Rapid Response Sister / Charge nurse

NHS; Walsall; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Walsall seeks a dedicated nurse to deliver high-quality clinical care and oversee patient assessments. As part of the Urgent Community Response Team, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring excellent patient experiences while adhering to clinical protocols. Applicants must have relevant nursing qualifications and experience in urgent care settings. This role emphasizes teamwork, communication, and clinical excellence.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or paramedic qualification required.
• Experience in community or urgent/emergency care essential.
• Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate patient care needs.
• Provide clinical interventions and nursing care.
• Promote effective communication with patients and families.

Skills

Advanced Communication Skills

Clinical Judgment

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse or Paramedic

Post registration experience at band 5

Community or urgent/emergency care experience

Job description

Under the direction of the Urgent Community Response Nurse is charge you must assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care demonstrating evidence based / best practice, considering own clinical confidence and competence. You must implement enhanced programs of care

To be part of the Urgent Community Response Team to provide high standards of clinical intervention and to provide nursing care for service users accessing the range of services this includes acting as nurse co-ordinator as and when required.

To implement enhanced clinical care programs that are of the highest quality & standards and in line with the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust's policies and procedures

To work within a multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team adopting a 'no blame' culture

To adhere to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust policies, procedures and protocols to promote the quality of patient experience, ensuring the highest standard.PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care, within Scope of Professional Practice.

Demonstrate high level of judgmental/analytical skills when interpreting and performing patient assessments and care planning.

Maintain accurate and up to date nursing records, maintaining patient confidentiality, and statistical records as required by the service.

Work with other professionals to promote multidisciplinary working.

Develop clinical skills and access training as required / directed to enable participation in future service developments.

Assist in identifying the physical resource needs of the team and contribute to plans for improvements and maintenance of equipment in respect of available resources.

Assist in the supervision of qualified and unqualified staff and facilitate their continuing professional development.

Ensure effective learning experiences and opportunities to achieve learning outcomes for students and the provision of learning opportunities.

To prepare lesson plans, deliver training programs to the multi-disciplinary team members, and to review and elevate these programs.

Communicate information to patients and relatives with empathy and reassurance.

About us

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Care Delivery

To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care, within Scope of Professional Practice.

Demonstrate high level of judgemental/analytical skills when interpreting and performing patient assessments and care planning.

Maintain accurate and up to date nursing records, maintaining patient confidentiality, and statistical records as required by the service.

Work with other professionals to promote multidisciplinary working.

Provide enhanced programmes of care in accordance with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trusts integrated care pathways

Management and Leadership

Organise workload, showing appropriate time management in agreement with clinical supervisor.

Provide excellent evidence based clinical practice.

Identify poor professional practice and take appropriate action to address it.

Act in a professional manner at all times whilst on Walsall Healthcare NHS Trusts business and demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, ensuring compliance to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust policies and procedures.

Assist the Advanced Care Practitioners in strategies that promote quality assurance, Clinical Governance and quality audit.

Develop clinical skills and access training as required / directed to enable participation in future service developments.

Assist in identifying the physical resource needs of the team and contribute to plans for improvements and maintenance of equipment in respect of available resources.

Assist in the supervision of qualified and unqualified staff and facilitate their continuing professional development.

Ensure effective learning experiences and opportunities to achieve learning outcomes for students and the provision of learning opportunities.

To prepare lesson plans, deliver training programmes to the multi-disciplinary team members, and to review and elevate these programmes.

Support for PPI

Communicate information to patients and relatives with empathy and reassurance.

To ensure that patients and users of the service are involved and to assist in providing links with the public and PALs i.e. to pick up on the themes of complaints and report clinical concerns.

To participate in service user forums.

To maintain a patient led focus in all aspects of care

Other Duties

The information supplied above is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and duties of the role. The post holder may be required from time to time to carry out other reasonable requests and duties as required, consistent with the responsibilities of their Banding and development as agreed between employee and manager.

Person Specification

Appropriate Clinical experince

• Registered Nurse or paramedic
• Post registration experience at band 5
• Community or urgent / emergency care experience
• Ability to themselves around the Borough of Walsall
• Past experience of multi-disciplinary working

Multi-disaplinary Working

• Evidence of multi-disaplinary working

Communication

• Advanced Communication Skills

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.