Job overview

The Kendal District  Nurses have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time  Band 6 Clinical Leader. 

The Role will be based at the Kendal Team office, covering a range of shifts during core hours 0800 - 1800 over a seven day period all year round including weekends and bank Holidays

The successful candidate will ideally have at least one year's experience in Community Nursing and have completed or working towards relevant post registration qualifications. 

You will be working within the Kendal area, as part of a dynamic and supportive team who continuously strive to deliver gold standard patient care within our community.   

As a team, we also give equal importance to staff health and wellbeing,  Utilising your specialist skills and knowledge, you will demonstrate genuine passion and enthusiasm for holistic patient- centred care delivery whilst facilitating and undertaking personal and professional development, which is supported by our team and Community Care Group. 

We encourage you to make contact with  Team Lead Faye Westbury to discuss these posts or to arrange an informal visit.  Tel- 01539 715200 

Main duties of the job

This exciting opportunity is for a dedicated and motivated community nurse to develop their skills and knowledge in District Nursing, working across Kendal and surrounding areas, covering a 12 hour period including weekends and bank holidays, 7 days a week.  

You may also be expected to work across a variety of DN teams in the Community Care Group to maintain service delivery.

Community Nurses work closely with all  health and social care disciplinaries to prevent hospital admission, facilitate hospital discharge and promote independence through reablement and management of long term conditions. The role requires excellent communication skills as you will undertake complex nursing assessments and develop and deliver programmes of care with patients, families and carers.  

You will need a full UK drivers licence and access to a vehicle in order to fulfil this role.   

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.