INTERNAL MPFT APPS ONLY Lead Specialist Practitioner
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Stafford, ST16 2ST |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9301-25-0928 |
Summary
Providing clinical leadership to the community nursing team. Supporting the District Nursecaseload holder/senior nurse to ensure safe and effective care for service users. They will havethe shared responsibility for organising the day to day running of the caseload. Oversight of the running of the District/Community Nursing caseload and development of staffwithin the team, working alongside the Operational Lead/Manager and Education Lead. They will provide enhanced holistic nursing care to housebound service users utilising enhancedassessment skills; decision making; prescribing and freedom to act as a Specialist Practitioner.They will be experienced in a range of nursing procedures including but not limited to woundcare; end of life care; continence management; administration of medications through variousroutes including I.Vs. Being a senior member of the community nursing team they will share clinical knowledge,expertise and advice and provide mentorship and supervision to pre and post-registration nurses inthe community nursing team. Working within the community nursing team ensuring robustbusiness continuity plans are in place and delivered during periods of high demand and/or reducedcapacity.Page 2 of 8 Working closely with other MPFT services and external partners to support the development anddelivery of effective care pathways. Supporting the delivery of place based care within the attachedlocality. Understands population health needs within attached locality and develops collaborative workingand maintains networks within the community, acting as a key stakeholder to ensure these needsare met. To contribute to service/policy development through active membership on working parties orprofessional forums. To be aware of national and local policy that impacts upon the health andwellbeing of service users.