About this role
Job summary
Community services in Hammersmith & Fulham are evolving through the development of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs), creating an exciting opportunity for a Community Matron to help shape how care is delivered locally.
You will join a forward-thinking, nurse-led team where your clinical expertise and leadership can make a real difference to people with complex health needs, supporting them to receive coordinated care and remain in their preferred place of care wherever possible.
Working across organisational boundaries, you will help strengthen collaboration between community services, primary and secondary care, social care and voluntary sector partners.
As part of CLCH, one of London's largest community NHS trusts, you will be supported to develop integrated ways of working, contribute to service improvement and champion high-quality, evidence-based care.
We welcome applications from nurses with the required advanced clinical and prescribing skills who are motivated by collaborative working and improving outcomes for people and communities.
Main duties of the job
As Community Matron, you will use advanced assessment, clinical decision-making and prescribing skills to coordinate care for people with complex needs and long-term conditions. Working with patients, carers and multidisciplinary partners, you will support personalised care, help prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharge.
Key responsibilities include:
Provide expert assessment, evidence-based treatment and complex case management. Act as named Community Matron for an Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT), supporting care coordination across the network. Work collaboratively with community and district nursing, primary and secondary care, mental health services, adult social care, voluntary sector partners and London Ambulance Service. Contribute to ICAP and other multidisciplinary meetings and high-intensity user forums. Support people with conditions including COPD, diabetes, Parkinson's and coronary heart disease. Provide education that supports patients and carers with self-management and builds capability across health and social care teams. Provide clinical leadership and promote safe, high-quality practice. Monitor care quality, identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to service development.
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 & the behaviours aligned to those 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 Nurse Evidence of continued professional development Relevant post-registration qualification (e.g. advanced clinical assessment skills, district nursing specialist qualification, frailty)
Experience Essential
Extensive experience of assessing and providing care to people with complex long-term conditions Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating across organisational boundaries Community experience Experience of MDT working
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Evidence of a high level of clinical skills and expertise Understanding of frailty Ability to undertake holistic assessments Ability to undertake holistic assessments Ability to effectively communicate difficult information both verbally and in writing Effective skills in delegating, negotiating, facilitating, and teaching
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 Central London Community Health Trust
Address Richford Gate Medical Centre
Richford Street
London
W6 7HY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)