About this role
Job summary
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
We are looking for a Band 6 Frailty Nurse or Paramedic to join our supportive and dedicated team. This is a part-time opportunity (28.88 hours per week), offered as a 9-month fixed-term contract or secondment.
In this role, you will deliver high-quality, short-term care programmes for adults referred to the Frailty Hospital at Home service across West Hertfordshire. You will provide care in patients' own homes, supporting those with acute health needs, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, and enabling timely discharge from urgent care settings.
You will use your specialist skills and knowledge to holistically assess needs and provide clinical treatments based on evidence-based practice.To supplement generic health services when acute, or concentrated nursing care and/or therapy intervention is required.
As this is a community-based role, with travel between patient homes, there is a requirement to 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).
Main duties of the job
To assess referrals made to the service, prioritise, and respond according to priority, as appropriate both in terms of level and urgency. To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess physical and psycho-social needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with patient/carers and the wider Multidisciplinary Team as needed. To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of patients' ability to stay at home, or return home safely from another care setting, providing, and arranging necessary supportive packages. To provide evidenced based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on 'best practice', to improve health outcomes and promote choice. To work in close collaboration with all other community agencies including staff working within the Community Adult Health Services.
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
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Person Specification
Criteria Essential
Requirement to hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless the candidate has a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). Registered with a current HCPC/NMC registration
Desirable
Experience in working in community Physical clinical assessment skills
Experience Essential
Substantial B5 Experience Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with long term conditions Extensive range of clinical skills and experience Experience of working in a MDT Experience of autonomous/lone working
Desirable
Experience of supervising staff and completing appraisals
skills & knowledge Essential
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally Ability to make decisions and prioritise Able to manage own workload Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email Clinical knowledge across a range of long term and enduring conditions Knowledge of evidence-based practice and able to implement in practice
Desirable
Knowledge of clinical governance processes, assessing and managing risk Knowledge of current NHS organisational structures and policy initiatives
key attributes Essential
Able to carry out the duties of the post Able to work flexible shifts
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 BRE - Building 16
Bucknalls Lane
Watford
WD23 9XX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)