The closing date is 19 September 2025
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum, pro rata for part time
Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients within the Team Leader’s sphere of care.
The post holder works without direct supervision and is responsible for nursing care for the geographical area including weekends and evenings.
The community team of West Essex is part of the wider Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care System supporting Out of Hospital Care to support West Essex Residents. The post holder will be working as part of the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams supporting the North Uttlesford Integrated Neighbourhood Team with a focus on prevention of admissions and facilitating hospital discharges
Main duties of the job
- Takes responsibility for a patient or a defined group of patients within their own homes or elsewhere as defined by the Senior Nurse.
- Undertake comprehensive nursing assessments to identify the patient’s physical and environmental needs.
- Plans, evaluates and prioritises interventions and care for patients within his/her sphere of responsibility.
- Leads the clinical nursing management of the caseload’s most dependent patients. Determines, in liaison with the Senior Nurse the frequency, type and monitors the efficacy of patient care offered.
- Regularly review caseload patient care, informing the Senior Nurse of any changes made.
- Establish priorities in his/her workload – organising his/her workload to make effective use of time.
- To act up in the Senior Nurse’s absence.
- Responsible for the delivery of nursing care for a geographical area including weekends and evenings.
- 1. Liaise with other agencies and members of Primary Health Care Team and secondary care.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
Skills
Essential
- NMC Registered
Desirable
- Continuing Healthcare knowledge
- Compression Bandaging SKilss
- Palliative Care experience
- Catheter care experience
- Wound management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal 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 all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).