Bank Urgent Community Response Nurse

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in London is looking for an Urgent Community Response Band 6 Nurse. The role involves providing urgent care to patients at home, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to prevent hospital admissions, and requires a Registered Nurse with community experience. This position offers flexible working options and requires working shifts across Wandsworth and Merton.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction and training

Flexible working options

Car lease scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working in a community setting.
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessments.
• Experience of teaching junior staff and communicating in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Establish and deliver direct clinical care innovatively.
• Facilitate integrated care to prevent hospital admissions.
• Provide care from 8am-8pm across 7 days.

Skills

Well-developed written and verbal communication skills

Ability to demonstrate initiative

Negotiating skills

Ability to communicate complex information

Effective clinical skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Appropriate Registration (NMC)

Advanced Clinical Assessment and Examination qualification

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for your next challenge? Would you like to be part of a dynamic service? Do you have a passion for innovation? Then look no further than Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. We are rated - Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among the top employers in London. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion, encompassing several London Boroughs and the outer counties.

We are extending our Urgent Community Response Service over Winter months and have opportunities within the team and are looking for an Urgent Community Response Band 6 Nurse. The post holder will be a member of a multidisciplinary team.

You will be expected to provide a Urgent Community Response service to patients who are experiencing a health crisis with the aim to support them in their own homes across Wandsworth borough rather than being admitted to hospital. You may be required at times travel across both Wandsworth and Merton to fulfil the service.

Responsibilities

Main duties of the job

The role will work to establish, coordinate, and deliver direct clinical care that is diverse, evidence based and innovative. Within this role you will develop your clinical skills and develop professionally to continue to support primary and secondary care to prevent hospital admissions by facilitating integrated care of patients in their home environment.

The role will involve some lone working and responsibility for ensuring high quality clinical provision within the Urgent Community Response Service from 8am-8pm shift patterns across 7 days per week. You will be provided with a Skyguard and there is a robust lone working policy which is followed by all CLCH teams.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

Benefits and Diversity

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

Requirements

Education/Qualification

• Registered Nurse
• Appropriate Registration (NMC)
• Evidence of post-registration education and training
• Advanced Clinical Assessment and Examination qualification

Desirable criteria

• Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working in community setting
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
• Experience of teaching of junior staff / students, peers in-service training setting
• Experience of negotiating and communicating within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of teaching, patient and public involvement and health promotion in practice
• Experience of providing acute care response to frail and elderly patients in acute or community setting
• Experience with relevant clinical competencies including urethral and suprapubic catheterisation, palliative and end of life care support, syringe-driver set up and symptom control.
• Experience of working in the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Participation in research, service development or audit projects
• Previous experience in urgent community response or community nursing

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills
• Able to demonstrate use of own initiative and ability to work alone in ever changing circumstances.
• Negotiating skills with ability to work independently without direct supervision and across organisational boundaries.
• Able to effectively and sensitively communicate highly complex information both verbally and in writing, with a range of people some of whom may have barriers to communication and understanding.
• Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills and delegation of clinical caseload to other members of staff within service.

Desirable criteria

• Can critically analyse and apply relevant research to practice

Other

Essential criteria

• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• Ability to drive to multiple locations within borough of Wandsworth (on occasions within the borough of Merton) and work shifts covering 8am-8pm, 7 days a week including weekends and Bank Holidays.

Due to high application volumes, this vacancy may close before the advertised date. Please apply promptly if you meet the Person Specification.

Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the criteria will be shortlisted.

Interview details will be emailed after the closing date—please check your email regularly.

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