Community Registered Nurse Intermediate Care
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Torquay, TQ1 3YAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
10 November 2026
14 days leftJob description
If you are passionate about providing high quality individualised patient care, enthusiastic about supporting patients' rehabilitation and increasing ...
- To work as part of the intermediate care team who are supporting patients recently discharged from hospital or have had a change in function due to a decline in their medical status.
- To deliver high quality care to the housebound patients of Torquay and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care.
- Patient comfort and well-being are paramount
- Achieving agreed standards of care
- Working as part of, and contributing effectively, as a valued team member
- Other objectives to be discussed, set and reviewed at time of Achievement Review
- An ability to communicate and liaise effectively within a range of settings including:-
- GP's
- Primary Health and Social Care Team
- Practice staff
- Hospital Staff - Sisters/Nurses/Hotel Services/OT's/Physio
- Community Staff - Health Visitors/Community Nurses/Admin Staff
- Zone Manager
- Macmillan Nurse
Out of hours services
- Devon Docs
- SWAST (Ambulance Service)
- Safeguarding Team
- Patients/families/carers
- Third Sector Organisations
- Care Trust Representatives
- Nursing/Residential Homes
Torquay Health and Well-Being Team are a large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients.
We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance.
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Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Qualified Registered Nurse Level 1 Adult Nursing
- Ability to generate prescriptions and order pressure relieving equipment using available IT systems in place
Desirable
- Mentorship Course
- Tissue Viability/ Leg Ulcer course
- Community Nurse Prescriber V150
- Diabetes course
- Palliative Care Course
- Experience of continuing health care assessments
- Experience of COPD or Heart Failure
Specific Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate good time management skills
- Ability to demonstrate relevant team worker experience
- Proven relevant experience in a range of clinical skills including complex and specialist skills
Desirable
- Willing to undertake V150 community practitioner prescribing course
- Palliative care skills
- Understands clinical supervision and able to demonstrate relevance to practice
- Previous experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Relevant I.T. knowledge/experience
- Awareness of safeguarding adults and children
- Awareness of mental capacity act
- Awareness of resource management
- Holistic client assessment using an identified model of care
- Utilising specialist knowledge across a wide range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge
- Ability to make sound clinical judgements and decisions in response to complex or crisis situations
- Knowledge of principles of Research and Audit
- Proven relevant experience in communicate complex information to patients, carers, and health and social care staff
- To manage/prioritise a caseload, demonstrating appropriate delegation
Desirable: - Health and Safety awareness; - Equality and diversity awareness; - Understands clinical governance; - Awareness of local and government agendas
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
27 October 2026
Last checked
27 October 2026
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