Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting experienced community matrons to its bank to cover its community services. The work centres on expert nursing for people with complex long-term conditions at home, coordinating case management to prevent avoidable admissions and speed discharge. Post-holders work alongside GPs, community teams and social care staff, leading clinical care and supporting colleagues, with flexible and compressed hours. Fit depends on a first-level nursing degree, non-medical prescribing or willingness to train, and post-registration experience at a senior level.
What the job involves
- Coordinate care through case management to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate timely discharge, for patients with frailty, COPD, Parkinson's, diabetes, dementia and CHD
- Provide high-standard clinical care using advanced skills to assess needs holistically and deliver evidence-based treatment
- Carry out comprehensive assessments and coordinate personalised care plans
- Take part in educational programmes on self-care for patients, carers and health and social care workers
- Develop and promote multidisciplinary working across health and social care, including the Integrated Community Access Point (ICAP)
- Act as named Community Matron for an Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT), supporting care coordination across the network
- Monitor quality of care and identify areas for service development
- Provide clinical leadership and support for complex case management and long-term condition care, including the Universal Care Planning (UCP) framework
- Give specialist advice and support to colleagues, promoting evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality of care
Qualifications
- Registered nurse with a first-level degree or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development and commitment to master's-level study
- Non-medical prescriber, or willing to undertake training
- Relevant post-registration qualification, such as advanced clinical assessment, district nursing specialist or frailty
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Experience
- Post-registration experience at a senior level
- Extensive experience assessing and caring for people with complex long-term conditions
- Community experience and multidisciplinary team working
- Working collaboratively across organisational boundaries and change management
- Teaching others and giving and receiving clinical supervision
- Providing evidence-based care, and audit and evaluation
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced clinical skills and extensive biomedical knowledge across long-term conditions, including frailty
- Detailed knowledge of primary care, national and local policy, clinical governance and adult safeguarding
- Knowledge of research and audit processes, resource management and quality outcome measures
- Holistic assessment, sound judgement and safe action in urgent or unpredictable situations under pressure
- Leadership, delegation, negotiation and teaching; clear verbal and written communication; strong interpersonal and IT skills
Other
- Working independently, prioritising own workload to meet deadlines, and travelling to provide care in patients' homes
Nice to have
- Case management qualification, or willing to undertake
- Experience of report writing
- Experience of policy development
- Experience of working collaboratively with care homes
- Experience of completing Complex Geriatric Assessments (CGA)
- Experience of completing Universal Care Plans (UCP)
- Presentation skills
- Proactive management and leadership skills
What’s offered
- Competitive employment package
- Support for development and training
- Greater flexibility in when and where you work across community services
- Unsocial hours payment where applicable
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
