Senior Registered Nurse - REACT

Esneft; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a passionate Senior Registered Nurse to join their Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team. This role offers the chance to deliver exceptional patient-focused care in the community, working closely with a multidisciplinary team to assess and treat patients in their homes. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical skills and a commitment to improving patient outcomes. With a focus on professional development and a supportive work environment, this position is perfect for those eager to make a significant impact in healthcare. Join a team dedicated to providing high-quality care to the community.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in acute care and community health.
• Strong clinical skills including venepuncture and ECGs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face patient assessments and deliver planned treatment.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Clinical Skills

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Driving License

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Relevant Nursing Experience

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior Registered Nurse - REACT role at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has risen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) as a Senior Registered Nurse.

The REACT team is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service within ESNEFT incorporating, Urgent Community Response service, OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy), OOHs (Out of Hours) and Virtual Ward pathways patients. This role will be working on the crisis side of REACT, working in the Urgent Community Response Team, which has aspects of working in partnership with East of England Ambulance Service and the Frailty Virtual Ward.

Our team delivers excellent patient-focused care to patients in Ipswich and the East Suffolk community. Could you be a valued key member of our team?

The role involves travelling throughout East Suffolk delivering acute care in patients’ homes as a part of REACT. The successful candidate will be expected to work across the week including weekends and bank holidays. The hours will be 08.00-20.00 shifts. Pool cars are accessible for staff to use, and it is essential that the post holder has a valid driving licence.

Please note previous applicants need not apply.

• To work as part of the multidisciplinary team conducting face-to-face patient assessments, delivering planned treatment, and monitoring medical conditions for patients with acute deterioration, exacerbations of long-term conditions, palliative/EOL care and rehabilitation needs.
• To be a key player in REACT with regards to triaging, prioritizing patients with good clinical and diagnostics skills including venepuncture, cannulation, ECGs, catheter care, EOL care and line care.
• To work with the wider multidisciplinary integrated team in the community to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• Excellent communication is required to ensure the best possible experience and outcomes for the crisis patients, including the ability to conduct excellent handovers, escalate and present patient cases within the VW MDT.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non-statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

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 & 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 offers a variety of services.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Parles Job title: REACT Clinical Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01473 935359.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care