District Nurse Clinical Lead

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 49,387 to 56,515 £ / Year

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you an experienced District Nurse ready to lead, inspire, and shape the future of community nursing? South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Specialist District Nurse to join our team based in Stratford Upon Avon, Shipston on Stour, and the surrounding villages.

The role will be responsible for the assessment and management of complex health needs within your locality. You will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of care programmes, working autonomously and collaboratively within a Place-Based Team. Your advanced clinical assessment and prescribing skills will be central to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. You will work in collaborative leadership with the Professional Lead, who oversees the operational running of the team, ensuring alignment with service goals and standards.

Working across these beautiful and historic towns and villages this locality offers a diverse caseload across urban and rural settings. You’ll work with a well-established team and benefit from strong community links.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to be a Registered Nurse with substantial community experience of managing patients with complex needs and holding advanced clinical assessment skills. The post requires the completion of the DNSPQ qualification and be a V300 independent prescriber.

The District Nurse Clinical Lead is responsible for the assessment and management of the complex health needs of an identified population and for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The post holder will be a registered nurse and hold the DNSPQ qualification. They will be providing clinical leadership for all patients within the community nursing caseload through proactive management. They will focus on ways to achieve and demonstrate overall improvements in health care. They will work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to establish a whole systems approach to the management of patients accessing healthcare in the area.

The District Nurse Clinical Lead will support their peers and be an effective team member. Whilst working on their own initiative, they will be responsible for ensuring that all members of the nursing team are providing the highest standard of evidenced based clinical care. They will clinically supervise and be responsible for the development and competencies of all staff within their team. To include performance development reviews, clinical supervision and recruitment and selection.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse
  • PGDip District Nursing
  • Independent non-medical prescribing qualification (V300)
  • Coaching Skills

Desirable

  • Additional Leadership CPD – e.g. Mary Seacole Programme, LEO Programme

Experience

Essential

  • Participated in Quality improvement initiatives
  • Significant post registration experience as a senior nurse in a community nursing team
  • Experience of leadership and leading change or project implementation
  • Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and developing complex care plans

Skills

Essential

  • Caseload Management
  • Highly developed clinical expertise and knowledge in all aspects of community nursing care
  • Highly specialist assessment, planning, treatment and evaluation skills appropriate to clinical area
  • Proficient across a wide range of clinical and IT systems

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Displays trust values at all times
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills including ability to deal with challenging and sensitive situations
  • Proven ability to work on own and in partnership with other care providers
  • Self Motivated and Self Disciplined
  • Ability to deal with emotionally challenging clinical situations
  • Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice
  • Proven sensitivity to the needs of patient, relatives carers and other care providers

Other

Essential

  • Must be a car driver and able to drive in varied weather conditions
  • Must be a non-smoker during working hours
  • Must be willing to undertake Criminal records Bureau Disclosure to Enhanced / Standard level
  • ust be legally entitled to work in this country

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 5 August 2026

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