Job summary
This new role as part of a service expansion for a band 6 nurse to work within our Urgent Care Response team will be part of a large team working to mange patients at home whilst being responsive to new and known patients for 2 hour responses.
The post holder will act as a clinical resource to Urgent Community Response Team facilitating high quality evidence based practise and ensuring patients from variety of acute and community settings appropriately access out of hospital community health and social care services and receive effective rehabilitation. As a member of the Team, you will be expected to be a practitioner who will develop a broad range of competencies who is able to adapt to a wide variety of clinical circumstances. You will be part of a community team where you're proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery. This will include having a direct link to the patient's discharging medical team for liaison and support where necessary and with the patients GP or other health care professional to prevent hospital admission.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants, and administrators to provide rapid assessment and treatment to patients who have urgent care needs in the community. The postholder will work in partnership with colleagues in the acute sector, social services, intermediate and primary care services to safely avoid unnecessary hospitalisation.
The post holder will be an acute skilled clinician (nurse) who will provide community based urgent care to patients who are referred with undifferentiated, varied and complex needs ensuring holistic assessment and community care pathway planning is undertaken to directly prevent unnecessary acute hospital admission.
The post holder will work in conjunction with community services and acute setting to Facilitate effective and safe return home from emergency departments and acute non admission areas.
About us
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and we will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess, plan, implement and provide evaluation of health care needs in conjunction with patients, their carers and other appropriate members of the multi professional team.
To have agreed areas of responsibility and work as part of the team.
To provide nursing care to patient in the community
To see patients with potentially undifferentiated diagnosis including; objective assessment, physical assessment, treatment, follow-up and developing care plans.
To ensure all patients on the caseload are managed well and discharged safely either to their GP or for further ongoing assessment, rehabilitation treatment and care.
To be responsible for keeping up to date with current issues and events in Primary and Secondary Health Care
Liaising with community services partners
To be an active member of the team and the teams development.
To provide support and health education for patients and carers through effective interpersonal skills.
To comply with professional codes of conduct.
To be able to work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate across the three boroughs as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service.
To ensure that own mandatory training is kept up to date in line with Trust policies.
Post holder will undertake delegated line management of staff, both informal and formal basis
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess, plan, implement and provide evaluation of health care needs in conjunction with patients, their carers and other appropriate members of the multi professional team.
To have agreed areas of responsibility and work as part of the team.
To provide nursing care to patient in the community
To see patients with potentially undifferentiated diagnosis including; objective assessment, physical assessment, treatment, follow-up and developing care plans.
To ensure all patients on the caseload are managed well and discharged safely either to their GP or for further ongoing assessment, rehabilitation treatment and care.
To be responsible for keeping up to date with current issues and events in Primary and Secondary Health Care
Liaising with community services partners
To be an active member of the team and the teams development.
To provide support and health education for patients and carers through effective interpersonal skills.
To comply with professional codes of conduct.
To be able to work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate across the three boroughs as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service.
To ensure that own mandatory training is kept up to date in line with Trust policies.
Post holder will undertake delegated line management of staff, both informal and formal basis
Person Specification
role requirement
Essential
- Current registration with NMC,
- Experience of case management and care co-ordination
Desirable
- Mentorship or teaching qualification equivalent to ENB 998 / work place assessor
essential to role questions
Essential
- Bachelor's Degree (or working towards)
- Substantial post registration experience (Preferably in Paramedic care, UCC, ITU, AMU, MAU, CCU or A&E)
Desirable
- Mentorship or teaching qualification equivalent to ENB 998 / work place assessor
Person Specification
role requirement
Essential
- Current registration with NMC,
- Experience of case management and care co-ordination
Desirable
- Mentorship or teaching qualification equivalent to ENB 998 / work place assessor
essential to role questions
Essential
- Bachelor's Degree (or working towards)
- Substantial post registration experience (Preferably in Paramedic care, UCC, ITU, AMU, MAU, CCU or A&E)
Desirable
- Mentorship or teaching qualification equivalent to ENB 998 / work place assessor
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
