Community Matron

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider in North East London is seeking a dedicated Community Matron to join their team. This role promises a rewarding career where you will manage complex patient cases and work closely with various healthcare professionals. With a strong commitment to equality and diversity, the organization offers a supportive environment that values your input and fosters professional development. You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality patient care, ensuring seamless integration between services, and enhancing community health outcomes. If you are passionate about making a difference in patient care, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and Wellbeing Support

Training and Development Opportunities

Equality and Diversity Initiatives

Supportive Networks for Staff

Probationary Period Exemption for Internal Applicants

Qualifications

• Must have at least 5 years community experience managing complex caseloads.
• Evidence of leading and managing change in healthcare settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of patients with health and social care needs.
• Facilitate early discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admissions.

Skills

Non Medical Prescribing

Advanced History Taking Skills

Clinical Data Interpretation

Managing Conflict

Collaborative Working

Managing Long Term Conditions

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Mentoring Course

Post Registration Education

Tools

IT Skills

Job description

Main area Community Matron Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (monday to friday 9-5, expectation is predominately inreach for this post) Job ref 395-HV030-25

Site St Georges health and well being hub Town Hornchurch essex Salary £46,148 - £52,809 plus HCAS per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 23:59

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Band 7 Community Matron

North East London Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Community Matron to work within Havering CHSCS Adult services. The expectation for this role is to work predominantly in our in-reach role with our acute partners.

Are you looking for a fresh challenge, are you committed to the delivery of high quality patient care and keen to be part of a team where your ideas and opinions are valued – then look no further!

We are committed to meeting the needs of modern healthcare and providing the best possible service to our patients; as a result we have an exciting opportunity, which represents great career opportunities for the right person.

The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility, excellent communication skills and the ability to work as a team member as well as using your own initiative. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical and leadership skills and knowledge of long term conditions.

The post holder will work as a complex case manager in the acute setting, without direct supervision. You will be involved in delivering integration, working with GP’s, Social services and the third sector organisations.

You will be providing case management, facilitating early discharge from hospital and preventing unnecessary/unplanned hospital admissions where appropriate as well as supporting healthcare closer to home.

The service currently operates from 09.00 - 17.00hrs, Monday to Friday.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a Registered Nurse, with at least 5 years community experience of managing a complex caseload of patients.You will be responsible for a caseload of patients with complex health and social care needs.

He/She will work as part of the integrated care team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals and statutory and voluntary agencies he/she will deliver individualised care to patients. The expectation for this role is to work predominantly in our in-reach role with our acute partners.

Community Nursing are the beating heart of our health and care services - we look forward to you working with us!

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum).

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

References

Please ensure that the references are from your most recent employer and one of these must be your direct Line Manager or Supervisor. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. Additionally, ensure that any gaps in your employment history are clearly indicated. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.

Person specification

• putting people first

Essential to Role

• Must be an Non Medical Prescriber
• Must have a minimum 5 years experience as an Registered Nurse
• Must have mentoring course
• Must have Advanced History taking skills and implement care

Essential to Role

• Evidence of Post reg Evidence of post registration education, e.g. specialist practitioner, nurse practitioner, post registration courses,
• experience of collaborative working
• evidence of leading and managing change
• experience in managing conflict
• ability to understand and interpret clinical data and information
• able to work as an advanced practitioner with expert clinical skills
• experience with managing patients with long term conditions
• evidence of clinical audit
• evidence of NHS plan, frameworks and government policies
• basic awareness of IT and IT skills

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link .

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [e-mail].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.