Job summary
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to take the next step in
your career within District Nursing? Do you have at least two years of recent
experience within a district nursing service and a passion for delivering
high-quality community care? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to
join our Warrington District Nursing Service as a Senior Community Staff Nurse.
We are seeking committed and skilled nurses with proven
district nursing experience, including areas such as palliative and end-of-life
care, wound management, and catheter care. In this role, you will be
responsible for managing a cohort of higher-acuity and complex patients, under
the guidance of the Team Leader (caseload holder), demonstrating clinical
confidence and sound professional judgement.
The successful candidate will bring excellent communication
skills, strong clinical reasoning, and the ability to prioritise and manage
their own workload effectively. You will be expected to carry out comprehensive
holistic assessments, develop and lead on personalised plans of care, and
provide support, guidance, and mentorship to junior colleagues within the
service.
If you are looking for a role that challenges you, develops
your leadership potential, and places you at the heart of community-based care,
we would be delighted to receive your application. We are committed to
supporting worklife balance, and all flexible working requests will be
considered in line with service needs.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide advanced expertise and strong
leadership within the District Nursing Team, working alongside the Team Leader
to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. They will demonstrate an in-depth
theoretical and practical understanding of a wide range of conditions and will
be proficient in core district nursing skills, including tissue viability,
palliative and end-of-life care, and diabetes management. Using specialist
assessment abilities and diagnostic reasoning, they will interpret complex
clinical presentations, make sound judgements, and implement evidence-based
interventions tailored to the needs of patients with higher acuity and complex
conditions. They will plan, deliver, and evaluate holistic programmes of care,
maintaining accurate records and ensuring practice reflects current evidence,
NMC standards, and professional codes.
In their leadership role, the post holder will act as a
visible role model, supporting effective communication across the team,
promoting a culture of compassion, professionalism, equality, and openness, and
deputising for the Team Leader when required. They will help coordinate the
teams workload, support decision-making in challenging or urgent situations,
and provide guidance, supervision, and mentorship to junior staff, students,
and new starters.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Demonstrates a detailed theoretical and
practical knowledge of common aetiologies, pathologies, conditions, and
presentations involving a critical understanding of theories and principles.
Be proficient in core skills required to
deliver care within a district nursing service such as tissue viability,
palliative end of life care, diabetes management.
Demonstrate innovative and specialist skills
required for assessment and interpretation of complex patient conditions and
determining the appropriate course of action.
Select methods and tools to holistically
assess, plan, implement and evaluate in a complex patient condition.
Analyse and act appropriately in complex
situation and escalate wherever applicable e.g., to District Nurse Coordinator,
Team leader, Safeguarding Lead, GP.
Make judgements on complex facts requiring
interpretation and comparing treatment management options ensuring clinical
reasoning is reflected accurately in case records.
Prioritises their own workload and support the
Team Leader with allocation and workload management of the wider team, within
agreed objectives deciding when to refer to others as appropriate.
Approach each individual with care, compassion
and sensitivity ensuring that these values are reflected in all areas of
practice including the management of any complaints and compliments.
Leadership
Deputise for the Team Leader at internal and
external meetings when required.
Support the Team Leader in developing
effective lines of communication that ensures that the team are aware of the
Trusts strategic direction and local business plan objectives and performance
targets.
Ensures that a
professional service and image is maintained at all times, thereby acting as a
role model to all staff promoting a positive image of community nursing.
Provides a
leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values around equality,
diversity, and openness; effectively builds and maintains relationships with
the wider team, management teams and other key individuals across the
organisation.
Provide an
educational role for patients, carers, and new team members.
Demonstrates the ability to delegate, organise
and prioritise workload to ensure the safe delivery of care to an identified
cohort of patients including the management of referrals and discharges using
locally agreed support mechanisms e.g., on call manager and making judgements
in complex situations.
Demonstrates clinical leadership, initiative,
and creativity in identifying and supporting projects inspiring others to be
positive in their contribution to continuous improvement.
