Urgent Care Nurse

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior nurse/clinician to lead high-quality, holistic care for patients with complex needs in their homes. The role focuses on rehabilitation, enablement and person-centred care within urgent care and virtual ward initiatives.

You will manage a complex daily caseload, provide clinical interventions, supervise junior colleagues and work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective care in a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care programmes.
• Developing integrated care plans in partnership with patients and carers.
• Managing a complex daily caseload and responding to changing patient needs.
• Undertaking clinical interventions and recognising deterioration, taking timely action where required.
• Completing triage assessments and supporting the service duty function.
• Ordering equipment and making onward referrals to ensure seamless care.
• Acting as a senior practitioner, providing guidance, support and supervision to junior colleagues.
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care.
• Supporting the Clinical Lead with the day-to-day management and development of the team.

Job description

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Are you looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, rewarding Urgent Care environment? Join our dedicated team delivering short-term health, therapy and care support that helps people remain safely in their own homes and communities.

Urgent Care Services operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing care that prevents unnecessary hospital admissions, supports timely hospital discharge, and enables people to recover in the place evidence shows is best for regaining independence – their own home. Our night service provides urgent, unplanned care including end of life care, catheter management and other essential interventions that cannot wait until the following day.

We are also working closely with partners to develop innovative Virtual Ward services, enabling patients with conditions such as respiratory infections and COPD to receive hospital-level care at home through remote monitoring and digital technology.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking service that places rehabilitation, enablement and person-centred care at the heart of everything we do.

As a senior member of the team, you will deliver high-quality, holistic care to patients with complex needs, supporting them to achieve maximum independence in their own homes.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care programmes.
• Developing integrated care plans in partnership with patients and carers.
• Managing a complex daily caseload and responding to changing patient needs.
• Undertaking clinical interventions and recognising deterioration, taking timely action where required.
• Completing triage assessments and supporting the service duty function.
• Ordering equipment and making onward referrals to ensure seamless care.
• Acting as a senior practitioner, providing guidance, support and supervision to junior colleagues.
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care.
• Supporting the Clinical Lead with the day-to-day management and development of the team.

This role offers varied and rewarding work, opportunities to develop advanced clinical skills, and the chance to make a real difference every day.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities.

We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Renee Dunford Job title: Business Support Manager Email address: [e-mail]