Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Rapid Response Team | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks an experienced professional to join the Rapid Response Team. You will lead clinical decision-making and coordination of care, working with a multidisciplinary team to support the local community's urgent health needs. Applicants should have management and acute care experience, along with advanced clinical skills. This role offers a high cost area supplement and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement

Professional development opportunities

Comprehensive induction program

Qualifications

• Proficient in assessment of physical and psychosocial needs.
• Experience in managing a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to conduct audits and investigations.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical decision making for patient care.
• Coordinate complex nursing care with multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide managerial supervision to team members.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Management experience

Acute care experience

Advanced clinical skills

Assessment skills

Mentoring

Job description

Overview

Waltham Forest Adults Community Health Services – Unplanned Care. NELFT Waltham Forest would like to offer you a new and exciting opportunity to join the Waltham Forest Rapid Response Team. Rapid Response Team is a progressive and innovative multidisciplinary team aimed at supporting the population of Waltham Forest, providing urgent Multidisciplinary (MDT) response to prevent avoidable hospital admissions. The team works across 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The aim is to support and treat suitable patients in the community, with a range of escalated health and social care needs. Waltham Forest is a diverse and multicultural borough in outer London with lots of green space and a thriving local market and independents shops. North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) offers a wealth of opportunities for successful candidates making it a great place to work and live.

You will

• Work collaboratively with health and social care professionals across the borough and Integrated Care System.
• Lead Clinical decision making and undertake enhanced holistic assessment of patient/family needs in partnership with the patient and their family/carer.
• Triage referrals from other agencies or disciplines.
• Co-ordinate intensive and complex nursing care with other multi-disciplinary agencies.
• Applicant to have management experience.
• Acute care experience required.
• Be proficient in advanced clinical skills and knowledge with the ability to assess the physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with the patient, their carers and the wider MDT as needed.
• Work collaboratively and carry out joint visits with MDT colleagues within the team to promote holistic person-centred assessment and approach to care.
• Participate and complete managerial and clinical supervision.
• Provide line management supervision to members of the Rapid Response multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute towards and carry out audits within the service.
• Conduct and contribute to Datix investigations/Root Cause Analysis/ Serious Incidents and to help support any lessons learnt within the service.
• Support and mentor pre-registration learners from a variety of disciplines.
• Be a driver and have access to a car.

Additional information

If you are interested and would like to discuss the role, please contact

Saquib Khan ([e-mail]) - Rapid Response Operational Lead

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025