University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Trainee District Nurse
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Job Summary
Community Nursing has a fantastic opportunity to complete Health Assessment training alongside V300 Prescribing through the District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to work in a Band 6 Trainee District Nurse role whilst developing clinical, leadership, and theoretical skills in District Nursing.
Our Band 6 Trainee District Nurse role guarantees UHB funding and support for your university application onto the Specialist Practitioner course, subject to successful university clearance. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your community nursing career and leadership skills.
We will consider applicants who require flexible working, condensed hours, or part-time hours; however, on commencement of the course, there is a requirement to meet the demands of the Specialist Practitioner programme, which is currently a full-time commitment, Monday to Friday, for 18 months.
Candidates must have completed Level 7 study to be eligible for the course and have substantial experience as a Band 5 Registered Nurse. Community nursing experience is essential.
This rewarding role involves the effective management of a defined community caseload, including patients with complex needs. You will be responsible for delivering high standards of evidence-based care, while providing specialist advice and leadership, and supporting the development of junior staff and students through supervision, mentorship, and assessment.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
We are looking for highly motivated, forward-thinking, energetic, and innovative individuals who pride themselves on delivering complex, holistic patient assessments and exceptional standards of care. In return, we offer a comprehensive induction programme, competency frameworks, and development opportunities to support your professional growth. This includes personalized support, coaching, and assessment to help you maximize your full potential.
As a senior nurse, you will demonstrate strong leadership skills, with the ability to make sound clinical and leadership decisions independently, while supporting and supervising junior colleagues.
Applicants must have substantial post-registration experience as a Band 5 Registered Nurse and relevant community nursing experience.
Our core hours are Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm. However, you will be required to work flexibly to meet service needs between 7.00am and 9.00pm, across 7 days on a rota basis. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Our Community Nursing teams are based in Central Solihull, Shirley, Chelmsley Wood, and Balsall Common, providing care to patients registered with a Solihull GP. We welcome and encourage informal discussions or site visits. For further information, please contact Harry Moore, Senior Clinical Lead, at harry.moore@uhb.nhs.uk or 07833 477535
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value, and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values-driven in all that we do, and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such, we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long-term health condition, mental health, or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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Job Description
Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Evidence of willingness to undertake postgraduate academic study and ability to evidence university requirement at Level 6/7 study
- Evidence of recent accredited Level 6/7 study (as per university entry requirements)
- Evidence of postgraduate diploma-level training or equivalent experience in a community field with a programme or knowledge or a combination of on-the-job experience as a Band 5 Community Nurse (or equivalent) and short courses enabling autonomous community nursing provision.
Desirable
- Practice assessor
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience as a Community Registered Nurse
- Experience as a practice supervisor and willingness to work towards becoming a practice assessor
- Demonstrable ability/experience in working in a multi-professional approach to health care delivery in a community setting and can appreciate the complexities of patient access/care and treatment across Primary/Secondary and Social health care within the NHS
- Demonstrable knowledge/experience of the current context of Community Nursing and can relate this to NHS Policy and local/system approaches to health care delivery
- Experience in the supervision, mentoring, and assessment of learners and junior staff.
- Experience in supporting the review and development and updating of policy and procedure.
- Experience in supporting service change and improvement in a health and care-related practice setting.
Desirable
- Demonstrable evidence of working in the NHS as a Community Registered Nurse
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Can manage time effectively, prioritizes own workload, and demonstrate ability to manage that of others and work to agreed standards of care.
- Able to work effectively with a variety of people to ensure timely patient care and treatment as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to demonstrate clinical reasoning and decision-making skills and can evidence this in relation to clinical practice.
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive information to individuals and groups.
- Well-developed influencing and negotiating skills.
- Demonstrate ability to provide clinical leadership skills and recognize limitations to the role and when to refer to others.
- Demonstrate good verbal communication/negotiating skills to include face to face and telephone. Ability to deal with conflicting demands.
- Empathy with patients/relatives to record and follow up more complex queries, e.g., patient complaints.
- Self-motivated - able to work independently to prioritize and manage own workload.
- Ability to use judgement and decision-making skills, using sound clinical decision-making skills.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to prioritize important tasks to tight deadlines whilst ensuring quality standards are maintained.
- Tactful and able to build good working relations.
- Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously.
- Good IT skills, ability to record information electronically.
- Being able to work on a flexible shift pattern to cover service needs across 7 days
- Must have a full in-date UK car driving license with access to a vehicle, successful candidate must have business car insurance
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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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information, please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Harry Moore
- Email: harry.moore@uhb.nhs.uk
- Phone: 07833477535
Pay Scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
- Band 6
Salary
- £39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
- Permanent
Working Pattern
- Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference Number
- 304-9014364
Job Locations
- Chelmsley Wood Primary Care Centre
- 6 Crabtree Dr, Fordbridge
- Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B37 5BU
Attachments
- Job Description
- [Band 6 JD PS.pdf – 544KB](Band 6 JD PS.pdf) Opens in a new window
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