Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation TrustUnclaimed
Senior Community Nurse Assessor
Stroud · Part-time · £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Posted 16 Sept 2026 · Closes 1 Oct 2026 · Updated 21 Sept 2026
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 18.75 hours per week.
Are you a passionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to make a real difference to patient outcomes? This is an exciting opportunity to join ournew Home First service that launched on 1 September, supporting patients to return home safely from hospital and avoid unnecessary admissions.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver timely, holistic assessments and develop personalised care plans for patients with complex health needs. You will play a key role in supporting hospital discharge, promoting independence, and ensuring patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place.
This is a rewarding role for a nurse who enjoys autonomous practice, collaborative working, and delivering high-quality, person-centred care within patients' own homes and communities.
Why Join Us?- Be part of an innovative new Home First service launched in September.
- Help shape a developing service focused on improving patient outcomes and experiences.
- Work within a supportive multidisciplinary team committed to delivering outstanding community care.
- Make a tangible impact on reducing hospital stays and helping people live independently at home.
- Complete holistic nursing assessments and develop personalised care plans for patients discharged through Home First and other discharge-to-assess pathways.
- Support safe and timely hospital discharges and help prevent avoidable hospital admissions.
- Deliver evidence-based nursing care, treatment, and intervention for patients with complex, acute, sub-acute, and long-term conditions.
- Identify ongoing nursing needs and coordinate seamless handover to Community Nursing Teams where required.
- Work collaboratively with therapists, reablement staff, GPs, social care teams, and other system partners across One Gloucestershire.
- Promote independence through health coaching, education, goal-setting, and personalised care approaches.
- Support medicines management and clinical decision-making to optimise patient outcomes.
- Provide advice and support to patients, carers, and families to maximise health, wellbeing, and self-management.
- Contribute to service improvement, quality assurance, audit activity, and patient safety initiatives.
- Support the development of colleagues and students through supervision, coaching, and leadership within the team.
- Manage and prioritise a dynamic caseload, demonstrating excellent clinical judgement and organisational skills.