Registered Nurse Integrated Urgent Crises Responses (IUCRS)

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Tendring; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a nurse to join our dynamic Urgent Crises Response Service (UCRS). You will provide rapid assessment and treatment to patients with complex physical and psychological needs and help avoid unnecessary hospital admission.

Based in Clacton-on-Sea with bases in Colchester, the team covers the Northeast Essex community 08:00–20:00, seven days a week. A car driver is essential to travel to patients’ homes, and you will contribute to

Responsibilities

• Provide rapid specialised assessment and treatment to patients.
• Travel across Northeast Essex to treat patients in their homes; a car driver is essential.
• Support service development, education, practice development and research.
• Collaborate with the integrated team and external agencies during case conferences and rounds.

Skills

Nurse

Driving license

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse to join our new dynamic Urgent Crises Response Service (UCRS. You will provide rapid specialised assessment and treatment to patients who may present with complex physical and psychological care needs and initiate services to safely avoid unnecessary hospital admission.

The UCRS is an evolving and constantly developing incorporating the following areas: Urgent Community Response (UCR), the cleric ambulance system (working in conjunction with EEAST), virtual wards, in reach into the Integrated Rapid Assessment service (IRAS) based in the Emergency Department Colchester General Hospital, Unplanned Community Nursing and Outpatient Parental Antibiotics Therapy (OPAT) service.

You will travel throughout Northeast Essex treating patients in their own homes therefore a car driver is essential.

You will be proactive in developing the service responding to challenges within practice and also support integration of service, education, practice development and research relevant to the needs of the patients, staff, and students.

Our team is multi-disciplinary and based in Clacton-On-Sea, with other bases in Colchester. Our team delivers high quality care, 08:00 - 20:00 7 day a week within the Northeast Essex community.

Proposed Interview date: 12th October 2026

Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious patient related information using tact, persuasion, motivation, negotiation, training and overcoming barriers to communication

Provide specialist professional advice, instruction and/or training to patients, carers, other professional groups and assistants

Communicate effectively with colleagues in the integrated team and across agencies in relevant situations e.g.case conferences, ward rounds and meetings. Analytical & Judgemental Skills.

Make judgements on a range of complex issues requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options including information which is reported, not directly observed

Carry out assessment of specialist area, interpreting results to give an appropriate diagnosis and agree the care plan.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.