Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank Ad hoc
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1522
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Building 16, BRE
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £16.67 Basic+HCAS+12.07% holiday pay +Unsocial hours (if applicable)
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 05/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Community Nurse
Band 5
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
The post holder will work autonomously and in collaboration with other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies, and the locality teams to deliver excellent standards of patients care for patients requiring support.
Main duties of the job
To provide skilled nursing care working under the supervision of the unplanned care advanced nurses and paramedics.
The post holder will undertake unplanned care community nursing duties which involve delivery of nursing services and holistic assessments of patients’ health needs using a person-centred approach.
Work shift patterns including weekends and bank holidays. The service operates through pre-rostered shift patterns spanning 8am – 10pm 7 days per week.
The post holder will provide quality and seamless nursing care to housebound patients and be proactive in coordinating their care needs as appropriate, whilst avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital or long-term care institutions. In addition, the post holder will be involved in facilitating self-care for patients with long term conditions, health promotion and innovative activities and projects that enhance patient service delivery.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.
What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life’s most important moments.
Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.
We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of other post registration education and training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent clinical nursing experience negotiating and liaising within a multidisciplinary team
- Working with people with complex health needs.
- Experience of undertaking general clinical assessment, utilising evidence based care.
- Understanding the recognition of a deteriorating patient.
- Previous experience in the nursing process and fluent in record keeping.
- Experience of providing holistic care that involves the MDT.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training other students
- Supporting students and other learners
- Participate in auding, research and service development.
- Post registration experience in the community environment.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to risk assess a situation and act appropriately
- Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email.
- Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of community unplanned care nursing.
- Ability to listen effectively and ability to give constructive feedback to patients and colleagues.
- Knowledge and evidence of catheterisation skills
- Knowledge and evidence of phlebotomy.
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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
- Lucy Smith
- Job title
- Team Lead unplanned care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 102 5898
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