Urgent Care / Intermediate Care Clinical Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting part-time, fixed-term opportunity for an Urgent Care / Intermediate Care Clinical Nurse to cover maternity leave for 12 months. You will work within an integrated community team, focusing on admission avoidance, facilitating hospital discharge, and providing short-term nursing input. The role involves holistic assessments, autonomous practice, and supervising non-registered colleagues. A full driving licence and access to a car are essential for this role based primarily at Kings Ash House in Paignton.
Essential criteria
- Qualified Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Substantial post registration experience
Desirable criteria
- BSC (hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent
- Nurse prescribing (or willingness to undertake training)
- Comprehensive understanding of Health Care services
- Knowledge and understanding in frailty and long-term condition management
- Nursing Mentor
- Team management skills
- Undergone training in frailty and long-term condition management
- Knowledge and experience
- A broad range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills.
- To communicate complex information
- Maintain timely and accurate written records
- Prioritise workload, demonstrating appropriate delegation
- Holistic client assessment using specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
- Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to manage a caseload
- Mentorship Module
- Experience of clinical leadership
- I.T. knowledge/experience
- Awareness of budget management skills
- Good understanding of clinical governance
- Awareness of local and government agendas
- Experience working in acute care (secondary Care and community care
- Specific Skills
- Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care of the unwell adult
- Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit.
- Negotiating skills
- Health and Safety/Risk Assessments
- Current driving licence and access to transport
- Acute care nursing skills
- Ability to assess, prioritise and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs
- Teaching and presentation skills
- Cannulation and IV administration
- Palliative Care Nursing Skills
- Qualifications and training
- Qualified Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Substantial post registration experience
- BSC (hons) in Community Health Nursing (District) or equivalent
- Nurse prescribing (or willingness to undertake training)
- Comprehensive understanding of Health Care services
- Knowledge and understanding in frailty and long-term condition management
- Nursing Mentor
- Team management skills
- Undergone training in frailty and long-term condition management
- Knowledge and experience
- A broad range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills.
- To communicate complex information
- Maintain timely and accurate written records
- Prioritise workload, demonstrating appropriate delegation
- Holistic client assessment using specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
- Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to manage a caseload
- Mentorship Module
- Experience of clinical leadership
- I.T. knowledge/experience
- Awareness of budget management skills
- Good understanding of clinical governance
- Awareness of local and government agendas
- Experience working in acute care (secondary Care and community care
- Specific Skills
- Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care of the unwell adult
- Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit.
- Negotiating skills
- Health and Safety/Risk Assessments
- Current driving licence and access to transport
- Acute care nursing skills
- Ability to assess, prioritise and co-ordinate care for people with complex needs
- Teaching and presentation skills
- Cannulation and IV administration
- Palliative Care Nursing Skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 10d
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Urgent Care / Intermediate Care Clinical Nurse
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Urgent Care / Intermediate Care Clinical Nurse to work part-time (22.5 hours per week) for 12 months covering maternity leave. You will be working within an integrated team, working across the community, this includes: Urgent Care Response Team, Intermediate Care and covering the rehab unit at Jack Sears if required.
This is a fast paced exciting position with focus on admission avoidance, enabling hospital discharge and providing short term nursing input to patients while under intermediate care.
You will be based primarily at Kings Ash house in Paignton however, you may be providing visits to patients across the whole of Torbay. A full driving licence and access to a car is imperative for the role.
You will be involved in delegating work to non-registered colleagues and have a supervisory role within the team.
The post holder will be expected to plan and implement care/treatment to ensure safe and effective delivery of care. In consultation with the IC/Duty Team, this may require placing the patient in a place of safety, or arranging immediate care support in their own home.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake holistic, comprehensive assessments including both risk assessment
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