Out of Hours Sister/ Charge Nurse - District Nursing inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED THU 9 JAN 2025

Out of Hours District Nursing

The post holder will work with patients, families, carers to provide high quality specialist nursing care for patients in the community settings during the out of hours.

He/she will exercise enhanced levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care and ensure all records and documentation are completed and relevant. He/she will demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to autonomously.

The post holder will support the team leader with innovative clinical management and leadership of the team, mentoring the continued professional development of individual team members and assisting in the continued development of the District Nursing Service as a whole. The post holder will have delegated responsibility for the supervision and day to day management of junior team members.

He/she will contribute to the corporate objective of the Trust and in the absence of the team leader will take responsibility for implementing agreed nursing policy and clinical standards, monitoring staff compliance of agreed criteria.

The post holder supports the Team Leader in the continued development of the District Nursing Service as a whole.

Working with our Out of Hours Team, the post holder will manage a caseload of patients and support staff within their Team. They must carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care.

The post holder will be responsible for implementing agreed nursing policies and clinical standards, monitoring the compliance of staff with the above in accordance with agreed criteria.

The post holder will assess, implement, plan and evaluate the delivery of direct patient care. Their role involves the effective assessment and management of patients with urgent care, rapid access needs, the case facilitation and care coordination of patients with complex health needs.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Celestine Tchoua Job title: Team Leader Email address: Telephone number:

Shift pattern- Evening 5:30pm - 11.30pm. Nights- 10.0pm - 8am