Community Response Nurse

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Aylsham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Aylsham is seeking a registered nurse for a 12-month contract with the North Urgent Community Response Team. The role involves providing urgent community care, including palliative and end-of-life support, as well as assessing and implementing individualized patient care pathways. Candidates must have excellent communication skills, demonstrate holistic assessment abilities, and be willing to work over a 7-day week. This position offers an opportunity to further develop community nursing skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in community nursing.
• Ability to assess and advocate for patients effectively.
• Experience in working with palliative and elderly care.

Responsibilities

• Join the Urgent Community Response Team to provide patient care.
• Assess patients in crisis and develop individualized care pathways.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for integrated services.
• Ensure adherence to infection control policies.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Excellent communication skills

Palliative care

Wound care

Catheter care

Initiative

Education

Full and valid driving licence

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse to join the North Urgent Community Response Team on a 12 month secondment / fixed term contract, to support 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.

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.

You will support staff working at a band 3 and 4 level, along with students and apprentices.

Responsibilities

• As part of the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team you will be required to:
  • 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.

• Clinical

• The post holder will:
  1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, and develop treatment/care pathways that may need to be delivered from a range of options.
  2. Follow a holistic assessment, devise an individualised care pathway for each patient, modifying it as required.
  3. Be aware of Assistive Technology and utilise where required.
  4. Assess patients’ holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive information to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.
  5. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
  6. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, incorporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable patients to engage in their treatment/care/management plan.
  7. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
  8. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
  9. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
  10. Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on SystmOne and completed on a daily basis.
  11. Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.
  12. Order equipment and supplies via the electronic ordering systems used within the team.
  13. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.
  14. Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

This advert closes on Sunday 15 Feb 2026

Additional information

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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.