Urgent Community NP — Rapid At-Home Assessments

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Tendring; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Unsocial hours

Annual leave 27 days

NHS discounts

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to deliver urgent community care through the UCRS. You will undertake rapid assessments within two hours of referral and manage urgent presentations in patients' homes and care homes.

You will prescribe when appropriate and provide short-term support to prevent hospital admission, while collaborating with GPs and community teams to ensure safe, high-quality patient care. A car driver is essential for field visits.

Qualifications

• Undertake rapid response assessments within two hours of referral.
• Assess, diagnose and manage urgent and complex clinical presentations in community settings.
• Independently prescribe appropriate treatments and interventions.
• Deliver short-term, intensive support to prevent hospital admission and facilitate recovery at home.
• Manage frailty, multiple long-term conditions, acute deterioration and palliative or end-of-life care needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical advice and support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, therapists, community teams, social care and acute services.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and clinical leadership within the team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Urgent care

Prescribing

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to deliver urgent community care through the UCRS. You will undertake rapid assessments within two hours of referral and manage urgent presentations in patients' homes and care homes.

You will prescribe when appropriate and provide short-term support to prevent hospital admission, while collaborating with GPs and community teams to ensure safe, high-quality patient care. A car driver is essential for field visits.