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Job summary
Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care & preventing unnecessary hospital admissions?
We are looking for an enthusiastic & motivated B6 Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist or Paramedic to join our innovative Urgent Response and Frailty Team, working across both the Emergency Dept at University Hospital Southampton & within the community setting.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking service supporting the NHS ambition to shift care closer to home. You will play a key role in delivering care that enables patients to receive hospital-level treatment in their own homes, helping to avoid admission where appropriate.
Main duties of the job:
Undertake holistic, complex assessments for patients presenting in ED and community
Deliver clinical monitoring & therapeutic interventions to support recovery & independence
Work flexibly across:
Urgent Response in ED (formerly CEDT)
Southampton Urgent Response Service
Southwest Hampshire Frailty Service
Contribute to hospital admission avoidance and safe discharge planning
Support the development & supervision of junior staff
Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care
Contribute to ongoing service development & improvement.
You will be joining the service at an exciting time of development, as we integrate acute & community services across University Hospital Southampton & Community services across Southampton & Southwest Hampshire.
Main duties of the job
To work flexible across the front-door of UHS (Urgent Response Service in ED) and the Community (Southampton and Southwest Urgent Community Response and Hospital at Home Service) as part of an integrated health care team providing assessments and crisis interventions to prevent hospital admissions, and to support hospital discharge service for patients across the City of Southampton and South West Hampshire.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Details
- Date posted: 27 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Based on Full Time hours
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 348-SSW-12099
- Job locations: Oakley Road, Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4GX, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or diploma in either:
- Level 1 registered NursePhysiotherapy, state registeredOccupational Therapy, state registered
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This advert is for Clinical Practitioner with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39959.00 to £48117.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Aug 2026.
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