Senior Community Nurse

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Job summary

This is a part time post working 30 hours per week.

We are have an
exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse who has a passion for admission
prevention to join a core Team of ACPs to deliver a new and developing countywide
Hospital at Home (H@H) service in Worcestershire.

The post is based
in the Single Point of Access (SPA) Worcester.

This is an
exciting opportunity to be part of the delivery of a new service and to play a
significant part in shaping and developing this service. There will be the
opportunity to partake in audit and service development as well as the clinical
duties of the post. There will also be the opportunity to work collaboratively
with stakeholders in particular with Acute Trust colleagues.

The
service will be countywide across Worcestershire so the ability travel across
the county will be expected. The service will be operational 8am-8pm seven days
a week including Bank Holidays so the post holder will be expected to work
shift patterns to enable cover of the operational hours.

Main duties of the job

There
will be the requirement to support the assessment and management of acutely
unwell patients in the Community who otherwise might have been in an Acute
Hospital setting with the support of a dedicated medical model for the Hospital
@ Home.

The
ability to work independently is essential as the post holders will need to
offer urgent care, treat minor illness, give patient advice and offer chronic
disease management. You will have the ability to prioritise and triage the
needs of patients, making any referrals for further investigations where
appropriate in line with local and practice guidelines, whilst ensuring your
clinical practice is safe and effective and escalating to clinical leadership
as required.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • Role modelling good behaviour that supports teamworking
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • High level of clinical skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Understanding of team work

Desirable

  • Advanced assessment skills

Other Qualities

Essential

  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (RN1)
  • Graduate Nursing Qualification at Academic Level 6 or working towards.
  • Preceptorship training
  • Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience in a clinical setting able to demonstrate transferability of experience to community setting
  • Experience of management of caseloads or wards and organisation of staff
  • Clinical audit/service improvement and development work
  • Experience of active participation in interdisciplinary team working

Desirable

  • Previous community nursing experience
  • Transcribing medication training

Knowledge

Essential

  • High level of clinical knowledge and skill
  • Understanding of personal contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives within the business plan
  • Clinical Governance
  • Good knowledge of community services and care pathways
  • Health improvement
  • Good working knowledge of positive risk taking and effective risk management strategies

Desirable

  • Understanding of an Integrated Care System and the teams role in the wider system.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 29 July 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.