Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 222-HCHBank-CommNurse
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Heart of Hounslow Health Centre
- Town
- Hounslow
- Salary
- £20.68 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 10/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Band 5 Community Nurse
Band 5
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
The Adult Community Nursing provides nursing care provision and support to Hounslow locality 24 hours, 7 days a week. The service covers different localities including Heart of Hounslow, Bedfont and Feltham, Brentford and Chiswick and the night service from 7pm-7am based at Clayponds Hospital.
Main duties of the job
· To work with the locality nursing team leadership in the delivery of the locality nursing service in line with the commissioned service specification, standards, activity and outcomes, in the context of multi-disciplinary locality working.
· To support the locality nursing team leadership in the management of the team caseload and the development of a skilled, competent and motivated workforce, able to meet the needs of the patients on the caseload.
· To work in partnership with the primary health care team, social services and the wider multi-disciplinary locality team, providing holistic assessment of health needs and the provision of nursing care to housebound people with a range of medical needs and long-term conditions.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 1 Registered Nurse- with valid registration with the NMC - RN1 ,RNA
- Experience or recognised qualification in areas such as: Health Promotion Diabetes Care of the older person Continence Palliative care Wound management Medical/Surgical Nursing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience of Nursing at Level 5, or evidence of a back to nursing programme Two years’ experience of working in the community setting
- Two years worked post registration experience in a relevant setting, e.g. palliative care, care of the older person, orthopaedics, community services
- Supervision of junior staff
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake a shift system
- Good communication skills effective with clients and colleagues
- Able to work without direct supervision
- Use a problem-solving approach
- Demonstrates high standard of Infection prevention and control
- Clinical skills – Administration of medications including injections, catheterisation, wound dressings; compression bandaging as per national wound care strategy
- Confidence and ability to establish rapport with team, clients and other agencies
- Computer Literacy and keyboard skills
- Practice with the NMC Code of Professional Practice
- Access to a motor vehicle for use at work and UK driving licence.
- Teaching Skills
- Mentorship certificate
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to converse articulately on current health issues, demonstrate knowledge in: Able to explain the concepts of Essence of Care Able to explain the concepts of Team Working Able to demonstrate knowledge of professional standards including confidentiality and clinical governance Understanding of Adult Safeguarding Evidence of Continuing Professional Development Demonstrates evidence -based clinical knowledge Able to demonstrate knowledge of health and safety and personal safety issues
- Awareness of adult and children safeguarding
Personal
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively with a multidisciplinary Team
- Positive attitude
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Honest and adaptable
- Team player
- Enthusiastic
- Continual professional development
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carey Pilgrim
- Job title
- Community Nurse Band 5
- Email address
- [email protected]
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