Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 364-A-9089
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hospital at Home - St Margaret's Community Hospital - Epping
- Town
- Epping
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, plus 5% Fringe HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Hospital at Home Practitioner
Band 5
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
Are you passionate about providing high-quality, patient-centred care in a community setting? The West Essex Hospital at Home service is expanding, and we are looking for dynamic, compassionate, and skilled healthcare professionals to join our innovative team.
Hospital at Home is an exciting service that delivers acute-level care in the comfort of a patient’s own home. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will play a vital role in reducing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting early discharges, and enhancing patient outcomes through personalised care.
Based across West Essex, including Harlow, Epping, and Uttlesford, you’ll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment that puts patients and families at the heart of everything we do.
What we offer:
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A supportive, forward-thinking team committed to integrated care
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Opportunities for training and career development
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Flexible working patterns and a strong work-life balance
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The chance to truly make a difference in the community
If you're ready to take on a rewarding challenge that blends acute clinical care with the unique opportunities of working in the community, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Provide acute-level care in patients' homes, delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based clinical interventions in line with individual care plans.
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Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients with a range of complex medical conditions who would otherwise require hospital admission.
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Undertake clinical assessments and observations, including NEWS2 scoring, Phlebotomy, Wound care, IV therapy.
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Use remote monitoring technologies to monitor patients’ observations and symptoms at home, enabling early identification of deterioration and timely clinical intervention.
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Support patients and carers in using monitoring equipment confidently, and integrate remote data into care planning through effective communication with the wider multi-disciplinary team
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Work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, including GPs, nurses, AHPs, pharmacists, and social care professionals to deliver integrated, person-centred care.
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Support early discharge from hospital by assessing suitability for Hospital at Home and ensuring smooth transitions of care.
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Educate patients and carers on managing health conditions, medication administration, and signs of deterioration, promoting independence where possible.
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Participate in regular clinical supervision, training, and team meetings to maintain professional competencies and promote shared learning.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· The post holder will be providing patient care in patients own homes, and able to travel independently across sites.
· Be computer literate and able to utilise technology to support the remote monitoring of patients, under the supervision of senior colleagues.
· Assist development of the service through reflective practice, clinical supervision & audit.
· The identification of suitable people referred to the service for planned early discharge from hospital or for the prevention of admission to the acute sector or long-term care.
· To be responsible, without supervision, for the holistic assessment of patient care needs.
· To be able to recognise deteriorating patients and use the appropriate patient pathways.
· To handover daily to the nurse in charge of each shift. To ensure timely and accurate handover of patient care, ensuring written records are consistent and completed punctually.
Clinical skills required and willing to work towards in gaining the proficiencies for
· Physical assessment skills
· Phlebotomy
· Intravenous Administration of medication
· Cannulation
· Managing Peg Feeds
· Male/Female Catheterisation
· Suprapubic Catheterisation
· Tracheotomy Care
· Leg Ulcer Management – Compression Bandaging – Doppler Assessment
· Management of PICC/Hickman lines
· Involvement in Chronic Disease Management
· Removal of drains, changing drainage chambers
· Palliative care support – syringe drivers, symptom management, family support, controlled drug administration
· Suture/Staple removal
· Wound care – Vac Therapy
· Management of constipation
· Pressure Ulcer Management – Pressure Ulcer Equipment
· 02 Therapy
· Zoladex Administration
· Referrals to other appropriate services e.g. Social Services, Specialist Nurses
· Management of Chemotherapy Patients i.e. discontinuation of ambulatory Chemo pumps
· Mentoring students/new staff
· Teaching students, patients and carers
· Developing IT skills/documentation
· Holistic Care or Diabetes
· Eye drops
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse or AHP
Skills
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Hospital at Home, Virtual Wards, or similar intermediate/community-based acute care models.
- Competence in delivering IV therapy, phlebotomy, wound care, or oxygen therapy in the community.
- Knowledge of remote monitoring technologies and digital tools used in home-based care.
- Evidence of professional development
- Admission avoidance model of care.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Connor Garrett
- Job title
- Hospital at Home Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 123 5433
- Additional information
If you require specific interview dates please do let me know.
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