Rapid Response Senior Community Nurse | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse seeking an opportunity to work with the Amber Valley Rapid Response Nursing Team?
If so, this opportunity is for you!
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated nurse to join us , this is an excellent opportunity for you to use your clinical and leadership skills to support the team.
The service provides acute (short-term) care in patients' own homes and Residential Care Home settings. The team promote a self management approach to patients with their health conditions.
A key priority is for rapid nursing staff to educate patients on their health needs and to provide a self management approach to patients with their condition.
The service provides cover 7 day per week, 08:00–18:30 and incorporates a rapid response service supporting patients with urgent nursing care needs.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills of specialist nursing assessment and treatment in a community setting, alongside developing additional generic skills to provide a comprehensive assessment to a variety of complex patients.
You will be well supported in the role by a skilled multi-disciplinary team.
Some of your responsibilities would include:
Urgent (same day) community nursing referrals
Co-ordinating the nursing response
Responding to patients in immediate need
Clinical triage of referrals
Managing the caseload
Leadership of staff
Developing service and supporting your colleagues
There has never been a more exciting time to join one of the largest specialist community NHS providers in the country – one that is also among the very best NHS employers, as voted by its own staff.
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.
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This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Jan 2025