District Nurse/Clinical Nurse Specialist

Salary: £37,152 – £42,000

Location: Knottingley, West Yorkshire

Hours: Full time 6 Month FTC

We are currently looking to recruit a District Nurse/ Clinical Nurse Specialist for a six-month fix term contract to be based at our head office in Knottingley. In this role you will be responsible for looking at all the invasive procedures and medications that our support worker teams deal with across all our services in Scotland and England.

You will also be instrumental in developing robust training modules that deal with the safe administration of medication across the organisation, and invasive procedures such as PEG, oxygen therapy/nebulisers, suctioning, BM and insulin, as well as eyes/ears, and nasal medication delivery. Further training will need to be developed to look at transdermal patches, controlled drugs, buccal medication, topical creams, wound management, and compression hosiery.

This role is crucial within the organisation and will require working with the Senior Leadership team, Risk and Compliance, and the training department to put together a detailed plan of actions highlighting the roll out of staff supervision, areas of improvement, standardised work instructions, service management training needs, support worker training requirements and the associated training modules.

Essentials

A Valid NMC Pin Number is essential for this role along with current clinic experience working with invasive procedures, medication and developing and delivering training.

You will have the ability to work outside of core hours as well as occasional travel throughout the UK including overnight stays. A driver with access to their own vehicle would be advantage

Benefits and Rewards

  • A minimum of 33 days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff) with an annual increase over five years to a maximum of an additional five days annual leave
  • Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job
  • An employer contributory pension scheme at 6%

    • In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

  • Life Cover 3 x annual salary
  • A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
  • A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • A financial wellbeing scheme

    • Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus Upon application you will need to disclose if you believe you will be able to comply with the Vaccination Condition. Please do not proceed with this application if you cannot comply with the Vaccination Condition. 

    Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

    Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

    If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition, or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.