Community Staff Nurse- Urgent Community Response (UCR)

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Northampton; À distance; GBP 32 000 - 39 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working opportunities

Competitive mileage rates

Résumé du poste

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) seeks a Band 5 Community Staff Nurse for the Urgent Community Response service in Northampton. You will play a key role in helping patients remain in their own homes, supporting discharge and preventing hospital admission through care planning with Therapists, Doctors and support workers.

The role involves rotational shifts across early, late and twilight patterns, a 37.5-hour week, and a requirement to drive and travel within the county.

Qualifications

• Evidence of CPD
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
• Community Experience

Responsabilités

• assess the healthcare needs of patients and families
• monitor the quality of care they're receiving
• be professionally accountable for the delivery of care
• utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go

Connaissances

CPD

Communication

Under pressure

Flexibility

Community experience

Description du poste

Community Staff Nurse- Urgent Community Response (UCR)

Band 5

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift patterns rotational over a 7 day week - Earlies, Lates and Twilight (finishing at 1am) shifts with an expectation of 1 week of twilights per month.) Job ref 270-TH429-AD

Site Lotus House Town Northampton Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

We seek dynamic nurses with amazing interpersonal skills to support the leads in the county wide Urgent Community Response Service working to get people out of hospital or preventing hospital admission by playing a major part in their journey, setting goals and support planning with Therapists, Doctors and support workers as an integrated approach for patients in their own home environments. We are looking to recruit new team members who can proactively and effectively deliver a range of treatments, including IV therapy and all aspects of nursing care in the patient's own home environment.

The Urgent Community Response Team operates as a Virtual Ward across the county, managing patients with sub-acute conditions to aid their recovery from illness or injury within their own homes by preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and reducing length of hospital stay.

Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your Nursing Career.

Flexible working opportunities

Competitive Mileage Rates

Main duties of the job

In order to respond to the healthcare needs of the local population, the teams operate 7 days a week ensuring the delivery of the service can respond to patients' needs as and when required. The shifts for the service are between 07.00am to 01.00am including weekend and bank holiday working as part of the rota. The successful candidates will be expected to work within these shift patterns. The service works a mixture of 12.5 hours and 7.5 hours and the expectation is staff could fulfil a variety of shift patterns.

Applicants must hold a valid UK driving license, have access to a vehicle for work purposes at all times on duty and be confident to drive in all driving conditions for this community post. Applicants will be flexible and adaptable, being able to respond to need at short notice.

You will

• assess the healthcare needs of patients and families
• monitor the quality of care they're receiving
• be professionally accountable for the delivery of care
• utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go

Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, recently discharged from hospital and have complex needs.

You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills,problem solving and good judgement are crucial.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Experience / Skills

• Evidence of CPD
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
• Community Experience

Clinical Skills

• Evidence of assessing patients
• Evidence of Working autonomously

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.