Job Summary
People living in care homes should expect the same level of support as those living in their own homes. The national framework for Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) provides steps to achieve this, through collaborative working between health, social care, voluntary, community and care home partners.
The EHCH model moves away from traditional reactive models of care delivery towards proactive care, centred on the needs of individual residents, their families, and supporting care home staff.
Although the post is advertised as full‑time, part‑time hours are also welcome.
If you have any questions please contact Louise Sproat on.
Interview Schedule
Interviews will take place on Thursday 15th January 2026.
Main Duties
We wish to recruit a nurse with advanced skills to participate in the community‑based Enhanced Health in Care Homes team. The postholder will work within a multidisciplinary team and will complete comprehensive holistic assessments and produce proactive, individualised care plans for care home residents, consulting face‑to‑face and via telephone with residents, care home staff, relatives and advocates. The desired outcomes are to improve clinical outcomes for care home residents, to proactively support primary care service provision, improve interprofessional relationships across community and secondary care, and to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.
The postholder will work alongside Care Coordinators to coordinate and communicate individual care plans with system partners and develop relationships with care homes, community teams, mental health services, palliative care services, social services, and secondary care frailty teams, to enable residents to meet their health goals and be cared for in their preferred place of care.
Key Responsibilities
* Have experience of working with frailty/older population demographic.
* Understand the care home provision in the locality and offer clinical support and direction to care home team members.
* Seek to educate and inform care home team members to assist with excellent care provision for residents.
* Complete holistic assessments for care home residents.
* Make independent clinical decisions/judgements based on patients clinical needs, request investigations/tests, carry out when necessary, and review the management plan following.
* Provide individualised, proactive care plans for residents living in care homes, considering the choices and needs of individual residents, their families, and care home staff.
* Consider anticipatory clinical management planning, when appropriate, to support hospital admission avoidance, and advocate for expressed preferred place of care for individuals.
* Use digital technology to support the recording of assessments and facilitate the medical input.
* Work collaboratively with other colleagues in acute and community settings as part of an integrated system that puts patients and their families/carers at the forefront of management plans.
* Identify and/or engage in locally organised shared learning opportunities as appropriate and as capacity allows.
Qualities and Leadership
* Embed core NMC values and expectations of care, compassion, courage, communication, commitment, and competence into everyday practice.
* Utilise excellent interpersonal and communication skills, provide enhanced discussions with resident and family regarding end of life wishes/planning.
* Motivate others by influencing and inspiring others in new enhanced ways of working.
* Provide strong leadership and a shared vision for better care.
* Highly developed interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict management, feedback, partnership working, and coaching skills.
* Communicate with stakeholders and convey complex messages to different recipient groups.
* Develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partner organisations.
* Provide strong intellectual, strategic, and systematic thinking skills, and think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes.
About Us
Southport and Formby Health is a dynamic GP federation working with local GP Practices and other system providers to provide high quality, integrated, patient services. We work collaboratively with Southport and Formby Primary Care Network to provide the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Specification across Southport and Formby. The role requires a full driving licence to travel to care homes within Southport and the central coordination hub in Southport Business Park.
Employment Details
Reference number: B0192-25-0013
Location: Southport & Formby Health Ltd, Wight Moss Way, Southport, PR8 4HQ
Date posted: 09 December 2025
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time
Pay: £20 to £22 an hour dependent on experience
Driving licence: Full
Benefits: excellent package and commitment to development and wellbeing.
Person Specification
Essential Experience
* Experience of recording care plans electronically.
Desirable Experience
* Knowledge of EMIS clinical software.
Qualifications
* Current NMC nurse registration.
* CPD and revalidation evidence.
Skills
* Advanced clinical examination and diagnosis.
* Interpret pathology/radiology and act appropriately.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including end‑of‑life discussions.
* Strong IT skills.
Personal Qualities
* Motivational leadership and vision.
* Effective stakeholder communication.
* Resilience and quick recovery from challenging situations.
Legal and Registration
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DRS) check will be required. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Southport and Formby Health (GP Federation)
Southport & Formby Health Ltd
Wight Moss Way
Southport, PR8 4HQ
Website: https://www.southportandformbyhealth.co.uk/
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