Community Nurse Urgent Care Response | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	16 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£35,763 - £43,466 per annum (pro rata P/T) inc HCAS
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	15 April 2026
Location:	Uxbridge, UB81QG
Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7872993/333-G-HC-1582

Summary

The post-holder will work as part of an Urgent Care Response multi-disciplinary team including nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants, and administrators to provide rapid assessment and treatment to patients who have urgent care needs in the community. The postholder will work in partnership with colleagues in the acute sector, social services, intermediate and primary care services to safely avoid unnecessary hospitalisation.

The post holder will work in conjunction with community services and acute setting to facilitate effective and safe return home from emergency departments and acute non admission areas.

As a senior member, you will be expected to be a practitioner with a broad range of competencies who is able to adapt to a wide variety of clinical circumstances. You will be part of a community team where your proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery. This will include having a direct link to the patient’s discharging medical team for liaison and support where necessary and with the patients GP or other health care professional to prevent hospital admission.

You will provide support towards the advanced nurses complex assessments and interventions and will make clinical decisions in line with your skill level. You will be expected to work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues in primary and secondary care.

Band 5 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

· Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible

· Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary

· Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services

· Being open and transparent about their own practice

· Supervising the work of others

· Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made

· Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement

· Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records

· Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and we will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL



CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Band 5 nurses contribute to the effectiveness of services by:

Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures

Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs

Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care

Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but within their own limits of competency and confidence

Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:

o communicating well with all members of the team

o understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives

o reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings

o identifying how care could be improved



Patient Experience

Band 5 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:

· Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers

· Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making

· Signposting patients and carers to supportive services e.g. the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or the voluntary sector

· Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident

· Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy

Supporting yourself and others

Engaged staff are more productive and Band 5 nurses play a role in engaging in other staff members in the Trust and the work we do by:

· Providing supervision and annual appraisals to other staff which helps those staff reflect on their work, understand their objectives and monitors their progress towards achieving them Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes

· Using continuing professional development funds to consolidate or improve clinical skills and to gain mentorship skills so they can support student nurses




This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026

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