Nursing Associate/Practitioner

Provide Community; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide CIC in Chelmsford is seeking a Nursing Associate/Practitioner to join the Urgent Community Response Team (UCRT). You will perform in-home assessments and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care to help people stay safely at home and avoid hospital admissions.

Working 37.5 hours across a 8am–10pm seven-day service, you will need a Foundation Degree, an NMC Pin, and experience in community/acute settings. The role includes autonomous work with training provided.

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree and NMC Pin are essential for the role.
• Community/acute experience is desirable.
• Clinical skills should be evident on application; good written and verbal communication expected.

Responsibilities

• Carry out comprehensive assessments in patients' own homes.
• Implement and evaluate individual care plans under direction of a registered practitioner.
• Maintain excellent communication with patients, relatives and team members.
• Forward plan for necessary equipment where possible.

Skills

Clinical Skills

Communication skills

Written skills

Education

Foundation Degree

NMC Pin

Job description

Main area Admission Avoidance Grade NHS AfC: Band 4

Contract Permanent

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (long days covering the service from 8am -10pm)

Job ref 828-PROVIDE4211

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Kestrel House Town Chelmsford

Salary £28,392 - £31,157

Salary period Yearly

Closing 21/08/2026 23:59

Job Overview

Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate Nursing Associate/Practitioner looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference? Join our Urgent Community Response Team (UCRT) and help deliver high-quality, patient-centred care in the community, supporting people to remain safely in their own homes and avoiding hospital admissions.

UCRT is a 7-day service providing rapid assessment and treatment for patients experiencing a health crisis in their own homes, including nursing and residential care homes. Working closely with partners across Mid and South Essex—we provide holistic assessments within two hours of referral and deliver timely, coordinated care.

As a Nursing Associate/Practitioner, you will work both independently and as part of a skilled multidisciplinary team, assessing and treating patients in their own homes. Your role will include clinical assessments, monitoring observations, venepuncture, catheter care, supporting patients following falls, and managing acute episodes of illness. You will also carry out basic equipment assessments to support our Allied Health Professional colleagues, with full training provided.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive clinician who enjoys autonomous working and is passionate about delivering excellent community-based care.

UCRT operates 7 days a week between 8:00am and 10:00pm. The role includes weekend and bank holiday working on a shared rota.

Main duties of the job

• To carry out comprehensive assessments in patients' own homes.
• Implement and evaluate individual care plans, utilizing practical and theoretical knowledge under the direction of a registered practitioner.
• Maintain excellent communication with patients, relatives and members of the team demonstrating a variety of communication skills in accordance to the patients needs.
• To forward plan where possible for the necessary equipment required.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The post holder will provide support to the members of UCRT which include Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and healthcare support workers to ensure that holistic assessments are completed whilst working collaboratively with the team to support and facilitate the treatment of patients within their own home.

The postholder will be required to provide a high quality, efficient and effective service to patients that are referred to UCRT, this means delivering acute care which could include simple reviews of patients on the UCRT caseload, monitoring observations, venepuncture, catheter care/catheterisation assisting patients that have fell with appropriate equipment and to support patients during an episode of ill health within their own home.

The post holder will be proficient, knowledgeable and competent and expected to work with minimal supervision, adhering to organisational policies and procedures and in line with their scope of practice competency. They will continue to develop in their role through the acquisition of further skills, knowledge and competencies to be determined by the needs of the patients, service and team.

The role of Nurse Associate/ Practitioner is intended to provide fully integrated, holistic care and support to ensure people are safely managed at home.

Person specification

Academic and work experience

Essential criteria

• Foundation Degree
• NMC Pin
• Community/acute experience

Desirable criteria

• Clinical Skills evident on application
• Good written skills
• Good communication Skills

Company Culture

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times.

Vision

• Transforming Lives

Values

• Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission

• An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role? If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination: Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud: Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.