Priority Response Nurse
The closing date is 08 August 2025
Job summary
Sutton Health and Care have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to join our busy and dynamic Urgent Response and Virtual Ward team.
The post holder will be working in the community as part of a multidisciplinary team to avoid unnecessary hospital attendance/admissions and facilitate early discharge from hospital.
The post is shared between providing a 2 hour urgent response to unplanned referrals across Sutton and undertaking follow up visits/contacts for patients being monitored on the Virtual Ward.
Main duties of the job
- Act as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the management of patients withthe support from the MDT/ VW Clinician and also the PCN Community Sister
- Provide high quality, comprehensive holistic assessment (including physicalassessment) and treatments for patients and their families referred to the serviceutilising a Single Assessment Process to achieve person centred care.
- Provide assessments of risk and complex situations as required, utilising knowledgeand skills to interpret and make accurate analysis of patients' and carers' needs
- The post holder may be responsible for staff and in accordance with this - allocatingduties and work, providing clinical support and leadership, prioritising workloaddemands and allocating resources as appropriate.
- To work closely with the MDT clinicians and provide support where required. This willinclude virtual monitoring, health and wellbeing checks and pulse oximetry
- Provide a rapid response service the community nursing teams meeting a 2 hourresponse time for urgent cases.
About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Details
Date posted
01 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£44,485 to £52,521 a year per annum Inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
343-7316748-RB-SK
Job locations
Sutton wide based at Robin Hood Lane GP surgery
Robin Hood Lane
Sutton
SM1 2RJ
Employer details
Employer name
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Sutton wide based at Robin Hood Lane GP surgery
Robin Hood Lane
Sutton
SM1 2RJ
Employer's website
https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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