District Nurse/ Senior Community Nurse/ Caseload Manager

District Nurse/ Senior Community Nurse/ Caseload Manager Overview

The Senior District Nurse / Senior Community Nurse / Caseload Manager plays a vital role in the community nursing team, providing expert care to a designated population while fostering staff development and enhancing service quality. This position involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating complex care, with an emphasis on preventing hospital admissions, promoting patient independence, and managing long-term conditions and end-of-life care.

In this role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of safe, evidence-based, and patient-centred care in both home and community settings. You will also be responsible for managing a caseload, providing clinical supervision, and supporting the wellbeing and performance of team members. As a proactive clinical leader, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement, and the education of staff and students, ensuring that care delivery aligns with national and local standards.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Take named responsibility and professional accountability for managing a defined caseload, delegating tasks to team members as necessary.
• Provide visible leadership to ensure an equitable, evidence-based service, adhering to clinical governance principles.
• Prescribe medications using the Nurse formulary, ensuring safe and cost-effective practices.
• Develop a caseload profile to identify specific health needs and implement targeted care programs.
• Act in accordance with local safeguarding guidelines to protect vulnerable adults.
• Provide appropriate nursing care and specialist advice to patients, carers, and other agencies.
• Participate in the training and mentorship of nursing students and staff, including induction programs.
• Assist in resolving complaints within the clinical specialty and ensure effective communication within the nursing team.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and negotiation skills in complex and sensitive situations.
• Maintain accurate records and comply with data protection legislation.
• Engage in research and development projects to enhance clinical practice.
• Supervise and direct the work of other team members daily, ensuring performance standards are met.
• Conduct holistic assessments and manage care plans for patients with complex health needs.
• Promote health and participate in health promotion activities for your caseload.
• Lead quality initiatives and contribute to service redesign and policy development.
• Identify workforce planning issues and participate in the recruitment and retention of clinical staff.

This position requires access to independent transportation for work purposes and may involve working in challenging conditions. The Trust promotes a smoke-free environment across all its premises.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s

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