ICS Community Senior Nurse | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Posting date:	16 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	18 March 2026
Location:	Walsall, WS29PS
Company:	Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7674830/407-COMMUNITY-7674830

Summary

An exciting opportunity to join a wonderful, dynamic and patient focused team providing high quality services to the Walsall community.

Whether it be supporting a team member with new skills or attending to a patient and advising their family, your role as a ICS Senior community Nurse provides you with the opportunity to deliver a high standard of care to patients in their homes (pathway 1), and patient’s that require comprehensive holistic clinical assessment and monitoring in the ICS pathway 2 and 3 beds, alongside developing your leadership skills supporting your team.

To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with GPs, Care home managers and colleagues and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies for patients on the ICS pathway 1-3.

To provide clinical advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to promote maximum independence, health and wellbeing. To enable patients living with long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs.

PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Communication

· To be able to communicate effectively with multiple agencies, staff, patients and carers in the community setting and input all discussions onto the mosaic system.

· To be able to undertake comprehensive assessments and lead on discharge planning from pathway 2/3 beds.

· To provide clear and concise reports in a timely manner.

· Co-ordinate and chair discharge planning meetings for patients who have complex and high post discharge health care needs (where appropriate).



Teaching/Training Skills

· To deliver training programmes in relation to complex discharge planning to multi-disciplinary team members.

· To review and evaluate training programmes.

· To provide mentorship to student nurses, newly qualified nurses and junior members of the team.

· To be responsible for student nurses on placement and their learning outcomes.

· To participate in induction programmes for new members of staff.

· To lead on induction programmes for new staff in the absence of the Team Manager.

· To be responsible for your own learning and to ensure that you keep your practice up to date and actively involve in training offered from ICS to enhance your Senior Nurse role.

· To act as the lead Nurse at the MDT meeting for patient’s in the ICS pathway 2 beds.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space

To work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide senior nurse advice and expertise in relation to complex discharge planning and monitoring patients at home on the non-weight bearing pathway and pathway 2 and 3. To complete comprehensive, holistic assessments and care plans to facilitate a timely discharge from the pathway 2 and 3 beds. Actively promote early and timely discharge planning. Support junior members of the team to promote quality and embed the ethos of ICS.

To follow patients up in community and complete further assessments to support exit from ICS pathways, this includes Trusted assessments, Continuing Health care checklists and Decision support tool assessments. To support the MDT at GP round and MDT meeting.

· To work within the Intermediate Care Services team at a senior nurse level to monitor high standards of care and to facilitate evidence based appropriate/timely discharge underpinned by quality of care.

· To promote ICS Ethos of Home First.

· To work within a multi-agency integrated team at a senior nurse level, adopting a ‘no blame’ culture and act as a role model to junior staff.

· To assess Patients for Funded Nursing Care (FNC) determinations and Continuing Health Care (CHC), Decision support tool assessments (DSTs), CHC Fast Track Tools and oversee / advise on assessments completed by junior nursing staff.

· To work closely and build rapport with the Intermediate Care Team in the acute and work closely with community-based services to support a seamless transition and prevent further admission to acute care.

· To support and supervise junior members of the team.

· To complete follow up assessments post discharge as part of a multi-agency team.

· To assess patients for equipment needs and pressure relief equipment when patients are on the non-weight bearing pathway or before their discharge home from pathway 2/3 beds.




This advert closes on Monday 2 Mar 2026