Advanced Nurse Practitioner

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Tendring; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Unsocial hours

Annual leave 27 days

NHS discounts

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to deliver urgent community care through the UCRS. You will undertake rapid assessments within two hours of referral and manage urgent presentations in patients' homes and care homes.

You will prescribe when appropriate and provide short-term support to prevent hospital admission, while collaborating with GPs and community teams to ensure safe, high-quality patient care. A car driver is essential for field visits.

Qualifications

• Undertake rapid response assessments within two hours of referral.
• Assess, diagnose and manage urgent and complex clinical presentations in community settings.
• Independently prescribe appropriate treatments and interventions.
• Deliver short-term, intensive support to prevent hospital admission and facilitate recovery at home.
• Manage frailty, multiple long-term conditions, acute deterioration and palliative or end-of-life care needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical advice and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, therapists, community teams, social care and acute services.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical leadership within the team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Urgent care

Prescribing

Job description

As a Nurse Practitioner within UCRS, you will:

• Undertake rapid response assessments within two hours of referral.
• Assess, diagnose and manage urgent and complex clinical presentations in community settings.
• Independently prescribe appropriate treatments and interventions.
• Deliver short-term, intensive support to prevent hospital admission and facilitate recovery at home.
• Manage patients with frailty, multiple long-term conditions, acute deterioration and palliative or end-of-life care needs.
• Provide expert clinical advice and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, therapists, community teams, social care and acute services.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical leadership within the team.
• A car driver is essential.

The Urgent Community Response Service (UCRS) at ESNEFT is seeking a highly motivated and skilled nurse to join our dynamic and innovative team. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality urgent care in patients' homes and care home settings, helping people receive the right care at the right time while avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we want to hear from you if you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Benefits

• wide range of training and development opportunities
• flexible working options
• generous pension scheme
• unsocial hours payments (where applicable)
• 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)
• access to a range of NHS discounts
• Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services