Staff Nurse - RUH at Home

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Nurse for RUH@Home to deliver high-quality, home-based care. You will assess patients with acute and complex needs in their own homes, developing individualised care plans and applying evidence-based interventions.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will travel across Bath and surrounding areas, using your clinical skills to avoid hospital stays and support early discharges, seven days a week.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle, as travel between sites is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan personalised nursing care at patients' homes for acute/complex needs.
• Work autonomously, recognise deterioration and escalate when required.
• Deliver safe, compassionate care including medicines and treatments.
• Collaborate with RUH@Home team and partners for coordinated care.
• Support admission avoidance and early discharge to home safely.
• Involve patients and families in care planning and education.
• Maintain clear clinical records and contribute to safety and quality.
• Support supervision and development of students and new staff.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Access to own vehicle

Job description

Deliver hospital-level care where it can make a real difference: in a patient's own home.

Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle, as the role requires regular travel between sites and locations.

RUH Hospital at Home (RUH@Home) is our consultant-led virtual ward, supporting patients who would otherwise need to be admitted to hospital, or who can safely return home earlier with the right clinical support around them. The service works closely with primary, community and social care partners to ensure safe transitions of care.

You will join a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, therapists, therapy assistants and healthcare assistants providing personalised acute care in patients' homes, seven days a week between 08:00 and 18:00.

As a nurse within RUH@Home, you will have the opportunity to work with greater autonomy, assessing patients with acute and complex needs, developing individualised care plans, delivering evidence-based interventions and identifying and responding to changes in patients' conditions.

You will work independently in the community, but you will never be working in isolation. You will be part of a wider multidisciplinary team and work closely with primary, community and social care colleagues to ensure patients receive safe, coordinated care.

If you enjoy variety, autonomous working and building meaningful relationships with patients, while using your clinical skills to help people avoid an unnecessary hospital stay or return home sooner, this could be a fantastic next step in your nursing career.

In This Key Role, You Will

• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individualised nursing care for patients with acute and complex needs in their own homes.
• Work autonomously, using your clinical judgement to recognise deterioration, respond appropriately and escalating concerns when required.
• Deliver safe, effective and compassionate care, including the administration of medicines and treatments.
• Work closely with the RUH@Home multidisciplinary team and wider health and care partners to provide coordinated, patient-centred care.
• Support admission avoidance and early supported discharge, helping patients receive high-quality care safely at home.
• Involve patients, families and carers in care planning, providing advice and education to promote independence and informed decision‑making.
• Maintain clear and accurate clinical records and contribute to patient safety, quality improvement and service development.
• Support the supervision and development of students, healthcare support workers and new colleagues as appropriate

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.

We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!

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For further details informal visits contact: Name: Helen Griffiths Job title: Team Lead - RUH@Home Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01225826633