Are you a skilled and experienced healthcare professional with a passion for providing rapid care to those in need within the community? Join our dedicated Urgent Community Response (UCR) team and make a difference in the lives of patients who require urgent care, helping them avoid hospital admissions and supporting them in the comfort of their own homes. Our UCR team also supports the delivery of our Virtual Wards (Hospital@Home) service that facilitates early supported discharge from hospital as well as ongoing admission avoidance clinical management.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 7 AHP Urgent Community Response Clinical Lead (occupational therapist/physiotherapist, you will play a crucial role in assessing, coordinating, and delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals experiencing acute episodes of illness. You will lead a multidisciplinary team to respond swiftly to urgent care needs, providing short-term interventions, and working closely with GPs, hospitals, and other community services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support a team of healthcare professionals to deliver timely and effective urgent care services.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessments to identify and manage patients' urgent health needs.
• Develop care plans to support patients' recovery and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Work collaboratively with other services and agencies to ensure seamless, integrated care.
• Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, and support to junior staff and colleagues.
• Ensure the highest standards of patient safety, dignity, and respect at all times.

About us

We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in relevant Healthcare Profession
• HCPC registration/NMC registration
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development in a relevant area of specialist practice to Masters equivalent level
• Non medical independent prescriber / supplementary prescribing, or willingness to undertake training within 12mths of coming into post

Desirable

• Advanced Physical Assessment (level 6/7)
• Trained to interpret microbiology and pathology results
• IRMER trained
• Relevant Masters level degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in either an acute or community environment
• Good understanding of working in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies to support patient-centred care
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Proven extensive experience of working with adults/older people

Desirable

• Experience in a Community setting, or gateway area
• Experience of working between other health and social care organisations /settings

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective leadership and organisational skills
• Advanced clinical decision making skills to support patient centred care
• Advanced clinical skills i.e. cannulation, administration of IV medication
• Advanced physical assessment skills

Desirable

• Knowledge relating to long-term conditions

Employer details

Employer name

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Eastbourne/Hailsham/Seaford

Eastbourne

BN21 2UD

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