The closing date is 10 March 2026
Salary: £40,617 to £48,778 a year Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS
Job summary
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services – CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
To Work within and across professional and organisational boundaries, liaising with GP’s, other professionals, and voluntary agencies to deliver individualised and expert clinical care to a high standard.
To support the locality manager/clinical lead and colleagues in delivering high quality care that delivers best value and meets the requirement of commissioners.
To take responsibility for managing members of the team, including undertaking appraisals with the support of senior staff.
Main duties of the job
To provide skilled, effective and evidence based clinical care to patients in a variety of community settings.
To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess physical and psycho-social needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with patients, carers and with wide MDT as needed.
To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of patients’ ability to stay at home, or return home safely from another care setting, providing, and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages.
Provide autonomous clinical care to a range of patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed and/or complex health needs and long-term conditions.
To support appropriate and timely case finding of patients suitable for the service including working to support in-reach to local acute trusts as needed.
To provide evidenced based clinical/therapeutic interventions based of ‘best practice’ in order to improve health outcomes and promote choice, e.g. Intravenous therapy (IV), Palliative care interventions, Catheter and bowel management, post operative anticoagulation administration and insulin management, prevention of admission assessments.
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration OR Paramedic with HCPC registration.
- Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training.
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary Care/Accident & Emergency.
- Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with long term condition.
- Qualifications in Community and/or Accident and Emergency health care.
- Qualification in teaching or practice based learning.
- Physical Clinical Assessment Skill Course or willingness to undertake the course.
- Independent Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent substantial post-registration professional clinical experience
- Extensive range of clinical skills and experience including, e.g. IV therapy, venepuncture, cannulation, rehabilitation, or willing to undertake the courses within CLCH.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with complex health needs
- Experience of supervising junior staff and co-ordinating daily activities on a regular basis
- Experience with working autonomously and independently in the community.
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
Desirable
- Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Has high level of competence in a range of clinical skills
- Able to work without direct supervision, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
- Ability to risk assess a situation and act appropriately
- Ability to identify own and others learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meet those needs
- Principles of care for patients with long term conditions, relevant NSF’s and other national standards
- NMC/HCPC Codes of Professional Conduct and application to practice
- Primary Health Care – Structures and roles (overview)
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Desirable
- Able to and motivate a team
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).