Job Description

We seek dynamic nurses or paramedics with amazing interpersonal skills to support the Senior Clinical Practitioners in the county wide Urgent Community Response team. This involves 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 proactively and effectively deliver a range of treatments and assessments in the patient's own home environment.



The Urgent Community Response 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.



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.



The Trust is committed to supporting on-going education of nurses and there are opportunities for staff to progress their careers with our leadership programmes.



Applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence, 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



Extensive Band 5 or Band 6 experience



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



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.



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.