Community Nurse | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust - Basildon - ref. t20201715
Urgent Community Response Teams (UCRT) are a national initiative teams with a vision of Admission avoidance, as a community Crisis model. Delivering through joint working and collaboration with local partners, East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST), Mid and South Essex Hospitals Group, General Practitioners, Social Care teams, NHS community services and the voluntary sector.
You will join a supportive, skilled, and creative team to enable you to become the best you can be. We expect you to have a good work ethic, be honest, reliable and be able to apply sound solid clinical reasoning to provide a service we can all be proud of.
As a nurse wanting to make a difference, then this may be the right environment for you to flourish in.
As an autonomous community nurse within the team, you will work alongside the senior nurses and assess patients within their own homes.
UCRT (urgent community response team) we are a nurse led team with physios and OTs within. Our purpose is to assess and treat patients in their own homes as much as possible to avoid unnecessary hospital admission. We treat, prescribe, take samples, provide equipment and support to aid their recovery at home.we have links to frailty team and on call consultants for advice and support. We also link with other MDTs to help support the patient at home.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).- To be responsible for the planning and delivery of nursing care within the UCRT service.
- To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence-based / client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To provide nursing input to plan, develop and evaluate clinical services within the Team & Trust, holding responsibility for defined projects and leading on new initiatives where appropriate.
- To deputise for the UCRT senior nurses when required, for example in attendance at meetings, offering nursing advice/support for junior staff.
- To work with the UCRT Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
- To work with the community teams to facilitate early discharge from hospital.
- To assess and prescribe treatment for individuals who are in crisis and are at risk of admission to an acute setting. This can include patients with long-term conditions, the frail, elderly, and those with palliative care needs.
- The aim is to avoid admission and improve quality of life and independence where possible.
assessment of patients medical conditions so a good knowledge of A&P is desirable.
taking of samples and interpretation of these with support
flexibility required due to areas covered
own car essential
good documentation skills
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Oct 2024