Job Description

An opportunity has arisen to join our urgent community response (UCR) team, a part of the Community Integrated Response Team. This role will work across the UCR and Frailty Virtual Ward as required.



We are looking for experienced nurse candidates with strong clinical skills and community experience and who are patient and team focused. The successful candidates will demonstrate that they are willing to support innovation, and are committed to service improvement in an extremely interesting, and challenging environment.



You will be working as part of a highly supportive and motivated service.



The services provide care for acutely unwell patients in their own home (inclusive of residential and nursing homes), aiming to avoid unplanned admissions to hospital supporting earlier discharges from hospital and in line with the National Guidance for 2 hr Urgent Community Response guidelines.



This is a really exciting time to join UCR as the Wirral CAS launched in October 2025 and accepts lower acuity referrals directly from NWAS to offer an enhanced triage and utilise community services, where appropriate to support patients to remain at home.



The multi-skilled team of therapists, nurses, social care and health care assistants provide urgent assessments, care and treatment for people living in Wirral. People are assessed within two hours and personalised support is in place within two days (usually 24 hours).



The team provide urgent assessments within two hours for patients who experience any of the following:



Fall (in or outside of their home or place of residence)



Reduced mobility



Confusion / delirium



Worsening of dementia



Urgent catheter care



Diabetes deterioration



Urgent social crisis



Palliative patient in crisis



Urgent equipment requests



We employ over 2000 staff across Cheshire and Merseyside , including community and specialist nurses, therapists, health visitors, school nurses, IT and business intelligence specialists, HR advisors and safeguarding experts.



Our services across Wirral include community nursing, sexual health, community cardiology, walk-in centres, speech and language, teletriage, community dental and end of life care. In Cheshire East we deliver the 0-19 Health and Wellbeing Service which includes health visiting, infant feeding and school nurses. In Knowsley we deliver our 0-25 Health and Wellbeing Service, which includes Health Visiting, Infant Feeding, School Nursing and the Enhancing Families Programme. In St Helens is our 0-19+ Health and Wellbeing Service for local children, young people and families across St Helens.



Whether you're about to graduate or complete your training, thinking about returning to practice or you are looking for a change, come and talk to us about the jobs we have on offer.



If you share our passion for delivering the best quality care for the people of Cheshire and Merseyside, then we look forward to welcoming you to Team WCHC.



You will use established pathways and processes to provide a wide range of nursing, therapy and social care assessments to patients who may potentially be at risk of a hospital admission.



The successful candidate will also work with other clinicians including Geriatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and social workers, whom are all co-located within the team.



We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds including emergency nurses, primary care and acute medicine as well as nurses from community backgrounds who have experience in working within Integrated Services.