RRIC Community Practitioner

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Marlow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working

NHS benefits

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Buckinghamshire is expanding its Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) service. Join our Buckingham team to provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary group that reacts quickly in crisis and helps patients stay at home.

You will collaborate with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Pharmacists and others to plan care, promote recovery, and support early discharge from

Responsibilities

• Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review, case management and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers
• Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
• Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team
• Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.
• Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.

Job description

Our innovative Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire - and we need you to join our Buckingham team. Watch our RRIC team talk about their roles - and why you should join them: https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/rric

• Your mission: To provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.
• Your aim: To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You'll also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.
• Your role: Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.
• Who are we? We're part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, including a North and a South Urgent Community Response Squad. Together we operate as one mission force, collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.
• Who are you?If you're committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery and thrive as part of our North Team (including Thame, Aylesbury and Buckingham) choose #MissionRRIC today.

#MissionRRIC

Your main duties include:

• Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review, case management and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers
• Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
• Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team
• Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.
• Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.

Support the development of clinical pathways

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! -BHT - A great place to work (buckshealthcare.nhs.uk)

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Ourvisionis to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Ourmissionis to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Ourcarevalues are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.