District Nurse Bury Rural or Newmarket INT
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Bury St. Edmunds, IP31 2XAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
30 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
The West Suffolk Community Integrated Neighbourhood Team has had a significant investment which has seen the addition of multiple posts across the tea...
To lead, develop and manage the Community Nursing Service alongside peers in sometimes unpredictable environments.
To provide specialist clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff and students within the team.
To provide patient centred and evidence-based management of a defined caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs.
To provide the highest standard of clinical care by using advanced skills and expert knowledge to holistically assess needs, instigate and provide clinical treatments using evidence-based practice.
To support staff to feel confident and competent to move across organisational and professional boundaries.
To monitor the quality of care provision and identify and promote areas for service development.
- To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in a given To provide specialist clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff and students within the team.
- To manage a caseload of patients with multiple and complex needs, using evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions, with the patient at the centre.
- To provide the highest standard of clinical care by using advanced skills and expert knowledge to holistically assess needs, instigate and provide clinical treatments using evidence-based practice.
- To lead service development of integrated services in the Locality, in partnership with peers.
- To use new knowledge in innovative ways and take responsibility for developing and changing practice in complex and sometimes unpredictable environments.
- To support staff to feel confident and competent to move across organisational and professional
- To monitor the quality-of-care provision and identify and promote areas for service
- To build strong relationships with partner organisations, particularly for patients receiving shared care to ensure an effective flow of patient information to ensure high quality care.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse Level 1
- District Nurse Qualification
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Preparation for Mentorship qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching, learning and assessing qualification
Desirable
- District Nurse qualification at Masters Level
- Specific Leadership qualification
- Tissue viability or leg ulcer management training
- Specific management qualification
- V300 non-medical prescribing qualification
- Teaching, learning and assessing, Level 7 or PGCE
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of leading a DN team
- Management of complex patients
- Be responsible for management of complex cases sharing knowledge and skills with locality and community nurses to foster and grow knowledge and skills
- Advanced clinical assessment skills
- Experience of history taking and physical examination
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of working with people with long term conditions
- Awareness and understanding of local and national priorities in relation to patients with long-term conditions
- Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to Nursing
- Awareness and understanding of local and National priorities in relation to integration
- Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working collaboratively and autonomously
Desirable: - oManagement of a community team; - oExperience of interview and recruitment skills; - oUnderstanding and knowledge of the Health and Social Care Act
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work across organisational and budgetary boundaries within an identified Locality
- Working in integrated team and style
- Can do approach
- Provide and role model high standards of care
- Work in partnership with Alliance partners to deliver seamless care to patients and develop service
- Work within the Alliance to identify and drive service developments and improvements
- Implementation of change to promote high quality outcomes for the locality
- Ability to travel to rural locations to carry out post
- Ability to self-manage and prioritise
- Excellent communication skills (detail re complex situations)
Desirable: - oCoaching skills; - oCannulation/IV therapy administration
Personal Qualities
Essential: - oRole model positive behaviours; - oDemonstrate the Trust values
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
16 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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