Nurse - Urgent Response / Hospital & Care At Home

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust in Greater Manchester is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner for its Community Urgent Response and Hospital & Care at Home teams. This role involves providing high-quality care to patients at home, working collaboratively with various healthcare professionals to prevent hospital admissions. Candidates must have current NMC Registration, a clinically based nursing degree, and community experience. A UK driving license and access to a car are required. Competitive benefits and flexible working options are offered.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration and eligibility to practice.
• UK driving license and access to a car are essential.
• Evidence of supporting students or mentorship experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care in the community.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to prevent hospital admissions.
• Implement clinical treatment plans in patient homes.

Skills

Clinical skills

Community nursing experience

NMC Registration

Teamwork

Continuing Professional Development

Education

Clinically based nursing degree

Job description

Nurse - Urgent Response / Hospital & Care At Home

The closing date is 28 December 2025

We take referrals for medical and/or social crisis from the community and (e.g NWAS, GPS ) and SRFT departments, aiming to promote early discharge from hospital and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions; by implementing clinical treatment/care plans in the patient's own homes in the Salford area.

The team manages acutely unwell patients at home using a variety of pathways e.g. IV antibiotics via cellulitis pathway , DVT pathway we are currently developing further pathways to manage patients in their own environment and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital e.g. heart failure pathway.

This is expanding to include Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) virtual wards model of care working as part of a team utilising technology and new ways of working to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission and support people to be discharged from hospital earlier than may have been possible previously. The focus of this role is delivering high quality care in the community, holistic assessments, planning, implementing, and reviewing care provision across the Virtual Wards pathways of care. This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the population of Salford and deliver an NHS national priority.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit an experienced Nurse Practitioner to join our Community Urgent Response/Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) virtual wards / Home IV (OPAT) team to work with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians including Advanced practitioners Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and support staff to provide high quality comprehensive care to patients who require step down from hospital and provide clinical interventions in the home environment to prevent hospital admissions, Working closely with NWAS and GPs.

You will have current NMC Registration, preferably 2 years community experience and a clinically based nursing degree and car user is essential to this role.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

NMC Registered

• Must have current NMC registration and be eligible to practice
• ENB998/Preparation for Mentorship/ Evidence of supporting students

Knowledge/experience

• Must have UK driving license and access to a car for the roleli>
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Enhanced clinical skills

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.