Job Description

Job summary

This role will be part of a new, innovative city-wide primary care Community Urgent Response Team delivering virtual and face to face clinical capacity to support patients across Cambridgeshire who are acutely unwell and unable to get to their GP Practice. Working as part of a multi professional home visiting team the role will work autonomously using clinical assessment and treatment skills to provide responsive, on the day clinical capacity to patients living in Cambridgeshire.

Our vision is to develop a multi-disciplinary community urgent response service to support some of the most vulnerable patients, providing responsive capacity to our GP Practices and local health and care system. You will be part of a team that supports the Ambulance Service to refer patients who, with support, are able to remain at home. This service will reduced conveyances and enabled paramedics to reduce the time spent in a patient home. This will be non planned, reactive work to see patients who have been in contact with the Ambulance Service.

Main duties of the job

Triage of patients

Catheter care

ECG interpretation

Wound assessment

Wound management

Chest auscultation

Phlebotomy

Cannulation

IV antibiotics

Supporting junior members of the team

Working closely with multi disciplinary team including the local authority

This service is a 7 day service 8-8. Various shifts available

You will be trusted to manage your time effectively, ensuring HCAs receive support and training in a timely way. You will receive support and supervision from our Clinical Director.

If you are a dynamic registered nurse who is passionate about delivering excellent care, then please consider applying for this role.

The successful applicant will receive competitive pay (starting salary dependent on experience), excellent clinical support structure, career development, training opportunities and NHS pension.

Person Specification

Experience-

Essential

Experience of working within a team

Passion for patient care

Works well under pressure and enjoy change

Experience in primary, community, or acute care

Desirable

SystmOne

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified Nurse

Skills

Essential

Full drivers licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cambridge