Senior Community Nurse Urgent Community Response Team

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

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Job summary

To lead in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own place of residence by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in order to prevent avoidable admission to hospital and facilitating early supported discharge.

You will be expected to lead conversations with the wider Urgent Community Response (UCR) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on a regular basis enabling safe, appropriate and patient centred care to be delivered to this complex patient group.

Main duties of the job

To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital. To assess and prescribe care pathways for patients in a crisis situation withlong term conditions, the frail & elderly, palliative and end of life care and/or rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence plus prevent avoidable admission where possible.

To act as the patients advocate, facilitating choice and patient empowerment and to provide evidence based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on "bestpractice".

To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users. To triage referrals on a rotational basis for the Urgent Community ResponseTeam.

About us

This role will predominantly involve face to face nursing care and assessment within a patient's usual place of residence, with an element of Triage for the Urgent Community Response Team on a rota basis plus other supportive activities as part of the Multidisciplinary Team.

Date posted

12 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pro rata pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

839-6137914-PG

Job locations

Norwich Community Hospital

Bowthorpe Road

Norwich

NR2 3TU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of patient care, and develop treatment/care pathways that may need to be delivered from a range of options. Follow a holistic assessment, devise an individualised care pathway for each patient, modifying it as required.

Be aware of Assistive Technology and utilise where required.

Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.

Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health careprofessionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.

Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.

Plan and organise specialist services within the Urgent Community Response Team. Demonstrate dexterity and co-ordination when using specialist equipment and fine tools, advanced sensory skills, manual and mobilising skills.

Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Be responsible for ensuring workload for self and others is planned andprioritised according to service targets and needs. Be accountable for work delegated to others.

Contribute to the supervision of workload within the integrated team. Be aware of budget and ensure all effort is made to work within this.

Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetingswhere appropriate.

Support all team members within the Urgent Community Response Team,respecting them, their roles and contributions.

Be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration course.

Demonstrate leadership skills within own competence.