CLCH are now seeking a Bank Senior Community Nurse to deliver high quality, skilled nursing care to patients at home and provide rapid response, rehabilitative and post-acute care in a variety of community settings including weekends and bank holidays.
Shifts – Monday to Friday with some weekend working. Long day shift 8am‑8pm and 10am‑10pm. Can offer 8am‑4pm and 2pm‑10pm shift as well.
Responsibilities
- To maintain, nurture and support working relationships with all staff working across the North Division, unplanned care team and across all integrated locality teams, including locality managers/clinical lead, other integrated team colleagues of all professions and GPs.
- To provide skilled, effective and evidence‑based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings.
- To assess referrals made to the service, prioritise and respond according to priority, as appropriate both in terms of level and urgency. To respond within agreed timescales as appropriate.
- To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess physical and psycho‑social needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with patients, carers and the wider Multidisciplinary Team as needed.
- To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of patients’ ability to stay at home or return home safely from another care setting, providing and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages.
- Provide autonomous clinical care to a range of patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed and/or complex health needs and long‑term conditions.
- To provide evidence‑based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on ‘best practice’, in order to improve health outcomes and promote choice, e.g. intravenous therapy, anticoagulation monitoring, palliative care interventions and catheter and bowel management.
- Work within clinical guidelines, policies and procedures, utilising expert judgment to work outside these frameworks where necessary.
- Deliver agreed clinical quality and performance standards within the Rapid Response team.
Benefits
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
- Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up).
- Flexible working options.
- Annual travel card loan.
- Training, support and development in your career.
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Please refer to the Job description and Person Specification for an outline of the skills, knowledge and experience required.
This advert closes on Friday 23 Jan 2026