Community Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Frailty Community Nurse to assess and manage patients with complex health needs in their own homes, delivering high-quality, patient-centered care and coordinating with a wide multidisciplinary team.

You will provide leadership, ensure safe care, and contribute to service development and quality improvement within this evolving model of care, including supervision and CPD compliance.

Qualifications

• Band 6 Nurse with registration and NHS experience preferred.
• Clinical leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to assess complex needs and develop care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership in frailty care at home.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments and develop care plans.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions and monitor outcomes.
• Coordinate care with multidisciplinary teams and external partners.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Care coordination

Evidence-based practice

NMC guidelines

Job description

Are you an experienced and motivated nurse passionate about delivering outstanding community-based care?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Frailty Virtual Ward, an innovative partnership between Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Leicester and Adult Social Care. The service provides a safe alternative to hospital admission for people with moderate to severe frailty, delivering high-quality care in patients' own homes through a combination of clinical assessment, face-to-face interventions and remote monitoring.

As a Band 6 Frailty Community Nurse, you will assess, treat and manage patients with complex acute needs, supporting recovery, independence and timely care. You will use clinical judgement to monitor patients, coordinate care, respond to changes in condition and elevate concerns appropriately.

Working closely with Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Geriatricians, Allied Health Professionals, Social Care colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will help deliver responsive, patient-centred care whilst reducing avoidable hospital admissions. You will also contribute to service development and quality improvement within this evolving model of care.

The service operates 08:00-18:00, including weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

For further information, contact Jennifer Worrall ([e-mail]) or Karen Plowman ([e-mail]).

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Nurse within the Frailty Virtual Ward, you will provide clinical leadership and support the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care for patients with complex health and social needs. You will undertake comprehensive assessments, develop and review care plans, deliver evidence-based interventions, and evaluate outcomes to ensure high standards of care.

You will prioritise workload, coordinate care, respond to urgent or deteriorating situations, and maintain accurate clinical records. Working closely with patients, carers, families and partner organisations, you will promote integrated, holistic care and positive patient outcomes.

The role includes contributing to service development, quality improvement and the implementation of evidence-based practice, policies and clinical guidelines to enhance care delivery.

You will act as a professional role model, supporting learning and development of students and colleagues through supervision and education. Maintaining professional standards, completing mandatory training, participating in clinical supervision and CPD, and ensuring compliance with NMC, Trust and regulatory requirements are essential aspects of the role.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.