UCR Nurse Associate - Bridgnorth UCR

NHS; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS West Midlands is seeking a Nurse Associate to join the Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service, ensuring excellent care delivery to patients. This role involves working in a multidisciplinary team to provide essential support, manage patient care, and facilitate timely health interventions, promoting community health and preventing hospital admissions.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Nurse Associate in the NHS or another care setting is essential.
• Ability to meet role travel needs.
• Knowledge of health and care professional guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission for patients.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage health crises.
• Implement care plans collaboratively with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Team collaboration

IT skills

Education

Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register

Level 5 Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing Associate Practice

Job description

NHS West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service as a Nurse Associate. The post will form part of a seven day service based within one of the Trust's locality teams. The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service as a Nurse Associate. The post will form part of a seven day service based within one of the Trust's locality teams. The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.

We are looking for a Nurse Associate who shares our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can help deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own home. The post holder will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.

Main duties of the job

This is a service which is at the forefront of the NHS Long Term Plan Agenda, to develop Urgent Community Response Services. As well aiming to improve our local system responsiveness to managing community health crisis response services. This role offers an ideal opportunity for a Nurse Associate to join the established Multidisciplinary Team and continue to help shape our future.

Working alongside medics, social workers, therapists, and in partnership with GPs, Shropdoc, 111 WMAS, CCC and other healthcare professionals. Your role will be to ensure the continuation of a seamless service to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

The successful applicants will require the appropriate skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, and be registered with the NMC. As well as sharing the Trusts vision to provide assessment and delivery of comprehensive, holistic, evidence-based nursing and care support for the management of acutely unwell patients referred to the Shropshire UCR.

About Us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum (as of August 2025)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-7231311-OPS

Job locations

Bridgnorth Community Hospital

Northgate

Bridgnorth

WV16 4EU

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working as an Nurse Associate within the NHS or other care setting
  
  

Essential

Training & Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
• Educated to level 5 Diploma of Higher Education and Foundation degree in nursing associate practice / Nurse Associate Apprenticeship Certificate
  
  

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• IT skills appropriate to the role
• Able to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered health or care professional
• Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to service development
  
  

Other

Essential

• Ability to meet the travel needs of the role
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Ability to meet the travel needs of the role
  
  

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Bridgnorth Community Hospital

Northgate

Bridgnorth

WV16 4EU

Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Bridgnorth Community Hospital

Northgate

Bridgnorth

WV16 4EU

Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals

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