District Nurse Team Leader

Job summary

Are you a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Practitioner Qualification in District Nursing? If so, this could be an exciting next step in your career. At Bridgewater, we are seeking experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking professionals to join our District Nursing Teams, supporting the diverse care needs of the Warrington population.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your professional development, work closely alongside our established leaders, and contribute to effective role modelling across the service. Successful candidates will deliver holistic, autonomous, evidence-based nursing care to patients under the Warrington District Nursing Service.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, you will undertake key management duties with the support and guidance of our Team Leaders and District Nurse Coordinators.

You will work collaboratively with a range of professionals and stakeholders across the Warrington footprint, playing an integral role in shaping high-quality community nursing provision. A commitment to ongoing professional development is essential.

If you are seeking greater flexibility to support your worklife balance, we welcome applications from individuals looking for alternative working patterns. All flexible working requests will be considered in line with the needs of the service.

Join us and be part of a dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking team making a real difference in community healthcare. Main duties of the job The role of the District Nurse involves actively managing a complex and varied caseload while delivering holistic, evidence-based care that adapts to patients changing health needs.

You will carry out comprehensive assessments, plan and evaluate care, and utilise your prescribing skills to support safe and effective clinical practice. A key aspect of the role includes contributing to the management of complex and continuing care packages and undertaking chronic disease reviews for housebound patients.

You will work collaboratively with patients, carers, stakeholders, and wider community teams, often in challenging situations, ensuring communication remains clear, compassionate, and professional. The role requires competence in a wide range of clinical skills, the ability to work autonomously, and strong problem-solving abilities.

You will also contribute to health needs assessments, participate in audit and critical appraisal to maintain high standards of care, and ensure accurate documentation in line with NMC standards.

District Nurses work as part of a rota to support weekend service delivery, helping to ensure continuity of high-quality care across the Warrington community.

About us

Flexible working will be considered for all roles. North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other Our vision We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn Our values Kind:

We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone Open:

We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working Fair:

We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all One team:

We work well together and with our communities

Job description

Job

responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The post holder will manage a caseload of registered patients within a team or team(s).

The post holder will delegate the workload to the community nurses, healthcare assistants and nursing assistants as appropriate and as defined by the priority/acuity of the caseload and liaise with all health care professionals and other agencies within the wider community to ensure effective service delivery.

The post holder will work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator and will be responsible for the assessment of patient need. The post holder will develop, deliver and evaluate programmes of care. The post holder will support the care management of complex case and further support leadership and development within the team.

The post holder will play a part in the mentoring pre and post registration students.

Duties and

Responsibilities:

Clinical Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs. Plan, assess, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs utilising prescribing skills. Support the care management of complex/continuing care packages.

Ensure practice is evidence based through undertaking audit and critically appraising literature to achieve a high standard of care. To establish and maintain effective communication with individual groups and communities in complex and potentially challenging situations.

Work collaboratively with other professional and agencies to ensure patients needs are met. Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care. To competently perform a range of clinical skills related to the post.

Maintain accurate records in accordance with NMC Standards. To identify skills and knowledge to address individuals training needs by undertaking personal development reviews and personal development plans within the KSF framework. To participate in the health needs assessment of the practice population to identify areas of unmet need.

Ability to work without direct supervision and to solve problems.

Undertake chronic disease management reviews of the housebound patient using appropriate template Work on a rota basis to facilitate weekend working across the district nursing teams Managerial/Leadership Work under the direction of the District Nurse Coordinator in providing nursing services to patients registered within a defined GP Practice.

Manage the night service caseload of patients. Delegate the workload to appropriate team members. Day to day responsibility for the designated caseload.

To provide accurate timely information to the identified administrator regarding annual leave, expenses and study leave. To undertake back to work interviews and assist in the monitoring and reporting to District Nurse Coordinator general HR issues surrounding staff sickness, absentees.

To report any concerns with regards to poor practice or concerns of staff members to the District Nurse Coordinator. Support the effective use of physical and financial resources. Ordering supplies and equipment.

To ensure as far as possible that the working environment is safe, adhering to the Lone Worker policy. To provide leadership and support by promoting professional development and encourage clinical supervision. Supply required activity data related to patient care.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential RN First level/RGN District Nursing (NMC) Specialist Practitioner qualification.

Desirable Teaching qualification V300 NMP Clinical assessment qualification Relationships Essential If you are related to a director, or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship: Experience Essential Demonstrable community experience Experience of high level organisational skills Desirable Audit & Research experience Recognised Management experience Skills and Attributes Essential Able to perform complex assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care packages.

Wide range of clinical skills Proven leadership skills Able to communicate sensitive/unpleasant information to patients, relatives and/or carers. Knowledge of professional and NHS issues relating to specialist knowledge. Able to demonstrate initiative.

Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings. Ability to teach, assess and mentor staff and pre & post registration students including SPQ students. Ability to communicate at a high level both verbally and written.

Good IT skills Desirable Tissue viability qualification Palliative care qualification Patient safety/PSIRF experience Job Specific

Requirements

Essential The ability to travel independently across the Trust The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs Sponsorship Essential Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable) 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 (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) .