Community Complex Care Nurse

Role Overview

Community Complex Care Nurse – supporting vulnerable adults with highly complex health needs within their homes.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.