Urgent Response Nurse

Job summary

Urgent Response is a fast paced, interdisciplinary community team aimed at preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital and facilitating timely discharges from hospital. This is an integrated health and social care team that visits patients in their own home and completes assessments in ED creating a bridge between the hospital and community. Patients are over 18 with a range of health and social care needs.

You will play a vital role in working as part of an integrated health and social care team providing a crisis intervention and early supported discharge service for patients across the City of Southampton registered with a Southampton GP practice.

Main duties of the job

To have day-to-day responsibility for a designated caseload of clients requiring nursing/ rehabilitation/care management intervention and to organise and prioritise the required programmes of treatment (cases will be reviewed periodically by a more senior member of staff)

Work within the community and in University Hospital Southampton ED as a lone practitioner managing situations of risk with telephone support. Seek support and advice with cases from more experienced colleagues when faced with matters outside sphere of responsibility, knowledge, or skills.

Obtain informed consent from client to treatment, and work within agreed guidelines for clients unable to give informed consent. Obtain consent to the sharing of information and document all consent issues in accordance with relevant Trust and Local Authority procedures.

Undertake generic health and social care assessments using the Single Assessment Process (SAP)

Undertake specific comprehensive nursing assessments for clients by using investigative and analytical skills for those with acute/complex/chronic or palliative care needs e.g., clients with multiple pathology and complex social care needs and include:

Tissue viability; dysphagia; nutritional risk; continence assessment and promotion; setting up packages of care; fitting standard equipment; identifying moving and handling risks; medication management.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oakley Road

Millbrook

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4GX

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oakley Road

Millbrook

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4GX

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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