Job requirements
Essential
26 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal
Ability to work effectively with a multidisciplinary Team
- Personal
Positive attitude
- Personal
Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Personal
Honest and adaptable
- Personal
Team player
- Personal
Enthusiastic
- Personal
Continual professional development
- Knowledge
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
- Knowledge
Awareness of adult and children safeguarding
- Experience
Recent experience of Nursing at Level 5, or evidence of a back to nursing programme Two years’ experience of working in the community setting
- Experience
Two years worked post registration experience in a relevant setting, e.g. palliative care, care of the older person, orthopaedics, community services
- Experience
Supervision of junior staff
- Qualifications
Level 1 Registered Nurse- with valid registration with the NMC - RN1 ,RNA
- Qualifications
Experience or recognised qualification in areas such as: • Health Promotion • Diabetes • Care of the older person • Continence • Palliative care • Wound management Medical/Surgical Nursing
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to undertake a shift system
- Skills and Abilities
Good communication skills effective with clients and colleagues
- Skills and Abilities
Able to work without direct supervision
- Skills and Abilities
Use a problem-solving approach
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrates high standard of Infection prevention and control
- Skills and Abilities
Clinical skills – Administration of medications including injections, catheterisation, wound dressings; compression bandaging as per national wound care strategy
- Skills and Abilities
Confidence and ability to establish rapport with team, clients and other agencies
- Skills and Abilities
Computer Literacy and keyboard skills
- Skills and Abilities
Practice with the NMC Code of Professional Practice
- Skills and Abilities
Access to a motor vehicle for use at work and UK driving licence.
- Skills and Abilities
Teaching Skills
- Skills and Abilities
Mentorship certificate
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
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.
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.
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.
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This advert is for Bank Band 5 Community Nurse with West London NHS Trust in Southall, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £20.68 per hour. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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