Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse (DNSPQ)


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Cambridge, CB24 9NA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	21 Sept 2026

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Summary

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team, neighbourhood teams To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills To be accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the multidisciplinary team To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making Provide support and education t peers, new staff non-registered staff and students To supervise junior staff and students overseeing patient intervention and ensure that a high standard of care is delivered and staff achieve set competencies To be accountable for a delegated case load To prioritise all referrals according to clinical lead and allocate or signpost appropriately To provide a high standard of nursing intervention within a patient's own home this includes lone working with access to Specialist and Advanced Practitioners when required To identify patient needs, agree goads and to provide appropriate holistic nursing interventions, to refer to other services and provide or order equipment

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