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?

Are you interested in joining us as a Specialist Practitioner (SP)?

This key role provides high quality care for people in crisis and need intervention within a 24 hour period and prevent hospital admission (where safe to do so).  Deliver patient care within the patients place of residence, Same Day Care Emergency Units in Abingdon, Witney and Henley and help triage urgent referrals into our Single Point Access (SPA).

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

Our same day 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)

Main duties of the job

Working with a high degree of autonomy, the post holder will:-

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, in both a base unit and 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.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Oxford Health Foundation Trust is part of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire integrated care system (BOB),  and Oxon Urgent Community Response service was a recognised national accelerator site in the Ageing Well Programme in development of new NHS Urgent Community Response services.

You will 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.

You will be working 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.