Demonstrates resilience when responding to
challenge, change and complex or difficult situations.
Ensures that all objectives, for self and
those directly supervised by the post holder, are clearly defined within the
wider Directorate framework and in line with Trusts objectives, using the
appraisal process as a vehicle for this.
Takes responsibility for their own and others health and safety in the working
environment.
To support the Team Leader in the management
of higher acuity patients and leading on the assessment care planning and
ongoing management of an identified cohort of patients.
Collaborate with primary care, secondary care
and social services and other colleagues to plan and implement treatment as
required.
Learning and Development
Undertakes any
training required to develop and maintain their proficiency in response to
changes in service delivery or new and emerging techniques and demonstrate
competence within professional body requirements.
Reflects on and
evaluates own practice and identifies areas of development by setting
appropriate objectives via appraisal and clinical supervision.
Conducts
research projects, or other research and development activity, appropriate to
clinical area.
Undertakes
supervision and is responsible for teaching and training both inside and
outside work area.
Supporting the
Team leaders with the learning and development of others including students and
preceptees providing supervision and mentorship to junior staff.
Support the
Team Leader in reporting and investigating complaints and incidents.
Partnership
and Team Working
Actively develops and maintains
effective clinical and corporate working relationships both within and outside
the Trust.
Explores the
potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and
sustain such relationships to improve and develop service delivery.
Actively
contributes to the multi-disciplinary team supporting the patient including
communication with external care providers, voluntary support services and
other agencies; acting as a credible source of information for other
agencies/professionals involved in the care as required.
Innovation
and Quality
Implements,
monitors, and maintains agreed standards of care, reporting to the Team
Leader/District Nurse Coordinator when standards are not met.
Implements
policies relevant to service area and supports the Team Leader to ensure team
members are aware of policy requirements.
Identifies
areas for improvement within own team and proactively addresses these with the
support of the Team Leader/District Nurse Coordinator within the overall
organisational governance frameworks and corporate objectives reflecting the
changing needs of the population, local and national initiatives.
Actively
works to continually improve the quality of own service area within the overall
organisational governance frameworks and corporate objectives e.g., through
audit or suggesting changes to practice.
Contributes
to and undertakes clinical audit.
Works
with District Nurse Coordinators, Team Leaders, and other key colleagues to
identify, manage and minimise risks within the overall organisational risk
management frameworks. This includes understanding and applying knowledge of
clinical role in safeguarding and an active involvement in incident management
processes.
Acts
as an advocate for patients and their families/carers recognising the
boundaries of their clinical knowledge; liaising and referring on to other
services / agencies as required.
Ensures
that patient experience is core to all clinical care delivered and gaining
support from the appropriate corporate teams as required.
Actively ensures
completion of required data in a timely manner to meet the Quality Framework
requirements, outcome measures and best practice standards in order to deliver
an effective, high-quality service.
Please see full job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
Demonstrates a detailed theoretical and
practical knowledge of common aetiologies, pathologies, conditions, and
presentations involving a critical understanding of theories and principles.
Be proficient in core skills required to
deliver care within a district nursing service such as tissue viability,
palliative end of life care, diabetes management.
Demonstrate innovative and specialist skills
required for assessment and interpretation of complex patient conditions and
determining the appropriate course of action.
Select methods and tools to holistically
assess, plan, implement and evaluate in a complex patient condition.
Analyse and act appropriately in complex
situation and escalate wherever applicable e.g., to District Nurse Coordinator,
Team leader, Safeguarding Lead, GP.
Make judgements on complex facts requiring
interpretation and comparing treatment management options ensuring clinical
reasoning is reflected accurately in case records.
Prioritises their own workload and support the
Team Leader with allocation and workload management of the wider team, within
agreed objectives deciding when to refer to others as appropriate.
Approach each individual with care, compassion
and sensitivity ensuring that these values are reflected in all areas of
practice including the management of any complaints and compliments.
