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Mission RRIC: join our team

Our innovative Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire – and we need you to join our Buckingham Team working across Intermediate Care and Community Physiotherapy.

Watch our RRIC team talk about their roles – and why you should join them: https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/rric
• Your mission:To provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.
• Your aim:To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You will also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.
• Your role:Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists,Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.
• Who are we?We are part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, including two Urgent Community Response Squads. Together we operate as one mission force, collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.
• Who are you?If you are committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery and thrive as part of a team – choose #MissionRRIC today

Please note: Previous applicants need not apply.

#Mission RRIC

Your main duties include:
• Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers
• Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
• Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team
• Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.
Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.
Support the development of clinical pathways
• Working across Intermediate care and Community Physiotherapy pathways

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?
• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Disclaimer: The trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications and therefore early submission is recommended.


This advert closes on Thursday 31 Jul 2025