Role Overview
Community Complex Care Nurse – supporting vulnerable adults with highly complex health needs within their homes.
Key Responsibilities
* Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for adults and children with complex health needs.
* Deliver specialist clinical care including long‑term ventilation, tracheostomy management, oxygen therapy, suction and enteral feeding.
* Provide skilled, evidence‑based nursing care in community and home settings.
* Safeguard children and adults at risk and follow safeguarding policies.
* Act as a clinical lead within allocated care packages when required.
* Support, train, mentor and supervise healthcare support workers; undertake competency assessments, supervisions and appraisals.
* Provide education and guidance to patients, families and carers.
* Carry out home risk assessments to ensure patient and staff safety.
* Maintain accurate and contemporaneous paper and electronic records.
* Liaise with families and carers, education professionals and multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency teams.
* Participate in audits, clinical governance and service development.
* Maintain supplies and equipment required for individual care packages.
* Travel within the community to visit clients as required.
Person Specification
* Essential: Registered Nurse qualification (degree level or above); active NMC registration; commitment to the NMC Code of Conduct; experience supporting adults and/or children with complex health needs; strong clinical knowledge and evidence‑based practice; ability to work independently and manage clinical decision‑making; excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to work flexibly within a community‑based service; commitment to safeguarding, infection control and quality assurance; willingness to travel within the TN11 area.
* Desirable: Tracheostomy care, ventilation, enteral feeding and catheterisation experience; acting as a lead nurse within care packages; experience of regulatory inspections; knowledge of clinical audit and research‑based practice; experience working within regulated care environments.
What’s on Offer
* Community‑based nursing role with autonomy and variety.
* Ongoing training and professional development.
* Support with NMC revalidation and mandatory training.
* Opportunity to lead and shape complex care packages.
* Work as part of a highly skilled, supportive clinical team.
* Enhanced DBS required.
* Flexible working and community travel.
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