Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for Community Specialist Practitioner students to work in District Nursing within Trafford Local Care Organisation.

This is a 53-week Level 7 post-graduate diploma (District Nursing). This would be a secondment for internal candidates or a fixed-term 53-week contract for external applicants. You will be paid at Band 5 for the duration of the course.

Our Teams work as one in the Neighbourhoods they support - delivering and designing services in partnership with local people. We also provide key services that work across wider localities and City wide. We believe that our pioneering approach will make a dramatic difference to the health of people in our City and we are looking for you to join our team and help us to do this.

The Community Specialist Practitioners’ course is designed to prepare practitioners for their role as a District Nurse, through meeting the Professional Standards for Specialist Practice as outlined by the NMC (2022).

In addition, from 2016 the QNI Voluntary Standards for District Nursing Education and Practice will be adopted.

This opportunity is in conjunction with Bolton University.

You will have a current first level registration on part one of the NMC Register and you will have at least 120 credit points at level 6 or APEL equivalen

Main duties of the job

Manage an integrated caseload of patients within the Neighbourhood Team providing support and care to patients suffering with a varying complexity and intensity of needs, promoting health and well-being, self-care, and independence.  

Promote clinical excellence and evidence-based approach to care by complying with the agreed Trust policies and procedures maintaining own clinical competencies and developing the competencies of others within a clinical leadership role.

Work towards developing the skills to support management of the clinical area alongside sisters within the team.

Monitor agreed induction, orientation and preceptorship programmes for newly appointed staff and students. 

The role requires attendance at the University of Bolton and a Clinical Placement in a designated area, supported by a Clinical Supervisor and Assessor.

Ratio of University attendance  to Clinical Practice is approximately  50: 50

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts 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.