Senior Community Nurse

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Community Nurse to join their Integrated In-Reach and Older People Service in London. This full-time role involves providing high-quality, person-centered care to patients with complex health needs, ensuring safe transitions from hospital to home. The ideal candidate will have experience in acute or community services, possess strong organisational skills, and a passion for enhancing patient care outcomes.

Qualifications

• RGN with current UK professional registration.
• Ability to assess, monitor, plan and evaluate care.
• Experience with older people and chronic disease management.

Responsibilities

• Identify patients at risk of delayed discharge and coordinate care transitions.
• Utilize assessment and screening skills for complex needs.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for care optimization.

Skills

Physical assessment and first contact course

Organisational skills

Holistic initial assessments

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

RGN

Specialist practitioner Degree or equivalent

Tools

IT and clinical systems proficiency (e.g., Emis)

Job description

Overview

Band 6 - Senior Community Nurse - Tower Hamlets, London

Hours: Full-Time (37.5 hours)

Are you passionate about making a difference for older people and supporting safe, timely discharges from hospital? Do you want to be part of an innovative, integrated service working at the interface of acute and community care?

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Community Nurse to join our Integrated In‑Reach and Older People Service, helping to deliver high quality, person‑centred care for patients living with frailty, complex health care needs, and social care challenges. This role is central to supporting hospital flow, avoiding unnecessary admissions, and ensuring patients return safely to their home or community setting with the right care in place. It is ideal for a dynamic, forward thinking nurse with experience in acute, community, or older people’s services. You will be confident working across boundaries, enjoy problem solving, and thrive in a fast paced environment where you can make a real impact on patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Work proactively on hospital wards to identify medically fit patients at risk of delayed discharge and coordinate timely, safe transitions of care
• Use advanced assessment and frailty and falls screening skills to support older people with complex needs, ensuring personalised care planning
• Collaborate closely with community health services, social care, primary care, and care homes to streamline pathways and avoid readmissions
• Provide clinical leadership, education, and support to junior colleagues, care staff, and multidisciplinary teams
• Contribute to service development and the wider frailty and admission avoidance pathway, ensuring best practice and innovation
• This is borough‑wide cover
• Introduce and enable self-management and self-care
• Work as part of a team ensuring all patients have a safe handover to the professionals and team to complete the care plan and measure outcomes

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• RGN
• Physical assessment and first contact course (or willingness to undertake)
• Awareness of current developments in primary and community care, in particular with older people
• Specialist practitioner (District Nursing) Degree or equivalent certificate/diploma
• Ability to organise and deliver high standards of evidence‑based clinical nursing care
• Ability to assess, monitor, plan and evaluate care
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise work and delegate effectively to the team
• Ability to liaise effectively with members of the Primary care team
• Experience and knowledge of holistic initial assessments
• Understanding and knowledge of the complex needs and long‑term conditions management
• Good knowledge of safeguarding processes and ability to escalate issues around vulnerable adults
• IT and clinical systems proficiency (e.g., Emis)
• Knowledge of community nursing practice and current legislation
• Knowledge of information governance and responsibility

Desirable

• Non‑Medical Prescriber V300
• Nurse Formulary prescriber V100
• Experience of managing a team within the health care setting
• Experience of working with older people including chronic disease management of long‑term conditions
• Ability to undertake clinical audit and evaluate, analyse and interpret data, and produce required reports
• Knowledge of HR processes for line management of staff
• Knowledge of current professional issues facing nursing

Other Requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a DBS submission will be necessary to check for any previous convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside other applications. For information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For information see the NHS Careers website.

Details

Employer: East London NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Tower Hamlets Community Health Team, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1FR

Job locations: Tower Hamlets Community Health Team; Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road

Salary: £46,419 to £55,046 per annum inc HCA

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Date posted: 26 September 2025