Urgent Community Response Nurse/Paramedic and Therapist

Cnwlnhshealthcharity; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London seeks an Urgent Community Response Nurse/Paramedic to deliver compassionate care in patients' homes. This role requires a dynamic individual who can assess and manage patient needs within a community setting. Candidates must be registered and possess strong assessment skills, with a proven ability to work independently. Flexible shifts are required, accommodating a 7-day service. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care in diverse communities.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Continuing professional development support

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Paramedic with active registration.
• Recent ongoing post-registration training.
• Knowledge of patient conditions including frailty and acute illness.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate healthcare needs.
• Provide nursing care to patients in the community.
• Manage patient caseloads and ensure safe discharge.

Skills

Patient assessment skills

Community nursing experience

Complex assessment ability

Education

Registered Nurse/Paramedic/HCPC registration

Job description

Search here to find a new job, a new career, an opportunity to up skill or to simply change your career direction.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re 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’re 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 we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll 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.

Urgent Community Response Nurse/Paramedic and Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area: Urgent Community Response Nurse / Paramedic

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week (Service runs 8am‑10pm 365 days a year. Staff expected to work 8‑8 or 10‑10 shifts.) Job ref 333‑G‑CIS‑0209

• Full time
• Part time

Site: Hathaway House Town London

Salary: £46,419 - £55,046 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 22/12/2025 23:59

Interview date: 06/01/2026

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job overview

Are you caring, compassionate and committed to providing the best service possible to patients?

Do you want to help deliver care to people in their homes in the Inner London Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Hammersmith & Fulham with an opportunity to work with a supportive skilled team and develop yourself to provide admission avoidance care? CNWL and West London Trust are hosting a joint recruitment drive for new posts within our Teams.

Make a difference to those who require Urgent Community Response in their own homes - with enthusiasm, energy and passion - we are looking for Band 6 Registered Nurses, Paramedics or Therapists who have experience in community or tertiary services and want to continue developing as independent practitioners. (Newly Qualified staff cannot be considered for this role).

Please note interviews will be face to face only. There will be 2 interview dates in January (6th and 20th January) to facilitate the recruitment of these posts.

Main duties of the job

Due to an opportunity to grow our teams we are aiming to recruit the best team players who will be passionate about providing care, proactive, engaged and committed to delivering an excellent standard of care in the home to those in need.

Community experience is not essential but applicants will need to demonstrate the Trust core Values for CNWL and West London Trust and that they understand the issues involved in working in people's own homes, working alone and being able to work outside of regular working hours, weekends, public holidays and face to face visits will be essential.

If successful you will be providing holistic care to service users in their own homes and across our pathways of Urgent Community Response/Hospital at Home and Discharge to Assess. You will be required to be flexible, be team and patient focused and be able to work independently as needed. The Therapy staff who are employed will be working with primarily within the Discharge to Assess pathway – ensuring patients are safe in their home following an acute admission to hospital, but providing therapy input across the other pathways.

This position will require you to visit various locations throughout the London Boroughs of H&F, K&C and Westminster. We run a seven‑day service and our working hours are 8 am until 10 pm/365 per year, which you will need to be able to fulfil required shift patterns including weekend working and out of hours working.

Working for our organisation

We are a supportive and fast‑paced team’s that strives for the very best. We provide an excellent development and supervision programme and a first‑class learning experience in all aspects of community care. We also make it easy for you to access continuing professional development resources, which will support you in completing qualifications or modules to help you develop.

We want you to make us your future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and provide evaluation of health care needs in conjunction with patients, their carer’s and other appropriate members of the multi professional team.
• To have agreed areas of responsibility and work as part of the team.
• To provide nursing care to patient in the community.
• To see patients with potentially undifferentiated diagnosis including objective assessment, physical assessment, treatment, follow‑up and developing care plans.
• To ensure all patients on the caseload are managed well and discharged safely either to their GP or for further ongoing assessment, rehabilitation treatment and care.
• To be responsible for keeping up to date with current issues and events in Primary and Secondary Health Care.
• Liaising with community services partners.
• To be an active member of the team and the team’s development.

Person specification

Education

• Registered Nurse/Paramedic/HCPC – current registration.
• Evidence of ongoing and recent post‑registration training and education.
• Accredited post‑registration qualification in long‑term condition management and/or physical assessment skills – desirable.
• Qualification in teaching or practice‑based learning.

Experience

• Post‑registration clinical experience in either acute (A&E, ICU) or UCR similar community setting.
• Proven ability to prioritise, manage own patients and undertaking complex assessments autonomously.
• Community nursing experience.
• Experience of participating in Clinical supervision.
• Evidence of innovation in practice.
• Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of agencies and professionals – desirable.
• Experience of undertaking complex assessments and providing care to people with long‑term conditions.
• Experience in managing, auditing and evaluating clinical nursing services.

Knowledge

• Knowledge across a range of patient conditions, including frailty, medical/surgical/cardiac – acute on chronic illness.
• Knowledge of current NHS organisational structures, risk assessment and personal accountability.
• Knowledge of clinical governance processes.
• Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email.
• Ability to communicate highly complex information both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to adapt to changing needs of service.
• Able to manage difficult situations.
• Advanced patient assessment skills or working on and developing these skills – desirable.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
• If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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Hammersmith and Fulham Pathway Lead: Kuldip Kaur

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