Job Description

We seek dynamic nurses with amazing interpersonal skills to support the leads in the county wide Community Rapid Response & Intermediate Care Team, working to get people out of hospital or preventing hospital admission by playing a major part in their journey, setting goals and support planning with Therapists, Doctors and support workers as an integrated approach for patients in their own home environments. We are looking to recruit new team members who can effectively deliver a range of treatments, including IV therapy and all aspects of nursing care in the patient's own home environment.



The Community Rapid Response & Intermediate Care Team operates as a Virtual Ward across the county, managing patients with sub-acute conditions to aid their recovery from illness or injury within their own homes by preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and reducing length of hospital stay.



Rewards and Benefits



Additional top up rate of 12.07% on the standard hourly rate.



Additional pay enhancements at weekends & public holidays



Bank incentives, including Wagestream (An optional service to allow staff to access a percentage of their earned wages before the monthly pay date



Flexible working across the organisation



Free parking on Trust Sites



NHS Staff Benefits including NHS Pension & Access to Blue Light card!



The initial training provided to successful candidates includes all Trust mandatory training and specific training relevant to the role.



The Team are based countywide across Northamptonshire with shifts available from the two locations of Romic House in Kettering (NN16 8TD) & Lotus House in Northampton (NN1 3NR).



In order to respond to the healthcare needs of the local population, the teams operate 7 days a week ensuring the delivery of the service can respond to patients' needs as and when required. The shifts for the service are between 07.00am to 01.00am including weekend and bank holiday working as part of the rota. The successful candidates will be expected to work within these shift patterns. We can offer long and short shifts.



Applicants must hold a valid UK driving license, have access to a vehicle for work purposes at all times on duty and be confident to drive in all driving conditions for this community post. Applicants will be flexible and adaptable, being able to respond to need at short notice.

To be considered you must have:

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Excellent organisational ability



Senior nurses band 6/7 excellent leadership skills



Superb level of communication skills



Able to flex to a changing environment for service improvement



Good working knowledge of digital communication products



Real interest in improving & delivering healthcare in the community.



Clinical triage skills- desirable



High level assessment, diagnostic and nursing clinical skills-desirable



Prescribing-desirable not essential



Be capable of working under pressure across a variety of nursing treatments



NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.



NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.



For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.