Rapid Response are looking for HCPC and NMC registered professionals.

Rapid Response provides a Countywide service to manage and treat patients who present with an acute illness or exacerbation of a long-term condition. Rapid Response service also delivers a falls pick up service for people experiencing both non-injurious and minor injury falls. Our aim is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge from the acute hospitals. Our passion for delivering care services of the highest quality to our local communities is further developing and we are striving to deliver new models of service. We offer a great team environment, learning and development opportunities along with clinical supervision support. Development of our staff is fundamental to the running of our service effectively and we will invest our time in your future.

Rapid Response Clinicians work a range of shift patterns and shift duration is 10.5 hours.

Applicants must have relevant post registration clinical experience, cannulation, phlebotomy and IV administration skills are desirable. You should be an adaptable team player and possess excellent problem solving, communication and IT skills. Community experience is desirable but not essential as a full and comprehensive induction program will be provided, A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport with insurance for business purposes is essential.

Main duties of the job

Complete new and follow up activity and deliver planned treatment and/or refer on to other appropriate members of the Integrated Community Team to provide on-going support.

Working Countywide to support with all aspects of 2-hour Urgent Community response within own level of competence

Regularly evaluate care plans to ensure they are up to date and appropriate, reporting clinical changes or areas of concern to the appropriate member of the team.

Provide skilled clinical interventions, support and advice to colleagues, patients and carers.

Where applicable issue medication under a PGD appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols and within the scope of practice and legislative framework.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC or HCPC registration
• Evidence of continued CPD

Desirable

• Evidence of formal post registration learning

Experience

Essential

• Community or Urgent care experience
• Experience in providing acute / chronic patient care

Desirable

• Community experience

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

1010 Pioneer Avenue

Gloucester

GL4 3AW

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