We are looking for a Band 6 District Nursing Caseload Holder who would relish the challenge of working within primary care and caring for patients with complex needs whilst working towards an integrated healthcare structure. We are looking for candidate’s who are self-motivated, keen to work in a progressive division and to develop their skills and knowledge in supporting patients who are housebound with long term conditions and complex needs.

The service operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to cover our 8am-8pm 7 days a week model.

The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the management of a defined caseload. They will be responsible for the continuity of care and be the lead person for communication to identified stakeholders. The primary function of the role is to provide proactive, responsive services that address the anticipatory and maintenance care needs of the patients/clients within the defined caseload. This will be done via a holistic assessment of care needs and the provision of clinical care for patients/clients with acute and chronic highly complex needs.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

The successful candidate should be able to work autonomously while demonstrating a team approach, and have strong clinical leadership firmly embedded within their role. We will also require excellent communication skills, clinical decision making skills and a problem solving approach. The successful candidate will be well supported, developed, and have the opportunity to work in an organisation that demonstrated inclusive and supportive leadership.

As per NMC guidance for ‘Standards for student supervision and assessment,’ applications will be considered for those without mentorship qualification; the candidate must be able to demonstrate the following within their application:

Interpersonal communication skills, relevant to student learning and assessment

Conducting objective, evidence based assessments of students

Providing constructive feedback to facilitate professional development in others, and

Knowledge of the assessment process and their role within it.

Have an understanding of the proficiencies and programme outcomes that he student they assess is aiming to achieve.

For full details please see attached job description.