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Salary for this role£32,073 – £39,043 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2232, Registered community nurses. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

Are you a registered nurse with NHS community experience?Do you thrive in a busy, dynamic and rapidly revolving service?This role is for you.

The Urgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) team delivers hospital-level urgent and same-day responses to people in their usual place of residence following a sudden deterioration in their health or condition. This could be a one-off visit or a short episode of care, delivered through multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other community services. The timely responses and high level of holistic assessment and effective clinical interventions reduce the need for unnecessary hospital conveyances or admissions and enable patients to remain at home where they recover best.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work across Buckinghamshire.

The post holder will work with a range of professionals to ensure treatment and care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.

The post holder will be expected to carry out all relevant fundamentals forms of care with or without direct supervision maintaining a high standard of nursing care within the framework of Trust policies and in accordance with guidelines as laid down by the NMC.

The post holder will participate in maintaining a positive working environment incorporating patients' feedback to maintain and improve patient care, and act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.

Key Areas:

The post holder will respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, alongside planned follow up visits across the breadth of the service, providing holistic assessment and delivering hospital level treatments and care in the patient's usual place of residence.

Assess physical and psycho-social needs and provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual based on best available evidence

To improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge

About us

Why colleagues think we are"a great place to work!"?

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Date posted

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

434-CR8248140-B

Job locations

Chichester House or Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Whielden Street

Wycombe, or Stoke Mandeville

HP21 8AL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

Registered Nurse
Evidence of further continued professional development
Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

Experience

Essential

Awareness of current professional nursing issues

Desirable

Post registration experience working in an acute hospital or community setting

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision Willingness to develop teaching skills
Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

Special Circumstances

Essential

Valid and current driving license and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.