Job Description

Are you looking for the next steps in your nursing career?



Are you passionate about Making a difference to patients' lives?



If 'yes' then there couldn't be a more exciting time to join us!



Here at our District Nursing service no day is ever the same. As a well established Community Service, we care for patients with complex needs providing highly skilled assessments and support within their own home environment.



The role will involve working within a team of experienced Community Nurses and working in partnership with multiple stakeholders and voluntary services to provide the best care to our community and shape the future of healthcare across Milton Keynes.



We are looking for nurses who can think on their feet and thrive on the challenges the working day can bring. You will be joining our team of highly motivated proactive professionals to continue our goal of developing our service beyond the traditional scope of nursing in response to the challenging health care needs that we are facing nationally.



The hours of the District nursing Service are 9am - 5pm, 7 days a week including bank holidays, with a view to move the service hours to 9am - 8pm.



Driving licence and use of a car is essential.



Post holder to demonstrate professional and clinical evidence based knowledge acquired through Level 1 registration. Post holder will have developed a wide range of practical nursing skills which are demonstrated with dexterity and accuracy. To work with the District Nurse to provide skilled patient care to patients and their families in their own homes or other settings as appropriate.

For the majority of the time the post holder will work independently and without direct supervision and will have the ability to prioritise a changing workload.



The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

In return we can offer:

flexible working



Buy & Sell Annual Leave



An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay).

Employee Assistance programme:

a free and confidential service to help with personal life



Staying Well at Work service for tailored employment related support to staff with severe and long term mental health problems

Physio Med:

an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff



Staff Wellbeing Zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes

The Recovery College:

offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff

A range of staff networks:

The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network Disabled Employees Network



Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network



Carers at Work Network



Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BAME)



Salary sacrifice



Provides skilled nursing intervention/care to patients of any age or condition in partnership with the District Nurse and the clinical direction of the General Practitioners within the management structure of the employing



Undertakes delegated duties for the caseload holder under the supervision of the District Nurse on duty who is covering the



Takes responsibility for the caseload in the absence of the District Nurse including new visits/assessments, workload management and allocation, dealing with referrals,



Maintains close liaison with the District Nurse, GP and other members of the primary care team and wider health and social care



Applies current Infection Control Policy issues and universal



Encourages patients towards self care