed most by you, our community.