NHS LANARKSHIRE

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

The post holder will professionally support the continuous development and evolution of all district nursing roles across community nursing in South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership. The post holder will be pivotal to providing professional assurance and governance in relation to the trainee District Nurse as an expert clinical practitioner. The post holder will provide professional support and guidance to trainee District Nurses, to facilitate evidence of competence and skills as a qualified District Nurse. The post holder will provide preceptorship to all District Nurses during their first year of practice on completion of the District Nurse pathway
The post holder will ensure that District Nurses, trainee District Nurses and all levels of practice across the District Nursing team are supported in delivering high quality person centred care.
District Nurses are responsible and accountable for the delivery of an accessible, appropriate, high quality and effective nursing service to all age groups in the community by working in partnership with patients, care providers and agencies.
Additionally, this role will support quality of care reviews and developments in practice, through designated areas of work