West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
District Nurse Newmarket INT
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About the Role
The Newmarket Integrated Neighbourhood Team is looking for a part-time District Nurse within the INT, to work alongside our established team of one other District Nurse & several Community Nurses, OT’s and Physiotherapists with support staff.
When you join our team, you will be at the front line of healthcare, delivering medical care to the patients on our caseloads in their own homes, with excellent support from an Integrated Community Team which includes Adult Social Services staff.
Responsibilities
- To lead and manage the District Nursing Service in this Locality.
- 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 and colleagues.
- 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 boundaries.
- To monitor the quality of care provision and identify and promote areas for service development.
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About Us
We attend the housebound patients of the GP Practices in Newmarket – some over the borders into Norfolk & Cambridgeshire. We also care for virtual ward patients under the care of the West Suffolk NHS Trust acute hospital, who reside at home for their care and treatment.
You will join a small, friendly, and well-led integrated community healthcare team, where we work closely with the MDT (Social Workers, GP’s and Allied Health Professionals).
Requirements
This post requires a specialised District Nursing degree, following your Adult Nursing qualification. NHS work experience is essential & Community Nursing experience desirable.
About West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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.
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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 teamwork 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 everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
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Application
Interviews to be held at the Newmarket INT, Newmarket Hospital office.
If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact Pippa Sharp, Team Manager, for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
Pippa Sharp – 07974854876
Pippa Sharp – Email: pippa.sharp@wsh.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Pippa Sharp
- Job title: Newmarket INT Team Manager
- Email address: pippa.sharp@wsh.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07974854876
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