Job summary
We are recruiting X2 full-time Band 6 Hospital at Home Practitioners to join our Brent Unplanned Care service, based at Sudbury and Wembley. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative community service delivering acute, hospital-level care directly in patients' homes.
The Hospital at Home service provides short-term, intensive care for adults with acute conditions who would otherwise require admission to hospital. Working within a multidisciplinary team of specially trained registered professionals, including GPs, you will support earlier discharge, prevent avoidable hospital admissions, and ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
You will have access to home-based monitoring equipment, point-of-care testing, and the ability to deliver a range of clinical interventions, including intravenous therapy, enabling you to practise autonomously while being fully supported by an experienced team.
At Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, we value and support our staff. We offer a range of benefits to support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including season ticket loans, childcare support, cycle to work schemes, and more.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work both autonomously and collaboratively with Acute Trusts, the Adult Community Nursing Team, and a range of health and care partners, including statutory and voluntary agencies, to deliver high-quality, person-centred patient care.
The post holder will be required to:
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Work on a rotational shift basis within the Harrow Hospital at Home service, operating between 8am and 8pm, seven days a week.
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Effectively prioritise and manage their own workload, working with a high level of autonomy and minimal supervision.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trusts values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.'
Job description
Job responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trusts values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.'
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Healthcare professional
- Appropriate Registration with relevant professional council
Desirable
- Advanced Clinical Assessment and Examination qualification
- Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate 2 years' experience post-qualification
- Previous experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
- Demonstrate knowledge of the purpose and value of supervision.
- Experience of teaching of junior staff / students, peers in-service training setting
- Experience of negotiating and communicating within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching, patient and public involvement and health promotion in practice
- Experience of providing acute care response to frail and elderly patients in acute or community setting
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Participation in research, service development or audit projects
- Previous experience working in community setting
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of effective team working
- Teaching relatives and carers across all areas of care
- Ability to demonstrate organisational skills and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills and delegation of clinical caseload to other members of staff within service
- Ability to manage distressed patients or relatives with acute care needs
- Able to effectively and sensitively communicate highly complex information both verbally and in writing, with a range of people some of whom may have barriers to communication and understanding
- Negotiating skills with ability to work independently without direct supervision and across organisational boundaries.
Desirable
- Can critically analyse and apply relevant research to practice
Key Attributes
Essential
- Skills in literacy, numeracy and computer skills (eg Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel), and efficient documentation skills.
- Computer literate with knowledge or experience of use of assessment templates and clinical systems such as EMIS.
- 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)
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Healthcare professional
- Appropriate Registration with relevant professional council
Desirable
- Advanced Clinical Assessment and Examination qualification
- Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate 2 years' experience post-qualification
- Previous experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
- Demonstrate knowledge of the purpose and value of supervision.
- Experience of teaching of junior staff / students, peers in-service training setting
- Experience of negotiating and communicating within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching, patient and public involvement and health promotion in practice
- Experience of providing acute care response to frail and elderly patients in acute or community setting
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Participation in research, service development or audit projects
- Previous experience working in community setting
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of effective team working
- Teaching relatives and carers across all areas of care
- Ability to demonstrate organisational skills and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills and delegation of clinical caseload to other members of staff within service
- Ability to manage distressed patients or relatives with acute care needs
- Able to effectively and sensitively communicate highly complex information both verbally and in writing, with a range of people some of whom may have barriers to communication and understanding
- Negotiating skills with ability to work independently without direct supervision and across organisational boundaries.
Desirable
- Can critically analyse and apply relevant research to practice
Key Attributes
Essential
- Skills in literacy, numeracy and computer skills (eg Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel), and efficient documentation skills.
- Computer literate with knowledge or experience of use of assessment templates and clinical systems such as EMIS.
- 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)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
