Nurse Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
The Adult Community Nursing service is seeking a Nurse Practitioner for its Clinical Assessment Team (CAT). This role involves undertaking holistic care assessments and implementing care plans in patients' homes, aiming to prevent hospital admissions. The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Nurse Practitioner and multidisciplinary team, utilizing clinical knowledge to provide independent care and support individuals in self-care. They will also provide professional leadership and support to junior colleagues.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates Understanding Trust Values
- Education/qualifications
- Registered General Nurse (NMC Registered)
- Mentorship and Preceptorship training
- Evidence of ongoing post registration training
- Physical Assessment Course
Desirable criteria
- Management training
- Leadership training
- Skills/Abilities
- Ability to assess and treat variety of wounds (surgical, traumatic, pressure ulcer, leg ulcer, moisture lesions)
- Able to identify a deteriorating patient (Sepsis, mental health crisis, self-neglect, end of life)
- Experienced in Palliative and end of life care and syringe driver management
- Ability to manage junior staff (including students), delegating appropriately, and to manage own and team workload effectively
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in a wide range of settings
- Good organisation and planning skills
- Urostomy and colostomy management
- Phlebotomy skills
- IV Cannulation
- Wound pressure care and leg ulcer management skills
- Experience of identifying and reporting safe guarding concerns
- Post registration experience within the community
- Experience of undertaking first contact/assessments in the community
- Experience of identifying and reporting safe guarding concerns
- Experience in promoting self-management of health conditions
- Experience of contributing to multi agency planning
- Experience in assessing patients holistically and planning for nursing interventions
- Experience in line management
- Understanding Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its implications for community nursing
- Knowledge of National and Local policies within the NHS that impact on community nursing.
- Understanding of Lone Working Policy
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Knowledge/understanding of information governance
- Understanding the needs of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups
- Knowledge of evidence based clinical trends and practices
- Understanding of clinical supervision and its impact to practice
- Understanding of Patient Advocacy
- Knowledge of caseload profiling
- Insight and awareness on appraisal/PDP
- Other
- Demonstrates Understanding Trust Values
- Education/qualifications
- Registered General Nurse (NMC Registered)
- Mentorship and Preceptorship training
- Evidence of ongoing post registration training
- Physical Assessment Course
- Management training
- Leadership training
- Skills/Abilities
- Ability to assess and treat variety of wounds (surgical, traumatic, pressure ulcer, leg ulcer, moisture lesions)
- Able to identify a deteriorating patient (Sepsis, mental health crisis, self-neglect, end of life)
- Experienced in Palliative and end of life care and syringe driver management
- Ability to manage junior staff (including students), delegating appropriately, and to manage own and team workload effectively
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in a wide range of settings
- Good organisation and planning skills
- Urostomy and colostomy management
- Phlebotomy skills
- IV Cannulation
- Wound pressure care and leg ulcer management skills
- Experience of identifying and reporting safe guarding concerns
- Post registration experience within the community
- Experience of undertaking first contact/assessments in the community
- Experience of identifying and reporting safe guarding concerns
- Experience in promoting self-management of health conditions
- Experience of contributing to multi agency planning
- Experience in assessing patients holistically and planning for nursing interventions
- Experience in line management
- Understanding Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its implications for community nursing
- Knowledge of National and Local policies within the NHS that impact on community nursing.
- Understanding of Lone Working Policy
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Knowledge/understanding of information governance
- Understanding the needs of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups
- Knowledge of evidence based clinical trends and practices
- Understanding of clinical supervision and its impact to practice
- Understanding of Patient Advocacy
- Knowledge of caseload profiling
- Insight and awareness on appraisal/PDP
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 5d ago · Closes in 9d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
The Adult Community Nursing service Single Point of Access (SPA) team is looking for a Nurse Practitioner to join its Clinical Assessment Team (CAT). This post is ideal for nurses who are enthusiastic, responsible and committed to the highest standard of care.
The CAT Team is situated within the Adult Community Nursing Service at Homerton Healthcare and works alongside District Nursing Neighbourhood Teams and Specialist Services including Tissue Viability and Continence nursing teams. The Team works across City and Hackney and undertakes holistic care assessments and implementation of care in patients' homes, and hospital admission avoidance through assessment and care of acutely unwell patients at home.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Nurse Practitioner and the multidisciplinary team and will possess excellent communication skills. They will be able to utilise clinical knowledge and evidence-based practice to independently undertake care and assessment in patients' homes. They will have an understanding and experience of lone working and work within their own limitations knowing how, when and to whom to escalate concerns. They will be motivated, compassionate, well organised, and committed to developing clinical skills and knowledge.
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