An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic registered nurse to join the Urgent Community Response Team. The successful candidate will be supportedby a friendly and welcoming team of nurses, nursing associates, assistant practitioners, and health care assistants, with the opportunity to develop leadership skills through supervision and in house training.

Urgent community response is a 7 days of the week service responding to a two hour response time between 8am - 8pm. We offer high standards of health care to patients within their own place of residence. This includes assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in order to prevent avoidable admission to hospital and facilitating early supported discharge which could sit within Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward Norwich.

You will be expected to lead conversations with the wider Urgent Community Response (UCR) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on a regular basis enabling safe, appropriate and patient centred care to be delivered to this complex patient group.

Norwich place is working alongside its commissioners and local service providers as part of the Primary Care Network to develop community based services that support patients to remain at home and receive the services they require in an effective and co-ordinated way.

If you would like to be part of an Outstanding organisation that delivers high quality personalised care, supports innovation, that is committed to delivering quality services in our local Communities, and promotes an open and fair culture, then please apply to work with us. You will receive support and development through in service training, regular appraisals, a personal development plan and clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital. To assess and prescribe care pathways for patients in a crisis situation withlong term conditions, the frail & elderly, palliative and end of life care and/or rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence plus prevent avoidable admission where possible.

To act as the patients advocate, facilitating choice and patient empowerment and to provide evidence based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on bestpractice.

To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users. To triage referrals on a rotational basis for the Urgent Community ResponseTeam.

About us

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

If you are aged 16-30 and not currently in education, employment or training, our colleagues at the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (supported by the Princes Trust), can provide application and interview coaching. To request this support please contact NWICB.Careers@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, and develop treatment/care pathways that may need to be delivered from a range of options. Follow a holistic assessment, devise an individualised care pathway for each patient, modifying it as required.
• Be aware of Assistive Technology and utilise where required.
• Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
• Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
• Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
• Plan and organise specialist services within the Urgent Community Response Team. Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.
• Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
• Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned and prioritised according to service targets and needs. Be accountable for work delegated to others.
• Contribute to the supervision of workload within the integrated team. Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this.
• Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate.
• Support all team members within the Urgent Community Response Team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
• Be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.
• Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma or 1st level degree in Nursing or equivalent
• RN Qualification
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Non medical prescribing qualification
• Consultation skills
• Assessor/mentorship preparation ENB 998 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working at band 5 level within the community or acute setting
• Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses

Desirable

• Admission Avoidance experience

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Good communicator
• Highly motivated
• Able to provide high standards of care
• Tact & diplomacy
• Empathy & sensitivity
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• Concentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data/patient records
• A team player
• Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs.

Other

Essential

• The post holder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post through occupational health with any reasonable aids and adaptations if necessary
• Must hold full and valid and driving licence and have access to a vehicle
• Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
• Be able to Kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
• Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
• Manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• This is a 7 day a week service and some weekend working will be expected. Hours of service delivery, 8am-8pm, 365 days per year.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults .

Communication

Essential

• Good communication skills
• Good observational & reporting skills
• Good interpersonal skills

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
• Able to manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6 kg
• Able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• Professional appearance
• Be reliable

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Norwich Community Hospital

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TU

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