Staff Nurse - Community Urgent Response Team

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in Scunthorpe is looking for Staff Nurses to join the Community Urgent Response Team. The role involves providing telephone triage services as part of a 24-hour service. Candidates should be motivated and enthusiastic, with the ability to signpost patients to appropriate healthcare services. This is a fantastic opportunity for those who enjoy a developing service environment and may suit individuals with varying personal circumstances. Applications are encouraged from diverse or minority backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Candidates must complete appropriate triage training.
• Enjoy working within a developing service.
• Motivated and enthusiastic individuals preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide telephone triage services as part of a 24-hour service.
• Signpost patients to appropriate health and social care services.
• Work collaboratively with other community services.

Skills

Telephone triage services

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Communication skills

Job description

A fantastic opportunity to join Unplanned Services in the Community to work as part of the Community Urgent Response Team. This is an exciting time for Unplanned Services supporting the national mandate for 2‑hour urgent response and other community services.

Responsibilities

• Provide telephone triage services as part of a 24‑hour, seven‑day‑a‑week service with rotating shift patterns.
• Signpost patients to the most appropriate health and social care services that meet their needs.
• Complete appropriate triage training as required by the service.
• Work collaboratively with other community services and a multidisciplinary team.

Staff Nurses are sought for these posts. Candidates who enjoy working within a developing service and are motivated and enthusiastic will thrive. These roles offer working arrangements that may suit individuals whose personal circumstances or career needs do not facilitate face‑to‑face care.

We are keen to receive applications from people who come from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic background or identify as having a disability.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our partnership serves 1.65 million people and employs nearly 20,000 staff across five main hospital sites, including the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Goole and District Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital.

As teaching hospitals working with Hull York Medical School, we lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our partnership and our community.