About this role
Job summary
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Location: Peterborough
Salary: Up to £43,000 per annum (plus bonus)
Hours: Full Time, Monday to Friday with no on-call, long shifts or nights.
Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a better work-life balance and a role where your clinical expertise directly supports people with complex health needs? If you have experience in complex care, A&E, critical care, or ICU, this could be your ideal next step.
About the Role
It is a specialist role that requires clinical expertise along with the ability to manage and prioritise workloads.
You will be based at your local Apollo Home Healthcare office in Peterborough, but some flexibility is required as you will be travelling to clientshomes across the East region.
Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will include:
Taking clinical ownership of complex care caseloads. This will also include the occasional paediatric complex care package. Creating, managing, and reviewing bespoke care plans Leading and delivering clinical training for Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers Ensuring safe, compliant, high-quality care in line with national standards Reviewing clinical documentation, including MAR charts and care records Building strong, supportive relationships with our clients, their families, and multidisciplinary teams Provide ongoing mandatory training and development in line with national standards.
About us
At Apollo Home Healthcare, we deliver high-quality, person-centred care to adults and children in their own homes. Every package is tailored to our clients individual needs, and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist you will play a key role in shaping safe, effective, and compassionate clinical care.
Job description Job responsibilities
To promote the Apollo Home Healthcare brand to all prospective clients and healthcare professionals, undertake assessment of new referrals and reviews of current service user care plans as well as assist in the recruitment and interviewing of potential new staff. There will be a requirement to manage appraisal and supervision of staff
Provide person centred nursing care and support to service users, their families and healthcare assistants.
Participate as part of a team and using a person-centred approach, assess, plan, implement and evaluate care delivered.
Maintain and oversee the maintenance of appropriate associated service user records
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Valid NMC Pin with at least 2 years post-qualification experience. Ideally 12 months community care nursing experience. Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle. Strong clinical judgement and the ability to prioritise workloads. Flexibility to oversee complex care packages across the East region.
Experience Essential
We are looking for passionate and compassionate nurses with experience in: Airway management, including tracheostomy care and suctioning. Ventilation management (invasive and non-invasive) Enteral feeding (PEG / JEJ / NG)
Desirable
Experience with spinal injuries, acquired brain injuries, degenerative or neurological conditions is beneficial but not essential. Additional training can be provided.
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).
Employer details Employer name Apollo Home Healthcare
Address Apollo Home Healthcare
27 Commerce Road
Lynch Wood
Peterborough
PE2 6LR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.apollohomehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)