# Community Nurse Urgent Care Response > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-urgent-care-response/4173b4bc-307a-4314-a42e-6b022e2f8d0a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-nurse-urgent-care-response/4173b4bc-307a-4314-a42e-6b022e2f8d0a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 per annum (pro rata P/T) incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Long Days 08.00hrs - 21.00hrs and 09.00hrs - 22.00hrs. 12.5hr shifts.) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T11:42:55.503Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Uxbridge/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Urgent_Care_Response_Rapid_Response/Urgent_Care_Response_Rapid_Response-v8047660 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8047660?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post-holder will work as part of an Urgent Care Response multi-disciplinary team including nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants, and administrators to provide rapid assessment and treatment to patients who have urgent care needs in the community. The postholder will work in partnership with colleagues in the acute sector, social services, intermediate and primary care services to safely avoid unnecessary hospitalisation. The post holder will work in conjunction with community services and acute setting to facilitate effective and safe return home from emergency departments and acute non admission areas. As a senior member, you will be expected to be a practitioner with a broad range of competencies who is able to adapt to a wide variety of clinical circumstances. You will be part of a community team where your proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery. This will include having a direct link to the patient’s discharging medical team for liaison and support where necessary and with the patients GP or other health care professional to prevent hospital admission. You will provide support towards the advanced nurses complex assessments and interventions and will make clinical decisions in line with your skill level. You will be expected to work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues in primary and secondary care. ### Main duties of the job Band  5  nurses  are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by: keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments ensuring  the  best  possible  clinical  outcomes  by  using  up-to-date  skills  and  adhering  to evidence based policies and procedures ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Band 5 nurses contribute to the effectiveness of services by: - Providing  skilled,  evidence  based  nursing  care  which  adheres  to  agreed  policies  and procedures Working  with  patients  and  families  in  all  stages  of  the  care  planning  process  including assessing risks and needs Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to  ensure  that  they  are  also  responding  to  the  needs  of  patients  and  providing  clinically effective care Working  as  autonomous  practitioners  and  taking  responsibility  for  the  care  they  give  to patients but within their own limits of competency and confidence Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by: - communicating well with all members of the team - understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives - reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings - identifying how care could be improved ## Job Details The post-holder will work as part of an Urgent Care Response multi-disciplinary team including nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants, and administrators to provide rapid assessment and treatment to patients who have urgent care needs in the community. The postholder will work in partnership with colleagues in the acute sector, social services, intermediate and primary care services to safely avoid unnecessary hospitalisation. The post holder will work in conjunction with community services and acute setting to facilitate effective and safe return home from emergency departments and acute non admission areas. As a senior member, you will be expected to be a practitioner with a broad range of competencies who is able to adapt to a wide variety of clinical circumstances. You will be part of a community team where your proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery. This will include having a direct link to the patient’s discharging medical team for liaison and support where necessary and with the patients GP or other health care professional to prevent hospital admission. You will provide support towards the advanced nurses complex assessments and interventions and will make clinical decisions in line with your skill level. You will be expected to work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues in primary and secondary care. ## Job Description Band 5 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by: keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct. ## Responsibilities Band 5 nurses contribute to the effectiveness of services by: Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but within their own limits of competency and confidence Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by: communicating well with all members of the team understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings identifying how care could be improved ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel to multiple sites; car driver or competent cyclist ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable post-graduate experience in a relevant area working with people with long term conditions - Extensive post-graduate experience in a role undertaking assessments of complex needs - Experience of case management and care co-ordination - Experience of working across professional boundaries - Demonstrable Experience of clinical leadership - Clinical experience of caring for people with cognitive impairment - Experience of mentoring students **Desirable** - Experience of audit evaluation to improve healthcare ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse Level 1 with current registration with the NMC - Evidence of working within multi disciplinary teams **Desirable** - Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development - An understanding of current health service issues - Understanding of Primary Care ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868) - [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160) - [ucr community nurse (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10336643) - [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773) - [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869) - [accommodation information for new starters (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2438) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.