Nurse - Urgent Response / Hospital & Care At Home | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Salford is seeking a dedicated community nurse to deliver high quality care at home and manage acutely unwell patients. This role involves performing holistic assessments, developing care plans, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. Candidates should have current NMC registration, a clinically based nursing degree, and a minimum of 2 years community experience. This position offers a competitive benefits package and flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration and preferably 2 years of community experience.
• Car user is essential for the role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality care in the community.
• Manage acutely unwell patients at home.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians.

Skills

Holistic assessments

Community nursing

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Management of acutely unwell patients

Education

Clinically based nursing degree

NMC Registration

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality care in the community, performing holistic assessments, planning, implementing, and reviewing care provision across the Virtual Wards pathways of care.
• Manage acutely unwell patients at home using a variety of pathways, including IV antibiotics via the cellulitis pathway and the DVT pathway, and develop further pathways to manage patients in their own environment and prevent unnecessary admissions.
• Work within the Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) virtual wards model of care, utilising technology and new ways of working to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission and support people to be discharged from hospital earlier.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, including Advanced Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and support staff, to provide high quality comprehensive care to patients who require step down from hospital and deliver clinical interventions in the home environment to prevent hospital admissions.
• Maintain close working relationships with NWAS and GPs.

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration.
• Preferably 2 years of community experience and a clinically based nursing degree.
• Car user is essential to this role.

Benefits

• 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.
• Opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the population of Salford and deliver an NHS national priority.

About the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Dec 2025.