This community specialist practitioner post sits within the integrated Trafford Local Care service at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, which combines NHS community health and social care. Work is hands-on care in patients' own homes, including end-of-life and complex long-term conditions, plus mentoring and leadership of the nursing team. The service runs seven days with shifts between 8am and 10pm, and a full driving licence with car access is essential. Applicants need the CSP qualification and non-medical prescribing.
What the job involves
- Assess and treat the health needs of patients in their own homes
- Deliver end-of-life care to patients
- Manage patients with long-term or complex conditions
- Make clinical decisions that shape patient outcomes, under the Nursing Team Leader's guidance
- Provide leadership and mentorship to the community nursing team
- Take responsibility for specific areas of leadership
- Provide professional oversight and ensure the safety and quality of care
- Work in an MDT approach with the wider integrated neighbourhood team
- Deliver patient-centred care in line with the trust's values
Qualifications
- Community Specialist Practitioner (CSP) qualification
- Registered Non-Medical Prescriber qualification
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as a first level nurse
Experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Participation in clinical audit
- Implementing audit recommendations
- Leadership skills and involvement in change management
- Experience of implementing change
- Community nursing experience
Skills & knowledge
- Highly developed clinical practice
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills
- IT skills
- Teaching skills
- Awareness of the wider NHS agenda and national and local strategic frameworks
Checks & eligibility
- Full, current driving licence and access to a car
Nice to have
- Masters level education
- Other relevant course, such as care of the elderly, palliative care or management
- Leadership or management programme
- Module or course in research methods
- Enhanced communication skills training
What’s offered
- Collaborative environment that encourages innovative approaches to patient care
- Opportunity to shape the future of nursing within the community
- Chance to mentor emerging talent
- Ongoing clinical and professional development
- Clear clinical pathways for professional development
- Comprehensive induction
- Responsibility for specific areas of leadership
- Working within an integrated health and social care team
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
