About this role
Job summary
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) is seeking experienced and highly motivated Community Matrons to join our Bank, providing flexible clinical support across our community services.
As a Bank Community Matron, you will provide expert, autonomous nursing care to patients with complex, long-term health needs, supporting them to remain independent and safely managed within their own homes and community wherever possible. You will undertake comprehensive assessments, coordinate personalised care and work proactively to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and support timely discharge from acute services.
Working closely with GPs, community nursing teams, therapists, social care professionals and other members of the multidisciplinary team, you will provide effective case management and ensure care is coordinated around the needs of the patient.
You will also provide clinical leadership, specialist advice and support to colleagues, promoting high standards of evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality of care.
Joining the CLCH Bank offers the opportunity to use your specialist skills and experience while benefiting from greater flexibility in when and where you work across our community services.
Main duties of the job
o To co-ordinate care provision through a case management approach with the aim to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate timely discharge. The caseload supports patients with multiple co-morbidities including frailty, COPD, Parkinson's, diabetes, dementia, and CHD.
o To provide the highest standard of clinical care by using advanced skills and expert knowledge to holistically assess needs and instigate and provide clinical treatments based on evidence-based practice.
o To participate in the delivery of educational programmes to patients, carers and health and social care workers that promotes self-care principles.
o To develop and promote robust multidisciplinary team (MDT) working across the wider Health and Social care sectors, including the Integrated Community Access Point (ICAP), to ensure integrated service and support networks for patients.
o To monitor the quality-of-care provision and to identify and promote areas for service development. To be a named Community Matron for an Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT), providing support and care coordination for the wider health team within the network.
o To provide clinical leadership and support to patients requiring complex case management and long term condition support, including the use of Universal Care Planning (UCP) framework.
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
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse - First level degree or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Commitment to study at master's level
- Non-medical prescriber (or willing to undertake)
- Relevant post-registration qualification (e.g., advanced clinical assessment skills, district nursing specialist qualification, frailty)
Desirable
- Case management qualification (or willing to undertake)
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience at a senior level
- Extensive experience of assessing and providing care to people with complex long-term conditions
- Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating across organisational boundaries
- Experience of change management
- Experience of teaching others
- Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision
- Experience of providing evidence-based care
- Experience of audit and evaluation
- Community experience
- Experience of MDT working
Desirable
- Experience of report writing
- Experience of policy development
- Experience of working collaboratively with care homes
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of a high level of clinical skills and expertise
- Extensive bio-medical knowledge across a range of long-term conditions
- Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and national/local policies
- Knowledge of research/audit processes
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications
- Knowledge of adult safeguarding and risk management issues
- Knowledge of resource management
- Understanding of quality outcomes measures and relevant to service delivery
- Ability to undertake holistic assessments
- Ability to assess a situation and act appropriately
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries
- Ability to work independently and within teams
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to effectively communicate difficult information both verbally and in writing
- Effective skills in delegating, negotiating, facilitating, and teaching.
- I.T. skills
- Understanding of frailty
Desirable
- Experience of completing Complex Geriatric Assessments (C.G.A.)
- Experience of completing Universal Care Plans (U.C.P.)
- Presentation skills
Key Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work independently, make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively to minimise disruptions, to ensure care and organisational deadlines are met in a timely manner
- Ability to deal with urgent/unpredictable situations appropriately and safely often working under pressure
- Strong interpersonal skills
- To travel and provide care in patient's homes
Desirable
- Proactive management and leadership skills
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 (CLCH base)
Richford Street
London
W6 7HY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)