Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-7327170
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- BRE
- Town
- watford
- Salary
- £39,205 - £47,084 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Nurse
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
** Due to internal promotions, we have vacancies for Senior Nurses/Paramedics within the Hertfordshire UCR (Urgent Community Response) Service **
We are looking for forward thinking, passionate staff who can take a positive risk management approach to support people at risk of a hospital admission to remain at home when acutely unwell, within our UCR service West Hertfordshire- previously known as the Herts Unplanned Care Team.
The aim of the service is to avoid unnecessary admissions into secondary care and provide a timely discharge from hospital and community bedded units for patients requiring urgent therapy input in their homes. The team provides care across three pathways delivered over 7-days a week 8am to 10pm - Rapid Response (RR), Early Intervention Vehicle (EIV) and Discharge to Assess (DTA). All pathways are delivered in a patient’s usual home environment.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for proactive and enthusiastic clinicians (Nurse or Paramedic) to join our innovative UCR service and enable the delivery of care to patients in their own homes across Herts Valleys.
Rapid Response (RR) focusses on preventing avoidable hospital admissions for patients with acute ill-health conditions by providing holistic assessment and treatments up to 5 days. This pathway also delivers face to face assessments and treatment for patients under virtual hospital pathways.
Discharge to Assess (DTA) pathways aim to support the discharge of patients from acute or community hospital wards to assess and manage rehabilitation/therapy needs, at the point that the patient is medically well enough to go home.
Early Intervention Vehicle (EIV) is a joint pathway, delivered with Herts County Council delivering crisis management to patients offering them a holistic assessment – physical, functional, and social all in one assessment.
We are a strong multi-disciplinary team and work in an integrated way with partner organisations to ensure holistic support is provided. We also have very strong connections with other community services within CLCH delivering care over shared pathways.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates should be experienced clinicians with sound clinical knowledge and proven experience in emergency or community clinical environments. You will need to be adaptable to operate in a fast-moving environment and possess the clinical skills and ability to function as a lone worker in a larger team. Candidates should have excellent communication skills; and the ability to provide care as determined by clinical assessments is essential. Commitment to undergo non-medical prescribing and physical assessment training is required. The ability to keep accurate clinical records and have good clerical/ administrative skills is essential.
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration OR Paramedic with HCPC registration
- Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
- Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with long Term Conditions
- Qualifications in Community and/ or Accident and Emergency health care
- Qualification in teaching or practice based learning.
- Physical Clinical Assessment Skills Course or willingness to undertake the course
- Independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of recent substantial post-registration professional clinical experience
- Extensive range of clinical skills and experience including, e.g. IV therapy, venepuncture, cannulation, rehabilitation
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with complex health needs
- Experience of supervising junior staff and co-ordinating daily activities on a regular basis
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
Desirable criteria
- Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Has high level of competence in a range of clinical skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Able to work without direct supervision, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to risk assess a situation and act appropriately
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to identify own and others learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meet those needs
- Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email
- Principles of care for patients with long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards
- NMC/HCPC Codes of Professional Conduct and application to practice
- Personal Development Planning
- Primary Health Care – structures and roles (overview)
- Applying evidence based care into practice
- The principles of clinical governance and application to practice
- Clinical supervision – purpose and application
- Managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
- How equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Smith
- Job title
- Team Lead - Unplanned Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 102 5898
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