Urgent Community Response Clinical Assessor

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Carlton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team is recruiting a full-time clinical assessor to provide holistic patient care across South Nottinghamshire. This impactful role involves timely assessments and rehabilitation while working collaboratively within a dedicated, compassionate team focused on improving health outcomes and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical assessment and treatment.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Commitment to patient care and improving health outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and interventions to prevent hospital admissions.
• Collaborate with healthcare partners for patient management.
• Design recovery and self-care programs.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient-centered care

Collaboration

Education

Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, or Paramedic qualification

Job description

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team is recruiting!

We are currently recruiting one full-time clinical assessor based at Parkhouse in Gedling.

Are you an experienced nurse, physiotherapist, OT, or paramedic? We would love to hear from you!

This role covers South Nottinghamshire, including Gedling, Broxtowe, and Rushcliffe.

Join our highly valued and growing service at the heart of Urgent Response in Nottinghamshire. We have new investment and are expanding!

About UCR

UCR provides holistic, person-centered care aimed at preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. Our team helps individuals increase independence, improve health outcomes, and reduce hospital, long-term care, and social care needs.

We collaborate closely with EMAS, primary care, social care, community health partners, care providers, and more. Our work involves timely assessment, interventions, rehabilitation, and management of long-term and life-limiting conditions, across health and social care sectors.

Role Details

All team members work collaboratively with patients. UCR is a national NHS England service that aims to review patients at their usual residence within 2 hours to prevent avoidable admissions.

Our team is collaborative and compassionate. We support colleagues’ professional growth, clinical reasoning, and skill development, nurturing talent and career progression.

We design recovery and self-care programs through assessments, interventions, rehabilitation, and management of long-term conditions, working with patients, carers, and statutory and voluntary organizations. Our goal is to provide high-quality, patient-centered care now and into the future.

Service Details

The service operates 7 days a week from 08:00 to 22:00 hours.

About Us

Our trust, #TeamNottsHC, employs over 11,000 colleagues delivering services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire from over 200 sites, including community, acute, and secure settings.

We are one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands, hosting national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

Our Commitment

We promote diversity and inclusion through staff networks, support colleague wellbeing via occupational health and counseling, and are committed to environmental sustainability with a focus on reducing carbon emissions and achieving net-zero targets.

Contact

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Will Sutton
• Job Title: Team Leader
• Email: [e-mail]
• Phone: [phone]

We encourage insight visits and conversations before applying. It’s recommended to contact Will prior to the interview to discuss the role and arrange insight days.