Urgent Community Response Practitioner (Paramedic/Nurse/Therapist)

Integrated Care System; Teddington; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Teddington seeks an Urgent Community Response Practitioner to join their team. The role focuses on supporting adults in urgent community settings to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions through advanced assessments and interventions. Successful candidates will benefit from ongoing support and a commitment to professional development within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience.
• Experience in undertaking complex assessments using advanced skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform Rapid Responses within the Community.
• Work autonomously to manage patient care and avoid admissions.

Skills

Advanced assessment skills

Autonomous working

Clinical skills

Knowledge of Urgent Community Response

Education

NMC/HCPC registration

Physical assessment course

Advanced Assessment Qualification

Job description

Go back Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

Urgent Community Response Practitioner (Paramedic/Nurse/Therapist)

The closing date is 27 July 2025

Richmond Response and Reablement Team (RRRT) are excited to be recruiting for a passionate individual to work on the Urgent Community Response pathway.Regardless of Nursing, Paramedic or Therapy background, we are looking for a registered healthcare professional with assessment skills and a key interest in avoiding unnecessary admissions to hospital.

RRRT is a seven-day integrated health and social care service for adults, primarily older people, working in partnership with HRCH and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Council.

As a development role, it is expected that the post holder will, with support from the MDT, develop their skills to an advanced practice level.We recognise that potential post holders come from a variety of backgrounds and are prepared to support gaps in knowledge and scope.We are keen to encourage and nurture careers and will actively support staff development.

The post holder will use enhanced skills, being supported to complete thorough clinical assessments, to diagnose and treat patients within 2 hours of referral in their own homes / care homes.Our aim is to avoid further clinical deterioration and preventing unnecessary hospital admission and to relieve pressures from GPs, London Ambulance Service and Acute Hospitals.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To undertake Rapid Responses within the Community

Carry out a range of interventions, working within the scope of professional practice.

Provide expert management for patients, often with a range of complex long-term conditions, as part of the Richmond Response & Rehabilitation Service case co-ordination structure.

Working autonomously with advanced assessment decision-making and problem-solving skills, identifying and sign-posting patients to appropriate services.

Improve outcomes for people with long term conditions and reduce the need for these people to attend or be admitted into hospital or long-term residential care.

Work in a multi-disciplinary team and supporting the RRRT service and in close liaison with general practitioners, community health care staff, Virtual ward, social care staff, acute hospitals, voluntary and private sector, and patients and their relatives and carers.

About us

We have four core values that all colleagues are expected to demonstrate in the way they work. Shaped by staff, patients and partners, our values are the guiding principles that together define who we are, what we do and what's most important to us.

Compassionate:We treat everyone with kindness, understanding and empathy

Inclusive:We are respectful, fair and open, embracing everyone's unique contribution

Collaborative:We work together across our teams and with our partners and are helpful, positive and supportive

Inspiring: We strive for the best for patients, staff and partners and are always learning and improving

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Experience

• Min of 2 yrs post registration experience
• Experience of undertaking complex assessment utilising advanced assessment skills
• Working in acute or community setting demonstration assessment skills

Qualifications and knowledge

• NMC/ HCPC registration
• Completion of Physical assessment course
• Knowledge of safeguarding Adults & Children
• Advanced Assessment Qualification

Skills & Attributes

• Knowledgeable of Urgent Community Response and services that deliver the standard.
• Demonstrable ability to work autonomously
• Knowledge of the typical demographic appropriate for admission avoidance services
• Comprehensive clinical skills such as venepuncture or willing to work towards

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearper annum including HCAS (outer)