Hospital at Home Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“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.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Nurse to join the Hospital at Home team in South & Trafford Localities. The team provides acute care, monitoring, and treatment to patients in their own homes, focusing on assessment, discharge, and hospital avoidance. The role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to support emergency departments and frailty teams, promoting a 'Home First' approach to patient care. The successful candidate will undertake comprehensive health care needs assessments, plan and evaluate nursing interventions, and contribute to patient-centered care.
Key responsibilities
- Undertake comprehensive health care needs assessment of patients, reassessing as appropriate.
- Assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patients' needs.
- Contribute to the organisation of multi-disciplinary, patient centered care.
- Facilitate patients, relatives and carers to take an active role in care given, providing information as appropriate to facilitate effective discharge.
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Nursing
- NMC Registration
- Evidence of relevant post registration training / CPD
- Community experience minimum of 2 years
- Broad experience as a Band 5 in core clinical areas, e.g. Experience in the care of neurological disorders, common orthopaedic, COPD and understanding of common mental health problems faced by older people.
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of urgent assessments and developing and delivering care plans to meet these needs
- Clinical supervision and training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Post graduate Training
- ENB 998 Preparation for Mentorship / Practice educator
- Experience of Rapid Response / Intermediate Care or similar
- Knowledge of speciality
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice changes arising from audit
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 6d
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Hospital at Home Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic band 6 Nurse to join the hospital at home team in South & Trafford Localities.
The hospital-at-home team enables patients to receive safe, acute care, monitoring, and treatment in their own homes.
We are an enthusiastic, motivated multi-disciplinary team working in a dynamic, exciting environment, providing an assessment, discharge and hospital avoidance service. Embracing these models, we will support the Emergency departments, AMU and Clinical decision units and work closely with our frailty teams.
Underpinning the purpose of hospital at home our established "Home First" approach supports patient's personal choices, strengths, and ensures inclusion in every stage of their care. We adopt early mobilization which aims to reduce acquired hospital deconditioning, enabling a person to maintain as much of their independence as possible. We are passionate about continually developing our services to provide gold standard care for older people.
Main duties of the job
Undertake comprehensive health care needs assessment of patients, reassessing as appropriate.
Assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet patients' needs.
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