Charge Nurse - Hospital at Home | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Chelmsford is seeking an enthusiastic registered nurse for their Hospital@Home service. This role involves providing holistic care, including administering IV medications and managing wound care at patients' homes. Applicants must be registered nurses with a valid NMC registration and have a full driving licence. The position entails community-based work with some hospital site responsibilities. Enhancing patient wellbeing and support through care paths is central to this role.

Benefits

Work travel expenses paid

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in administering intravenous medications is essential.
• Ability to manage wound care effectively.

Responsibilities

• Administer IV medications in the patient’s home.
• Manage wound care and treatment assessment.
• Support patients in their treatment through clinical pathways.
• Review and develop care plans as necessary.

Skills

Holistic one-to-one care

IV medication administration

Wound management

Patient assessment

Driving licence

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge? How about caring for Hospital patients in their own home?

Hospital@Home service is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced registered nurse to join their team based at Broomfield Hospital.

This is a highly visible role providing strong professional and clinical leadership within the Hospital@Home (H@H) team. The successful candidate will assist with supporting the sub‑acutely unwell patient by providing care in the patient’s home, administering IV medications, wound care management, supporting admission avoidance, triage and management of the patient in the community setting.

If you enjoy holistic one‑to‑one care, with the time to really support your patients, then this is the job for you.

The role is predominantly based in the community (although there will be some hospital site working), therefore you will need to have a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.

You must be a registered nurse (NMC) as you will be administering Intravenous medications.

Responsibilities

• Administration of IV medications in the patient’s home via Peripheral cannula or PICC line.
• Wound management.
• Supporting admission avoidance.
• Assessment and review of treatments.
• Support patients through their treatment via agreed clinical pathways.
• Review care plans and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Deputise for the virtual ward manager in their absence.
• Any other duties associated with the Hospital @ Home service.

Hospital@Home operates across all three sites within the Mid & South Essex University Hospitals Group and you will need to have a driving licence and access to a car in order to perform this role. Work travel expenses are paid.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well‑being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Please see the attached Job description for full details of the role.

To ensure effective operation of the service the role will see the registered nurse safely administer a range of therapeutic interventions relevant as per agreed clinical pathways within scope of practice, devise relevant care plans and ensure that these are adhered to and kept current within the Hospital @ Home service.

To work within the senior nursing team in the Hospital @ Home team, managing a clinical caseload when the need requires, to facilitate supporting the Hospital @ Home service and to facilitate patients flow through identified pathways, including discharge planning.

Perform and support staff to complete holistic assessment and reassessment of all health and wellbeing needs.

Nursing needs: ensuring that every patient has an overview of health and nursing needs reviewed and recorded.

This advert closes on Monday 3 Nov 2025.