Job summary
Lancaster District Nurses have an exciting opportunity to recruit a permanent Band 6 District Nursing Sister/Charge Nurse for 33.75 hours per week.

The successful candidate will have at least one year's experience in Community Nursing and have completed or working towards relevant post registration qualification.

You will be working within the Lancaster district as part of a dynamic and supportive team who continuously strive to deliver gold standard patient care within our community.

As a team, we also give equal importance to staff health and wellbeing, Utilising your specialist skills and knowledge, you will demonstrate genuine passion and enthusiasm for holistic patient- centred care delivery whilst facilitating and undertaking personal and professional development, which is supported by our team and Community Care Group.

Posts available: 33.75 hours

We encourage you to make contact with our Team Leader, Siobhan Callan to discuss this post or to arrange an informal visit. Tel- 01524 591470

Main duties of the job
This exciting opportunity is for a dedicated and motivated community nurse to develop their skills and knowledge in District Nursing, working across the Lancaster area and other community Nursing Teams as part of the Integrated Care Community (ICC's), covering a 24 hour period including weekends and bank holidays, 7 days a week.

You may also be expected to work across a variety of DN teams in the Community Care Group to maintain service delivery.

Community Nurses work closely with all health and social care disciplinaries to prevent hospital admission, facilitate hospital discharge and promote independence through reablement and management of long term conditions. The role requires excellent communication skills as you will undertake complex nursing assessments and develop and deliver programmes of care with patients, families and carers.

You will need a full UK divers licence and access to a vehicle in order to fulfil this role.

About us
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our community services for adults are provided in people's homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification
Essential

• 1st level registered nurse.
• Teaching/mentor qualification
• Demonstrable basic and advanced clinical skills, e.g. physical assessment skills, venepuncture, BLS, wound care
• Recent management/leadership experience relevant clinical speciality
• Post registration qualification in relevant area that has enhanced clinical practice or working towards
• Ability to travel as required
• Ability to work as part of the MDT clinical team
• Evidence of clinical competence and credibility speciality
• Ability to manage the care of a wide variety of patient conditions
• Demonstrate ability to make clinical decisions and to develop others in this area
• Understanding of clinical governance and its application
• Demonstrate advanced people management skills, e.g motivation of staff, decision making, leadership, staff development, conflict, managing change
• Understands the trust values and behaviours

Desirable

• Post registration management/leadership qualification or willingness to undertake
• Community specialist practitioner qualification or a willingness to undertake
• Modules of study in leg ulcer, tissue viability, V150, palliative care or willingness to undertake

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).