Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

Are you a motivated Registered Nurse looking for a fresh challenge working for Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust as an autonomous practitioner?  If the answer is yes, then we have the ideal post for you.

The Care Home Support Team (CHST) have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of their dynamic team which visits and supports local care homes across the Borough of Richmond. You will work with residents and care home staff to assess resident’s needs, putting a plan of care place, and deliver training with the purpose of reducing avoidable ambulance call outs and hospital admissions.

We are looking for a self-motivated, autonomous, proactive registered nurse committed to their professional development, bringing their skills and knowledge to the team.

You will be based in the community working in collaboration with a network of health and social care professionals.

Main duties of the job

      To support the Team leader in professional leadership, management, recruitment,   supervision and development and monitoring of service delivery and performance within the CHST. T

     To work collaboratively with and support members of the MDT in the management of complex health and social care issues within care homes in the Borough of Richmond.

       To be responsible for ensuring the timely provision of a high standard of assessment, advice, planning, implementation and evaluation of care and reviews, considering the social context in which the person lives, using locally agreed tools and documentation.

      To work as an autonomous practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work within agreed national, local, and professional standards and guidelines.

      To develop and maintain effective working relationships with other agencies including acute, primary, and voluntary sectors.       

      To ensure a provision of an equitable, responsive, high quality and effective service for the needs of residents in care homes are met.

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