Job summary
- Main area
- District Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Up to full time
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 267-CH7412760
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wallingford Community Hospital
- Town
- Wallingford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

District Nursing Lead - Advanced District Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer a career development opportunity within the District Nursing Service for District Nurse Specialists to progress to a senior, advanced clinical and leadership role.
Would consider applicants who are coming towards the end of their District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification.
Main duties of the job
You will be involved in developing and delivering the preventative care agenda. You will provide clinical leadership for local development of the national ageing well anticipatory care model in Oxfordshire, working closely with senior leaders. You will build relationships and integrated working with multi-professional teams to deliver the model in local populations.
You will be responsible for ensuring that planned care within District Nursing teams in your area is in line with quality standards and best practice evidence-based pathways. You will ensure that patients on the caseload have the best outcomes and that the caseload is effectively managed.
You will lead the DN teams in the management of patients who have more complex and/or advanced needs.
You will work in an integrated way to provide leadership and support for the locality DN teams with the District Nurse Lead and the locality's District Nursing Locality Lead post holders.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Oxfordshire District Nursing Service is forward looking and dynamic, involved in national community nursing initiatives and improving the service to meet future demand.
Career progression is established within the District Nursing Service and continues to be developed, especially around senior clinical and leadership roles.
The District Nursing Service sits within Planned and Preventative Care within the Community Services Directorate and works in an integrated way to deliver care to housebound and other patients in their own homes, clinics and residential care home.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- District Nursing Specialist Practitioner Qualification (DNSPQ)
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of leading within and across teams, including multi-disciplinary and cross organisational agencies
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Advanced History taking or Comprehensive assessment of the person with frailty module
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Non medical prescribing (V300) qualification, or willingness to undertake
Personal Qualities
Desirable criteria
- Evidence in leading projects, quality improvement, change management
Personal Qualities
Desirable criteria
- IT literate, good communication and well written personal statement
Personal Qualities
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of working within clinician pathways and promoting gold stand practice
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily bishop
- Job title
- Matron for Community Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557191823
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
Contacts:
Emily Bishop 07557 191 823
Kay Woodward 07776 488 514
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