Job summary
Are you a Registered Nurse seeking a better worklife balance without stepping away from meaningful clinical work? Do you have experience in complex care, A&E, critical care or ICU? This could be the perfect next step in your career.
Were looking for a passionate and skilled Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our team. This role offers a blend of office-based work in Peterborough (12 days per week) and community-based visits (34 days per week) across the East and South East of England.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Lead clinical oversight of your caseload, creating and managing tailored care plans
- Deliver high-quality clinical training to Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers
- Ensure safe, compliant and person-centred care delivery
- Review clinical documentation, including MAR charts
- Build strong, supportive relationships with service users and their care teams
- Provide ongoing mandatory training aligned with national standards
About us
At Apollo Home Healthcare, we provide high-quality, person-centred care to people in the comfort of their own homes. Every individual we support has unique needs we tailor every care package to them, building a compassionate and skilled team around their requirements.
We live and work by the 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment and were looking for people who share those values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Nurse Specialist is role that requires clinical expertise along with the ability to manage and prioritise workloads. Were looking for someone who shares our values and is as passionate about care as we are.
You will be based at your local Apollo Home Healthcare office in Peterborough, but some flexibility is required as you will be travelling to clients homes across the East and South East regions.
In this role, you'll:
- Take clinical ownership of your service user caseload, creating and managing bespoke care plans.
- Lead and deliver clinical training for Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers.
- Ensure a compliant, high-quality, person-centred care service.
- Review clinical paperwork and MAR Charts.
- Build strong relationships with service users and their care teams.
- Provide ongoing mandatory training and development in line with national standards.
- Auditing reviewing clinical paperwork to maintain standards in line with CQC quality standards and regulations
- Competency assessments, as well as training, mentoring and delivering theoretical and practical training on a one to one basis in a service user's home and within group settings in a classroom environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Clinical Nurse Specialist is role that requires clinical expertise along with the ability to manage and prioritise workloads. Were looking for someone who shares our values and is as passionate about care as we are.
You will be based at your local Apollo Home Healthcare office in Peterborough, but some flexibility is required as you will be travelling to clients homes across the East and South East regions.
In this role, you'll:
- Take clinical ownership of your service user caseload, creating and managing bespoke care plans.
- Lead and deliver clinical training for Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers.
- Ensure a compliant, high-quality, person-centred care service.
- Review clinical paperwork and MAR Charts.
- Build strong relationships with service users and their care teams.
- Provide ongoing mandatory training and development in line with national standards.
- Auditing reviewing clinical paperwork to maintain standards in line with CQC quality standards and regulations
- Competency assessments, as well as training, mentoring and delivering theoretical and practical training on a one to one basis in a service user's home and within group settings in a classroom environment.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A&E or HDU experience, due to the fast-paced and complex nature of service users needs
- Experience working with both adults and children would be highly beneficial
- Airway management (including tracheostomy care)
- Ventilation management
- Enteral feeding
- Suctioning
- Experience delivering complex clinical interventions
Desirable
- Knowledge of spinal injury care, acquired brain injury and neurological conditions is advantageous, and additional training will be provided
Qualifications
Essential
- Valid NMC Pin
- Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience
- Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A&E or HDU experience, due to the fast-paced and complex nature of service users needs
- Experience working with both adults and children would be highly beneficial
- Airway management (including tracheostomy care)
- Ventilation management
- Enteral feeding
- Suctioning
- Experience delivering complex clinical interventions
Desirable
- Knowledge of spinal injury care, acquired brain injury and neurological conditions is advantageous, and additional training will be provided
Qualifications
Essential
- Valid NMC Pin
- Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience
- Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
