District Nurse - Charge Nurse

The Community Nursing Team at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a District Nurse with charge nurse responsibilities. The work centres on assessing and managing care for people in their own homes, including long-term conditions, complex needs and end-of-life care, with a good deal of autonomy. The service runs seven days a week, and the role includes supervising and mentoring colleagues.

Applicants need NMC registration and a community specialist practitioner degree.

• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate holistic care for patients in their own homes
• Manage care for a varied caseload, including long-term conditions, complex needs and end-of-life care
• Coordinate care with the Community Nurse Team Leader and multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless service delivery
• Support patients, families and carers in informed decision-making
• Help patients maximise independence through rehabilitation, self-care and health promotion
• Champion high standards of safe, effective and compassionate nursing practice
• Teach, supervise and mentor colleagues, students and carers
• Contribute to service improvement and development
• Provide responsive care within a service operating 7 days a week, 365 days a year

• Community Specialist Practitioner degree
• Up-to-date professional portfolio evidencing reflective practice

• Current NMC registration, Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2

• Awareness of community working and care pathways
• Ability to plan and organise own work
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Computer literacy, e.g. Microsoft Word
• Flexible, reliable and innovative
• Good interpersonal skills, leadership potential and ability to work cohesively in a team

• Professional reference
• Ability to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs

• Post-registration experience
• V300 prescribing