Senior Community Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization seeks a Senior Community Nurse for a full-time position in East London. The role involves supporting hospital discharges for older patients, coordinating care transitions, and collaborating with health services. Ideal candidates will possess nursing qualifications along with a passion for improving patient outcomes in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute, community, or older people's services.
• Ability to work across boundaries and in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in frailty and falls screening.

Responsibilities

• Identify medically fit patients at risk of delayed discharge.
• Coordinate safe transitions of care.
• Collaborate with community health services.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

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 B6 Community Nurse to join our Integrated In-Reach and Older People Service, helping to deliver high quality of, person centred, care for patients living with frailty, complex health care needs, and social care challenges.

This exciting role is central to supporting hospital flow, avoid unnecessary admissions, and ensuring patients return safely to their home or community setting with the right care in place.

This is role 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Work proactively on hospital wards to identify medically fit patients at risk of delayed discharge and coordinate timely, safe transitions of care
• Use advance 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.
• To introduce and enable self management and self care.
• To work as part of a team ensuring all patients have a safe handover to the professional and team to complete the care plan and measure the outcomes.

About Us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

For a more detailed job description and person specification please see attached JD & PS.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the recruiting manager.

This advert closes on Friday 7 Nov 2025