Band 7 Senior District Nurse

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Band 7 Senior District Nurse
Job Reference: 313-A-21-97973-MA
Employer: Department: Community Health Services Location: Oakham Salary: £38,890 - £44,503
Can you demonstrate our values of Trust, Respect, Integrity and Compassion? Do you share in our ambition to create high quality, compassionate care and wellbeing for all?
Then take a step towards LPT...
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 serves over 1m people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Do you have the necessary skills to work in a senior leadership role within Community Health Services?
Would you enjoy the challenge of providing senior support and clinical oversight within the East North and Rutland Integrated Community HUB?
The East North and Rutland Integrated Community HUB includes 3 community nursing teams, each led by a District Nurse. An opportunity has arisen for a full time Senior District Nurse to lead and manage these community nursing teams within the HUB, the successful applicant will be primarily responsible for supporting and managing the teams within the Rutland area and work seamlessly with the integrated team across the Primary Care Network. The applicant will take overall responsibility for the assessment, management and evaluation of evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of settings.
A District Nursing qualification is essential for this post, which will involve you supporting the Community Service Matron and the Senior Nurses for Complex Care in delivering high quality care that delivers best value, and meets the requirements of commissioners.

You Will Have Responsibility For Care Quality Performance And Clinical Activity By Providing Professional Nursing Leadership And Guidance, Clinical Advice And Management In Relation To The Key Dimensions Of Health Care Quality

• Patient safety
• The effectiveness of all health care interventions
• Patient experience and the personal qualities we are seeking.
  

Please note car owner and driver is essential. LPT run 2 car schemes, car leasing and car salary sacrifice subject to meeting the acceptance criteria. If you currently have a lease car through another NHS organisation it may be possible to transfer the agreement to LPT.
You should have a flexible approach to ways of working and be IT literate.
We believe that by investing in our staff we deliver enhanced care to our patients. This position is pivotal in achieving this, as a consequence have considerable opportunities for innovation and job satisfaction. The teams are friendly and active, dedicated to promoting individualised care. We are highly focused not only upon the education of our team, but also on that of our patients, and their carers.
If you require further information regarding this position please do not hesitate to contact Donna Fraser, Community Services Matron on 07920288336.
We are committed to providing the best care that we can to our patients, and so some of our roles involve a Maths and English assessment. Where this is so, details will be shared with you as part of the recruitment process.
Details of our benefits, pledge and other important information about the application process, and working for us is contained in the documents linked to our advert.
For areas where our teams work to staffing rosters, rosters are set in advance at a team level and you will be joining an established roster. Your rostered shifts will be confirmed to you when arranging your start date. We will consider requests to vary working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
To make the most of your application, we may consider successful applicants for vacancies for the same post in different locations where this is appropriate and meets our mutual requirements.
For all substantive roles the appointment of every new member of staff (excluding medical and dental staff) to a post is subject to a 6 month probationary period, details of which are in our Probation Policy.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our service users. To this end 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, including members of our black and minority ethnic communities. All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of undertaking a DBS disclosure at the required level will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary following commencement.
Requests from applicants to work alternative hours to those advertised may be considered.
Applicants who are currently ’at risk’ within the local NHS, and meeting essential criteria will be given preference for interview over any other candidates who may apply for this post.
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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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