Specialist Practitioner - Nurse, AHP, Paramedic

Job overview

Are you are looking for an autonomous role, where you can continue to help shape the future of our community same day services?

Are you passionate about helping avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and caring for and treating our patients in their place of residence?

This key role within our urgent community response service supports provision of high quality care for people experiencing immediate health and care crisis and needing intervention at home to prevent hospital admission (where safe to do so).

The role provides the successful clinician with an opportunity to work within our community same day care services and help test, inform and finesse their continued development within the community.

Our same day care services currently operate on a shift basis working over seven (7) days a week 8am to 8pm, so flexible working into the evenings, over some weekends and bank holidays will be required. We are open to flexible and part time hours and the post is available part-time (minimum 30 hours per week) or full-time (37.5 hours per week).

(This role is subject to job evaluation and therefore some duties may change).

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Main duties of the job

Working with a high degree of autonomy to:

Provide a rapid respond to people in health and social care crisis situations with the aim of enabling individuals to maintain or regain independence and prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

Help play a key role in continuing to help people manage their long-term conditions, making sure they receive the right kind of support to help them remain independent and live longer and linking in with our healthcare and charity based colleagues in the wider community.

Work alongside our Community Nursing and Therapy Teams, South Central Ambulance Service, General Practice and Oxford University Hospital colleagues with the opportunity to work across many facets of Community services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions by using, developing and consolidating advanced clinical skills within their own sphere of competence.
• Support decisions regarding patient treatment and management following a comprehensive telephone triage.
• Provide holistic patient care, within the patient’s residence, from assessment of presenting condition through to diagnosis, initial treatment and discharge, including the prescribing and administration of medication.
• Work collaboratively within the wider multidisciplinary team and with external providers, to ensure the right care is provided, by the right person, at the right time and in the right place.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.