Job Description

Are you a Paramedic or Registered Nurse interested in developing a career in Urgent Community Response Service?



Do you want to develop your clinical and leadership skills in a dynamic environment in a community setting?



Our Community Rapid Response Team based in Waltham Forest East London is expanding.



Urgent response community multidisciplinary team consists of nurses, allied health, social care professionals delivering health and social care 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The aim of the team is provided clinical and social care outside of hospital settings to people in their own homes within 0- 2 hrs in line with the national Urgent care standard.



This role will focus on providing clinical care to people in their own homes.



A car driver essential



To work collaboratively with health and social care professionals.



To carry out health and social care assessments.



To work as an autonomous practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work, within agreed national local and professional standards and guidelines.



To accept referrals from other disciplines unsupervised and co-ordinate intensive and complex packages of care with other multi-disciplinary (MDT) agencies



To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess the physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with the patient, their carers and the wider MDT as needed.



To undertake risk assessments, on every visit, to ensure the safety of both staff and patients establishing the safety or otherwise of the patients ability to stay at home, or return home safely from another care setting, providing and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages of care.



To develop and implement evidenced based clinical/ therapeutic interventions based on best practice, specialist knowledge, experience and specific training to improve health outcomes and promote choice.



COVID-19 Vaccination



We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.



Probationary Period



This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).



Starting with NELFT



NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.



High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London



This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of 4,551 and maximum of 5,735, pro rata for part time staff



Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.



Certificates of Sponsorship



Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system



Use of AI



Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.