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CLCH Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Outer North West is recruiting!
Are you a nurse looking for a supportive team and the opportunity to develop new skills? This is an exciting time to join the community nursing service in Brent.
We are developing new community pathways which will support the delivery of more care in people’s homes, and to enable us to do this we have a range of new learning and development opportunities available through the CLCH Academy.
To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the Community Nurse Team Lead and Deputy Team Lead to patients in a variety of community settings.
The post holder will undertake community nursing duties involving delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients health needs using a person centred approach. This includes providing quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and being proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long term care institutions.
In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self- care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.
Main duties of the job
- To give skilled nursing care, based on principles of best practice and clinical evidence. This includes: Chronic disease management, end of life care, continence promotion and wound management. Specific skills include phlebotomy, administration of medication via syringe drivers and intravenous therapy, PEG management, urinary catheterisation and tracheostomy suctioning.
- Act as a Named Nurse with the support and supervision of the DN Team Lead. To take continued responsibility for the holistic health needs assessment including care planning, evaluation and appropriate implementation of health care and ensuring continuity of care following referral from acute care, rehabilitation units, GPs and other agencies.
- Undertake comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological and social care needs of patients using the Single Assessment Process and including the needs of carers. To provide individualised and person centred care plans that provide monitoring and promotion of self-care to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions
- Act as the patient’s advocate and to facilitate the patient’s own choices with regard to nursing care, promoting independence and self-care, as appropriate.
- To identify and record new problems and other relevant information reporting back to the DN Team Lead as appropriate.
- Maintain accurate, comprehensive and contemporaneous records in accordance with Trust and NMC guidelines.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
*** Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Car Driver, 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)
Experience
Essential
- Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
- Working with people with complex health needs
- Supporting students and other learners e.g. HCAs teaching others in the practice environment
- Experience of undertaking general assessment by utilising evidence based care.
- Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
- Experience of providing holistic care that involves the multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience of training other students.
- Participation in audit; research projects; service development
- Post registration experience in a NHS community environment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of the Community Nurse
- Ability to listen effectively and ability to give constructive feedback to clients and colleagues.
- Knowledge of how Equal Opportunities can be implemented in practice
- Awareness of the management and use of data in the NHS setting
- Knowledge of risks involved in working in the community.
- Knowledge of management of long term condition e.g. Diabetes and an understanding of the concept of self- management.
- Knowledge of infection control
- Knowledge of general wound care
- Literacy and numeracy skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of recent government legislation and changes in community care delivery
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with full and current UK NMC registration
- Evidence of other post-registration education and training
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This advert is for Community Nurse with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Weekends and BH). The application deadline is 16 Aug 2026.
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