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Job requirements
Essential
38 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Evidence of a high level of clinical skills and expertise
- Skills
Extensive bio-medical knowledge across a range of long-term conditions
- Skills
Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and national/local policies
- Skills
Knowledge of research/audit processes
- Skills
Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications
- Skills
Knowledge of adult safeguarding and risk management issues
- Skills
Knowledge of resource management
- Skills
Understanding of quality outcomes measures and relevant to service delivery
- Skills
Ability to undertake holistic assessments
- Skills
Ability to assess a situation and act appropriately
- Skills
Leadership skills
- Skills
Ability to work across organisational boundaries
- Skills
Ability to work independently and within teams
- Skills
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Skills
Ability to effectively communicate difficult information both verbally and in writing
- Skills
Effective skills in delegating, negotiating, facilitating, and teaching.
- Skills
I.T. skills
- Skills
Understanding of frailty
- Experience
Post-registration experience at a senior level
- Experience
Extensive experience of assessing and providing care to people with complex long-term conditions
- Experience
Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating across organisational boundaries
- Experience
Experience of change management
- Experience
Experience of teaching others
- Experience
Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision
- Experience
Experience of providing evidence-based care
- Experience
Experience of audit and evaluation
- Experience
Community experience
- Experience
Experience of MDT working
- Key Attributes
Ability to work independently, make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload
- Key Attributes
Ability to prioritise workload effectively to minimise disruptions, to ensure care and organisational deadlines are met in a timely manner
- Key Attributes
Ability to deal with urgent/unpredictable situations appropriately and safely often working under pressure
- Key Attributes
Strong interpersonal skills
- Key Attributes
To travel and provide care in patient’s homes
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse - First level degree or equivalent
- Qualifications
Evidence of continued professional development
- Qualifications
Commitment to study at master’s level
- Qualifications
Non-medical prescriber (or willing to undertake)
- Qualifications
Relevant post-registration qualification (e.g., advanced clinical assessment skills, district nursing specialist qualification, frailty)
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Experience of completing Complex Geriatric Assessments (C.G.A.)
- Skills
Experience of completing Universal Care Plans (U.C.P.)
- Skills
Presentation skills
- Experience
Experience of report writing
- Experience
Experience of policy development
- Experience
Experience of working collaboratively with care homes
- Key Attributes
Proactive management and leadership skills
- Qualifications
Case management qualification (or willing to undertake)
Job overview
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) is seeking experienced and highly motivated Community Matrons to join our Bank, providing flexible clinical support across our community services.
As a Bank Community Matron, you will provide expert, autonomous nursing care to patients with complex, long-term health needs, supporting them to remain independent and safely managed within their own homes and community wherever possible. You will undertake comprehensive assessments, coordinate personalised care and work proactively to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and support timely discharge from acute services.
Working closely with GPs, community nursing teams, therapists, social care professionals and other members of the multidisciplinary team, you will provide effective case management and ensure care is coordinated around the needs of the patient.
You will also provide clinical leadership, specialist advice and support to colleagues, promoting high standards of evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality of care.
Joining the CLCH Bank offers the opportunity to use your specialist skills and experience while benefiting from greater flexibility in when and where you work across our community services.
Main duties of the job
- To co-ordinate care provision through a case management approach with the aim to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate timely discharge. The caseload supports patients with multiple co-morbidities including frailty, COPD, Parkinson’s, diabetes, dementia, and CHD.
- To provide the highest standard of clinical care by using advanced skills and expert knowledge to holistically assess needs and instigate and provide clinical treatments based on evidence-based practice.
- To participate in the delivery of educational programmes to patients, carers and health and social care workers that promotes self-care principles.
- To develop and promote robust multidisciplinary team (MDT) working across the wider Health and Social care sectors, including the Integrated Community Access Point (ICAP), to ensure integrated service and support networks for patients.
- To monitor the quality-of-care provision and to identify and promote areas for service development. To be a named Community Matron for an Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT), providing support and care coordination for the wider health team within the network.
- To provide clinical leadership and support to patients requiring complex case management and long term condition support, including the use of Universal Care Planning (UCP) framework.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
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 Community Matron with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Matron role. The advertised salary is £29.73 12.07% holiday pay + Unsocial Hours (if applicable). The contract type is Bank: End date - 31/03/2027. The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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