# Urgent Care / Intermediate Care Clinical Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-care-intermediate-care-clinical-nurse/75777b99-8f88-4cf8-9e88-c3201273e153 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-care-intermediate-care-clinical-nurse/75777b99-8f88-4cf8-9e88-c3201273e153.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Torbay Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Would consider secondment, to cover maternity leave) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (7 day working between the hours of 8am and 8pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T11:27:57.868Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Paignton/Torbay_South_Devon_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v8369827 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8369827?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Urgent Care / Intermediate Care Clinical Nurse to work part-time (22.5 hours per week) for 12 months covering maternity leave. You will be working within an integrated team, working across the community, this includes: Urgent Care Response Team, Intermediate Care and covering the rehab unit at Jack Sears if required. This is a fast paced exciting position with focus on admission avoidance, enabling hospital discharge and providing short term nursing input to patients while under intermediate care. You will be based primarily at Kings Ash house in Paignton however, you may be providing visits to patients across the whole of Torbay. A full driving licence and access to a car is imperative for the role. You will be involved in delegating work to non-registered colleagues and have a supervisory role within the team. The post holder will be expected to plan and implement care/treatment to ensure safe and effective delivery of care. In consultation with the IC/Duty Team, this may require placing the patient in a place of safety, or arranging immediate care support in their own home. ### Main duties of the job - To undertake holistic, comprehensive assessments including both risk assessment on behalf of the team, and nursing assessments involving a thorough examination of the patient’s medical, social, and emotional state, in order to determine the most appropriate plan of intervention - To provide ongoing assessment of nursing needs of patients and carers in the community. - Appropriate delegation of tasks to members of the team within their scope of practice - To work as an autonomous practitioner in the planning and implementation of nursing treatment programmes. - To advise and instruct carers and patients on health and well-being issues, and self-care strategies - To carry out specialist and shared complex nursing assessments, to include continuing and palliative care. - To develop a focused, patient-centred, goal orientated plan of treatment and/or rehabilitation to avoid unnecessary admission or to facilitate early discharge - To participate in provision of equipment and completion of manual handling plans following appropriate training ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Specific Skills **Essential** - Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care of the unwell adult - Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit. - Negotiating skills - Health and Safety/Risk Assessments - Current driving licence and access to transport - Acute care nursing skills - Ability to assess, prioritise and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs - Teaching and presentation skills **Desirable** - Cannulation and IV administration - Palliative Care Nursing Skills ### Knowledge and experience **Essential** - A broad range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills. - To communicate complex information - Maintain timely and accurate written records - Prioritise workload, demonstrating appropriate delegation - Holistic client assessment using specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge. - Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations - Able to work as an autonomous practitioner - Ability to manage a caseload - Mentorship Module - Experience of clinical leadership - I.T. knowledge/experience - Awareness of budget management skills - Good understanding of clinical governance **Desirable** - Awareness of local and government agendas - Experience working in acute care (secondary Care and community care ### Qualifications and training **Essential** - Qualified Registered Nurse - Evidence of continuing professional development - Substantial post registration experience **Desirable** - BSC (hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent - Nurse prescribing (or willingness to undertake training) - Comprehensive understanding of Health Care services - Knowledge and understanding in frailty and long-term condition management - Nursing Mentor - Team management skills - Undergone training in frailty and long-term condition management ## Documents - [band 6 nursing jd (intermediate care) (pdf, 448.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10697392) ## 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.