District Nurse Sister / Team Leader

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District Nurse Sister / Team Leader

The closing date is 03 October 2025

Weare looking for an enthusiastic band 6 District Nurse team leaders to delivercare to the housebound population within the primary care setting. You will becaring for patients with long term conditions and complex health needs,developing your skills and knowledge, whilst working towards an integratedhealthcare structure. You should hold the Specialist Practitioner Degreequalification (SPQ). You will be responsible for leading teams and liaisingwith stakeholders ensuring the delivery of safe effective care. You should beable to demonstrate you can make clinical decisions to provide evidence-basedpractice and care planning in response to clinical assessments.

Main duties of the job

• The successful candidate will perform holistic assessments of patient nursingneeds. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changinghealth needs utilising prescribing skills.
• Supportthe care management of complex/continuing care packages.
• Ensurepractice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraisingliterature to achieve a high standard of care.
• Toestablish and maintain effective communication with stake holders, individualgroups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.
• Involvepatients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
• Toocompetently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.
• Maintainaccurate records in accordance with NMC Standards.
• Toparticipate in the health needs assessment of the practice population toidentify areas of unmet need.
• Abilityto work without direct supervision and to solve problems.
• Undertakechronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriatetemplate
• Workon a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams

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 ourNHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health andpromote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they werecreated in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was importantto them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs andpromote 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 relationshipsbased on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the rightskills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities andshow great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to providesustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Job responsibilities

You should be able todemonstrate excellent Leadership Skills. Maintain effective communication.Promote lifelong learning amongst staff.

The successful candidate willperform holistic assessments of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implementand evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilisingprescribing skills.

Delegate the workload toappropriate team members.

Day to day responsibility forthe designated caseload.

Support the organisationspublic health agenda.

Identify any limitations/gapsin professional or clinical knowledge.

Facilitate the placement of pre and postregistration nursing students.

Support the development of thenursing team by teaching and assessing other member of the team includingnursing auxiliaries.

Teaching of patients/carersand other professionals to support patients to maintain their optimum level ofindependence.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Evidence of GCSE Mathematics and English Language (grade A -C / 9-4), or equivalent qualification including functional skills Level 2
• Willingness to undertake District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner Apprenticeship
• Teaching qualification

Experience

• Community experience
• Experience of high level organisational skills
• Audit & Research experience
• Recognised Management experience

Employment

• This is an internal only vacancy for staff employed at Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Please confirm that you are currently employed by one of these Trusts.

Relationships

• If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship:

Sponsorship

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable)

Job Specific Requirements

• The ability to travel independently across the Trust
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs

Skills and Attributes

• Able to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.
• Wide range of clinical skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings.
• Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students including SPQ students.
• Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.

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.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust