Urgent Response Nurse
The closing date is 17 August 2025
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.
The post holder will have day-to-day responsibility for a designated caseload of clients, organising and prioritising their required programmes of treatment, who require nursing, rehabilitation and care management intervention. The role entails working as a lone practitioner in the community, and possibly within ED, managing situations of risk with telephone support, and seeking support and advice with cases from more experienced colleagues when faced with matters outside sphere of responsibility, knowledge, or skills. Generic health and social care assessments, and comprehensive nursing assessments for those with acute, complex, chronic or palliative care needs, are undertaken using the Single Assessment Process, SAP.
Main duties of the job
Daily responsibility for a designated caseload of clients, undertaking comprehensive health, social care and risk assessments, planning own workload, and formulating individualized management and treatment plans using evidence-based practice. Reviews of care plans, discharge planning and making onward referrals. Obtain informed consent from client, and work within agreed guidelines for clients unable to give informed consent.
Work as a lone practitioner managing situations of risk with telephone support. Seek support from more experienced colleagues when faced with matters outside sphere of responsibility, knowledge, or skills.
Use assessment tools to assist with accurate assessment and decision making.
Comply with the Safeguarding Adults Policy of the Trust, ensuring all concerns, incidents and allegations are reported in line with this.
Empower client and carer involvement in care planning to reach optimum level of self-care. Demonstrate ability to communicate and discuss information with clients and relatives. Utilise expert skills to motivate clients and carers to maximize treatment outcomes.
Carry out safe moving and handling practice for clients with a range of dependency needs within the community.
Ensure self and others comply with Trust Clinical Governance requirements.
Work within Code of Conduct (NMC) and Scope of Professional Practice, be accountable for own professional actions at all times, and demonstrate ongoing CPD.
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.
Details
Date posted
01 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-SSW-8817
Job locations
Oakley Road
Millbrook
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4GX
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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