Leadership
Deputise for the Team Leader at internal and
external meetings when required.
Support the Team Leader in developing
effective lines of communication that ensures that the team are aware of the
Trusts strategic direction and local business plan objectives and performance
targets.
Ensures that a
professional service and image is maintained at all times, thereby acting as a
role model to all staff promoting a positive image of community nursing.
Provides a
leadership style which is underpinned by strongly held values around equality,
diversity, and openness; effectively builds and maintains relationships with
the wider team, management teams and other key individuals across the
organisation.
Provide an
educational role for patients, carers, and new team members.
Demonstrates the ability to delegate, organise
and prioritise workload to ensure the safe delivery of care to an identified
cohort of patients including the management of referrals and discharges using
locally agreed support mechanisms e.g., on call manager and making judgements
in complex situations.
Demonstrates clinical leadership, initiative,
and creativity in identifying and supporting projects inspiring others to be
positive in their contribution to continuous improvement.
Demonstrates resilience when responding to
challenge, change and complex or difficult situations.
Ensures that all objectives, for self and
those directly supervised by the post holder, are clearly defined within the
wider Directorate framework and in line with Trusts objectives, using the
appraisal process as a vehicle for this.
Takes responsibility for their own and others health and safety in the working
environment.
To support the Team Leader in the management
of higher acuity patients and leading on the assessment care planning and
ongoing management of an identified cohort of patients.
Collaborate with primary care, secondary care
and social services and other colleagues to plan and implement treatment as
required.
Learning and Development
Undertakes any
training required to develop and maintain their proficiency in response to
changes in service delivery or new and emerging techniques and demonstrate
competence within professional body requirements.
Reflects on and
evaluates own practice and identifies areas of development by setting
appropriate objectives via appraisal and clinical supervision.
Conducts
research projects, or other research and development activity, appropriate to
clinical area.
Undertakes
supervision and is responsible for teaching and training both inside and
outside work area.
Supporting the
Team leaders with the learning and development of others including students and
preceptees providing supervision and mentorship to junior staff.
Support the
Team Leader in reporting and investigating complaints and incidents.
Partnership
and Team Working
Actively develops and maintains
effective clinical and corporate working relationships both within and outside
the Trust.
Explores the
potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and
sustain such relationships to improve and develop service delivery.
Actively
contributes to the multi-disciplinary team supporting the patient including
communication with external care providers, voluntary support services and
other agencies; acting as a credible source of information for other
agencies/professionals involved in the care as required.
Innovation
and Quality
Implements,
monitors, and maintains agreed standards of care, reporting to the Team
Leader/District Nurse Coordinator when standards are not met.
Implements
policies relevant to service area and supports the Team Leader to ensure team
members are aware of policy requirements.
Identifies
areas for improvement within own team and proactively addresses these with the
support of the Team Leader/District Nurse Coordinator within the overall
organisational governance frameworks and corporate objectives reflecting the
changing needs of the population, local and national initiatives.
Actively
works to continually improve the quality of own service area within the overall
organisational governance frameworks and corporate objectives e.g., through
audit or suggesting changes to practice.
Contributes
to and undertakes clinical audit.
Works
with District Nurse Coordinators, Team Leaders, and other key colleagues to
identify, manage and minimise risks within the overall organisational risk
management frameworks. This includes understanding and applying knowledge of
clinical role in safeguarding and an active involvement in incident management
processes.
Acts
as an advocate for patients and their families/carers recognising the
boundaries of their clinical knowledge; liaising and referring on to other
services / agencies as required.
Ensures
that patient experience is core to all clinical care delivered and gaining
support from the appropriate corporate teams as required.
Actively ensures
completion of required data in a timely manner to meet the Quality Framework
requirements, outcome measures and best practice standards in order to deliver
an effective, high-quality service.
Please see full job description attached.
Person Specification
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable).
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the clinical field or a closely related clinical area as part of a wider multidisciplinary team- Minimum 2 years.
