Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse

Registered General Nurse (RGN) | Mental Health Nurse (RNMH) | Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD) | Paediatric Nurse (RSCN)

A flexible community nursing opportunity delivering complex and continuing care to adults and children in their own homes, providing person-centred, evidence-based clinical support while working autonomously within regulated healthcare settings.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you:

Community Nurse, RGN, Mental Health Nurse, RNMH, Learning Disability Nurse, RNLD, Paediatric Nurse, RSCN

SALARY: £30 to £45 per Hour (dependent on experience and competencies)

LOCATION: Community-Based, Devon, South West

JOB TYPE: Self-Employed, Part-Time, Contract

WORKING HOURS: Multiple Shifts Available, Weekend, Day Shift, Night Shift, Live-In

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join a community-based complex care service supporting adults and children with highly complex health needs in their own homes.

As a Registered Nurse, you will provide safe, compassionate, and clinically effective care while working independently and in partnership with families, carers, and multidisciplinary professionals across community care settings.

The Registered Nurse role offers autonomy, variety, and the opportunity to lead complex care packages, delivering specialist clinical interventions while upholding safeguarding, clinical governance, and quality standards.

• Care Assessment and Planning: Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for adults and children with complex health needs
• Specialist Clinical Interventions: Delivering care including ventilation, tracheostomy management, oxygen therapy, suction, and enteral feeding
• Clinical Leadership: Acting as a clinical lead within allocated care packages when required
• Safeguarding Practice: Identifying and escalating safeguarding concerns in line with policy and legislation
• Staff Development: Supporting, training, supervising, and assessing competencies of healthcare support workers
• Family and Carer Support: Providing education, guidance, and reassurance to patients, families, and carers
• Risk Management: Completing home risk assessments to promote safe care environments
• Clinical Documentation: Maintaining accurate, timely paper and electronic clinical records
• Multidisciplinary Working: Liaising with families, education professionals, and wider healthcare teams
• Governance and Quality: Participating in audits, clinical governance, and service development activities

• Registered Nurse qualification at degree level or equivalent
• Active NMC registration
• Previous experience supporting adults and/or children with complex health needs
• Experience with tracheostomy care, ventilation, enteral feeding, and catheterisation
• Proven experience acting as a lead nurse within complex care packages
• Knowledge of clinical audit, governance, and regulated care environments
• Sound understanding of safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act, and consent
• Confidence working autonomously in community or home-based settings
• Strong communication and multidisciplinary team working skills
• Commitment to person-centred, recovery-focused care
• Excellent clinical documentation and record-keeping skills
• Ability and willingness to travel within Devon

• Experience supporting individuals with complex mental health or neurodiverse needs
• Strong skills in mental health assessment, risk assessment, and care planning
• Ability to manage and respond to crisis situations appropriately
• Experience supporting individuals with anxiety, distress, and behavioural challenges
• Understanding of professional boundaries, risk management, and therapeutic engagement
• Up-to-date Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) training
• Breakaway skills training
• Knowledge and understanding of Positive Behavioural Support Principles (PBSP)
• Understanding of trauma-informed practice and functional analysis

• Experience supporting individuals with complex mental health or neurodiverse needs
• Skills in mental health assessment, risk assessment, and crisis management
• Understanding of Positive Behavioural Support Principles and trauma-informed practice
• Up-to-date PMVA and breakaway skills training

• Competitive hourly rates
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Support with NMC revalidation and mandatory training
• Opportunity to lead and shape complex care packages
• Working within a highly skilled and supportive clinical team

This role requires an Enhanced DBS check

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

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