Urgent and Emergency Care Nurse | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

UHCW NHS Trust; Daimler Green; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service in the UK is seeking experienced nursing professionals to provide acute care in patients' homes. The role involves delivering nursing services such as catheter care, medication administration, and monitoring, along with supervising junior staff and performing clinical assessments. Candidates must have post‑registration experience, UK NMC registration, and a valid driving license. This position emphasizes skilled nursing care and strong leadership in the delivery of home care services.

Qualifications

• Post‑preceptorship experience required.
• Full UK driving licence and insurance for business use.
• Current valid UK NMC registration and post‑registration experience.
• Must provide an immunisation and vaccination report from a UK occupational health provider or GP.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to patients in their own homes.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients.
• Provide clinical supervision and leadership to junior team members.
• Undertake comprehensive risk assessments associated with the care of patients.
• Act as a role model for other staff and students.

Skills

Post‑preceptorship experience

Current valid UK NMC registration

Full UK driving licence

Immunisation and vaccination report

Job description

Role Overview

The Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, part of the wider Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, offer an exciting opportunity to provide acute, unplanned care in patients’ homes, avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting early discharge. The post is part of a pilot Integrated Neighbourhood Team model that will evolve and may require consultation in line with organisational policy.

Qualifications

• Post‑preceptorship experience required.
• Full UK driving licence and insurance for business use.
• Current valid UK NMC registration and post‑registration experience.
• Must provide an immunisation and vaccination report from a UK occupational health provider or GP.
• Not suitable for applicants required to undertake the OSCE training programme.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to patients in their own homes, including catheter care, wound care, medication administration, and monitoring.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated with escalation of concerns appropriately.
• Provide clinical supervision and leadership to junior team members.
• Responsible for the provision of effective learning experiences for pre‑ and post‑registration students.
• Undertake comprehensive risk assessments associated with the care of patients to ensure nurses and carers' safety.
• Act as a role model for other staff and students, demonstrating high standards of practice and professional conduct.
• Work without direct supervision and solve problems with a solution‑focused mindset.
• Competent to assess and close traumatic wounds using steri‑strips and skin adhesives as clinically appropriate.
• Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management, including administration of IV medications, venous cannulation, venepuncture, management and care of mid and PICC lines, complex patient monitoring, equipment management and point‑of‑care testing.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient data.
• Manage expected (and occasional unexpected) clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, escalating to a senior member of staff where appropriate (e.g., in an unexpected event).

This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025.