- Experience in supervising and delegating to other members of staff.
- Experience of clinical leadership skills e.g., leading/supervising junior staff and students.
- Working in community setting.
Desirable
- Working in primary care-based teams
- Experience of acting in an advocate/champion role
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills.
- Complex analytical and creative problem-solving skills in unpredictable situations
- Leadership skills and excellent decision-making capabilities.
- Competent IT skills in order to collect and interpret data, present reports, and compile simple presentations.
- Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to patients / carers and managing conflict when appropriate.
- Risk assessment skills
- Reflective practice skills able to give clear and effective feedback.
- Able to research, understand and evaluate evidence in order to contribute to practice development
Desirable
- Experience in research and/or clinical audit
- Workload management including delegation of tasks and day-to-day team leadership.
Attitude and Behaviour
Essential
- Displays care, compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs.
- Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace.
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with patients and their careers.
- Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service demands.
- Positive and flexible attitude to dealing with change explore new ways of doing things and approaches.
- Able to respond to the changing needs of the patient in a proficient and timely manner.
- Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
- Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required.
- Ability to travel independently.
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Detailed theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to District Nursing service
- Knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics, and innovation
- Demonstrates awareness of limits to knowledge base
Desirable
- Application of clinical governance and quality measures in practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Post Graduate qualification in specialist field or working towards
- Evidence of proficiency in core skills required for delivery of care within a district nursing service such as, tissue viability, palliative care, diabetes management.
- Mentorship qualification / skills and/or experience or committed to undertaking appropriate mentorship programme.
- Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing
- Formal qualifications in:
- Clinical examination
- Clinical Skills
- Tissue Viability
- Palliative Care
- Diabetes management
- Frailty
Person Specification
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable).
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the clinical field or a closely related clinical area as part of a wider multidisciplinary team- Minimum 2 years.
- Experience in supervising and delegating to other members of staff.
- Experience of clinical leadership skills e.g., leading/supervising junior staff and students.
- Working in community setting.
Desirable
- Working in primary care-based teams
- Experience of acting in an advocate/champion role
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Specialist assessment, planning and evaluation skills.
- Complex analytical and creative problem-solving skills in unpredictable situations
- Leadership skills and excellent decision-making capabilities.
- Competent IT skills in order to collect and interpret data, present reports, and compile simple presentations.
- Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex or potentially distressing information to patients / carers and managing conflict when appropriate.
- Risk assessment skills
- Reflective practice skills able to give clear and effective feedback.
- Able to research, understand and evaluate evidence in order to contribute to practice development
Desirable
- Experience in research and/or clinical audit
- Workload management including delegation of tasks and day-to-day team leadership.
Attitude and Behaviour
Essential
- Displays care, compassion, sensitivity, and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs.
- Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate appreciating the value of diversity in the workplace.
- Able to develop, establish and maintain positive relationships with others both internal and external to the organisation and with patients and their careers.
- Able to work under pressure, dealing with peaks and troughs in workload managing unpredictable service demands.
- Positive and flexible attitude to dealing with change explore new ways of doing things and approaches.
- Able to respond to the changing needs of the patient in a proficient and timely manner.
- Demonstrates values consistent with those of the Trust.
- Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required.
- Ability to travel independently.
Relationships
Essential
- If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Detailed theoretical and clinical knowledge appropriate to District Nursing service
- Knowledge of relevant current issues in health and social care, ethics, and innovation
- Demonstrates awareness of limits to knowledge base
Desirable
- Application of clinical governance and quality measures in practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Post Graduate qualification in specialist field or working towards
- Evidence of proficiency in core skills required for delivery of care within a district nursing service such as, tissue viability, palliative care, diabetes management.
- Mentorship qualification / skills and/or experience or committed to undertaking appropriate mentorship programme.
- Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
- Non-medical prescribing
- Formal qualifications in:
- Clinical examination
- Clinical Skills
- Tissue Viability
- Palliative Care
- Diabetes management
- Frailty
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
