West London NHS Trust
Community Specialist Nurse
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About the Role
The Ealing Rapid response/admission avoidance team wants to recruit a new staff member: Community Specialist Nurse - Intermediate Care.
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Community Specialist Nurse to join our Rapid Response team, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across community and inpatient settings.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across community and inpatient settings.
- Strong IT literacy, including effective use of office systems.
- Ability to travel independently across the borough and wider network.
- Confidence in working autonomously.
- Demonstrate strong clinical skills, including the ability to assess patients effectively and identify early signs of deterioration, ensuring timely intervention.
- Physically capable of using a range of clinical and non-clinical equipment and delivering comprehensive care to vulnerable individuals.
- Sustained concentration, critical thinking, and the ability to analyse your own practice as well as service-level performance.
- Emotionally resilient, able to manage challenging situations involving patients, families, and colleagues with professionalism, empathy, and integrity.
- Provide personal care while upholding dignity and safety at all times.
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Training and Development
The Intermediate Care team is passionate about training and education. The successful candidate will be offered teaching on a regular basis and will have the opportunity to develop in these roles.
About the Employer
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services.
- Runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
- Cares for patients from South of England and provides low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs.
- Provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham).
- Employs over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME.
- Turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
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Accreditation
- The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission.
- Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
Contribution to Healthcare Development
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Krishna Espanola
Job title: Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist
Email address: krishna.espanola@nhs.net
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