Job summary
- Main area
- Associate Community Matron (Islington Urgent Response )
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: 0.72
- Hours
- Part time - 27 hours per week
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3366
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hornsey Rise Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 Per Annum (Per Rata) Including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 6 - Associate Community Matron (Islington Urgent Response )
NHS AfC: Band 6
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
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Job overview
The post holder will work in the Islington Rapid Response and Virtual Ward (RRVW) team which is part of the wider multi-agency Islington Urgent Care Response service which supports hospital discharges and admission avoidance.
RRVW is co-located and integrated with therapy and adult social services colleagues and aims to respond to patient referrals in the community within 2 hours to prevent/reduce admission to hospital.
The post holder will primarily be working in Islington borough but may be required to see patients in other NCL boroughs, and may need to support UCLH@home, NMUH VW.
The post holder will proactively manage a caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge to improve patient health outcomes. Patients requiring case management in the Rapid Response and Virtual Ward service will be identified by case-finding in the Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) unit, Accident and Emergency department, UCLH wards and also via Community referrals eg GP, Care Homes, Community Nurses, LAS etc.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients who are suitable for Islington Urgent Response and Recovery team care in liaison with the multidisciplinary teams (MDT) through assessment and care planning.
- Initiate agreed range of diagnostic tests.
- Refer to other disciplines/professions when required.
- Support patients to self-manage, monitor their condition and make informed choices.
- Act as a named nurse for designated patients within the service
- Ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to high standards and to be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of the Trust’s planned Electronic Patient Record
- Promote the development of evidenced based practice.
- Participate in clinical supervision to agreed standard.
- Ensure high standards of care are given to all patients.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Manage and co-ordination of patient care which includes daily triage and anything which is highlighted in your appraisal.
- Develop patient condition specific management plans with medical staff to improve patient clinical management
- Ensure other clinicians and those working within the team are aware of pathways and proceduresrelating to Islington Urgent Response and Recovery team. Disseminate any changes in policy and procedures ina timely manner and to work withinthe
- Promote the service and support clinical staff to facilitate the safe, effective and appropriate transfer of patients identified as suitable for Islington Urgent Response and Recovery team from ED, wards and the community.
- Work with and be responsible for the case management of patients identified for Islington Urgent Response and Recovery team.
- Attend appropriate internal and external meetings as representative of the department/Trust in relation to the Islington Urgent Response and Recovery team Nursing role and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registration
- RGN
Desirable criteria
- Post registration education in a relevant area
- BSc or equivalent level of experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- IV cannulation and phlebotomy
- Administration of IV medicines
- Computer skills
- Well-developed communication skills (verbal and written)
Desirable criteria
- Advanced physical Assessment qualification or willingness to work towards
- Independent Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Experience in Community/ A and E/ Care of the Elderly/ICU
- • Understanding and insight into RRVW
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
- Arul Bangalore
- Job title
- Lead Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 078 7684 6634
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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- Telephone
- If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060
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