Night Team Rapid Response Nurse

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Community Nurse to join the Unplanned Care Night Team as a part-time Band 6 nurse. The role focuses on urgent, integrated community care during night hours across Bedfordshire, with cross-cover between North and South Bedfordshire as needed.

You will conduct initial history taking, clinical assessment, and triage, delivering high-quality nursing care to housebound patients, including End of Life and catheter management, while

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with community experience.
• Significant/recent Band 6+ level experience.
• Experience in triage and urgent care.
• Excellent communication and time-management skills.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Triage and assess referrals to the Unplanned Care Night Team.
• Conduct initial history taking and clinical assessment of patients.
• Provide nursing care to housebound patients, including End of Life and catheter management.
• Coordinate with Out of Hours services and other palliative care teams.
• Work across Bedfordshire North/South areas and drive between sites.

Skills

Nursing experience

Triage

Communication

Education

Registered General Nurse

NMP

Teaching/mentoring qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced Community Nurse who would like to join our dynamic Unplanned Care Night Team? We are seeking an ambitious, motivated, compassionate and experienced part time Band 6 nurse to support the changing face of community health care. As part of the Rapid Response Team who support the Urgent Community Response, your role will be essential in providing efficient, integrated, urgent care to our patients with care and respect at night time.

Main duties of the job

You will be working as part of the Unplanned Care Night Team to triage and assess referrals into the service; You will be accountable for initial history taking, clinical assessment, triage and onward referral. There is an expectation that with demand in planned care you would be flexible to cross cover between the North and South Bedfordshire areas.

Through face to face patient visits you will carry out nursing care to housebound individuals, often with End of Life Care needs, or for Catheter Management. You will plan care with the patient at the centre and undertake physical examination of the patient with undifferentiated conditions.

You will be working closely with responsible for triaging the referrals that come through Single Point of Access between the hours of 8pm until 8am. You will often need to liaise with the Out of Hours GP, and Bedfordshire Palliative Care Services. You will spend your shift working with a Health Care Assistant who you will be responsible for.

This role will include much driving, covering a large geographical area of Bedfordshire. A driving licence and access to a vehicle is required.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse with community experience, who is passionate about delivering high quality care. Excellent communication, time management skills and sound clinical knowledge, is essential. A flexible approach is required to accommodate the changing needs of the service along with the drive to influence service development.

The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff, who will make a positive contribution to the service, in return we offer excellent development opportunities and training that can be directed towards your needs/goals. You will have regular supervision, mentorship and support from within the Rapid Response Team and the Trust.

You must have a driving license and have access to a vehicle in order to carry out your duties. You will be required to work a shift pattern covering 7 days a week from 20:00-08:00. In either the North or South Areas of Bedfordshire.

Person Specification

Education

• Registered General Nurse
• Demonstrate evidence-based practice and up-to-date clinical skills
• Relevant teaching/mentoring qualification and evidence of teaching skills
• NMP

Experience

• Significant/recent experience working at a high level (Band 6 or above)
• Experience in triage
• Community Experience

Knowledge

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to remain calm whilst working under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Knowledge of the principles of safeguarding
• Knowledge of Local Services

Other

• Driving licence and has access to a car for work purposes
• Demonstrate and understanding of the national government initatives

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Florence Ball House, Bedford Health Village

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

363-CHB8293588-A

Job locations

Florence Ball House, Bedford Health Village