The closing date is 01 July 2026
Salary: £41,957 to £50,387 a year Per annum Pro rata including high cost area supplement
Job summary
Make a real difference – deliver hospital-level care where it matters most: at homeAre you an experienced nurse ready to step beyond traditional ward-based care?Do you thrive in autonomous roles where your clinical judgement truly makes a difference?Join our innovative Hospital at Home team and be part of a service transforming how care is delivered across Surrey — supporting patients to receive safe, high-quality acute care in the comfort of their own homes.Why this role is differentThis is not a typical community nurse role.You’ll be working at the interface of urgent care, frailty, and acute medicine, supporting:o Hospital admission avoidanceo Early supported dischargeo Rapid response through Urgent Community Response (UCR)o Complex care delivery in the communityYou’ll assess, treat, and manage patients who would otherwise require hospital admission — making real-time decisions that directly impact patient outcomes and system flow. If you would like more information or to arrange an informal visit, we look forward to hearing from you. Please contact Sian Hine, Senior Sister by email: sian.hine@nhs.net or Nanette Garner, Integrated Frailty Matron by email: nanette.garner1@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust works to deliver acute and urgent care services within the community to support patients who would otherwise require hospital admission offering rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment for people with complex health and social care needs, frailty, or exacerbations of long-term conditions.
You will be part of a team that provides assessment in the community for patients either in their homes, care homes or nursing homes in order to prevent further deterioration. Early detection and intervention is key to prevent further deterioration and therefore hospital admission.
The service aim includes, urgent case management responding to crisis, recovery support, self-management, and adapt a collaborative approach with patients. The operational hours for this service are 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week.
You will provide clinical leadership within the Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Hospital at Home teams, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support early discharge. The role includes managing day-to-day service delivery, coordinating and prioritising caseloads, supervising and supporting staff, ensuring safe staffing and skill mix, and contributing to quality improvement, governance, and service development in line with organisational standards.
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered qualification
- Practice supervisor/Practice Assessor
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate for the role.
- Degree level qualification in relevant training or equivalent knowledge and experience in health related subject
Desirable
- Relevant urgent care, community, frailty or long term conditions related training
- Health Assessment course
- Non -Medical Prescriber
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering care in acute, community, intermediate care or urgent care setting
- Experience of working independently whilst recognising professional boundaries
- Evidence of CPD aligned to the role
- Understanding of integrated care systems and community pathways
- Leadership and supervision skills
Desirable
- Experience in urgent community response, virtual ward, frailty or admission avoidance services
- Knowledge of the national UCR services specifications (2 hour response model)
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).