Urgent Community Response Nurse

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Aylsham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in Aylsham is seeking a registered nurse for the North Urgent Community Response Team. The role involves supporting urgent community responses, providing palliative care, making holistic assessments, and working collaboratively with health professionals. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, a valid driving licence, and a strong motivation to enhance their community nursing experience.

Benefits

Outstanding rating from CQC

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience in community nursing.
• Full and valid driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Urgent Community Response Team.
• Assess and prescribe care pathways for patients.
• Act as the patient's advocate and facilitate choice.
• Provide evidence-based clinical interventions.
• Support early discharge from hospital.
• Triage referrals for the team.

Skills

Palliative care

Wound care

End of life care

Holistic assessment

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to join the North Urgent Community Response Team, to support with urgent community 2 hour response for patients in their own home, with skills in palliative / end of life care, wound care and catheter care and a strong desire to further develop your community nursing skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To assess and prescribe care pathways for patients in a crisis situation with long term conditions, the frail & elderly, palliative and end of life care and/or rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible, with support from Senior colleagues within the wider Urgent Community Response Team.
• To act as the patients advocate, facilitating choice and patient empowerment.
• To provide evidence based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on "best practice".
• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to support early discharge from hospital.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
• To triage referrals on a rotational basis for the Urgent Community Response Team.

Requirements / Qualifications

You will be required to work over a 7 day working week including weekends and will be hard working, motivated, with excellent communication skills. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in holistic assessment, to demonstrate that you use your initiative and have a keen interest in working with this group of patients. You must hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

Organisation / Benefits

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

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Note

Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn\'t accurately reflect their skills.