Team Leader UCRT

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Team Leader position within the Urgent Community Response Team, South East Essex. The successful applicant will be working to prevent acutely unwell patients attending hospital by supporting them in their own home. Experience in supporting unwell patients is desirable, in return you will gain all necessary training , such as assessment skills.

Main duties of the job

UCRT South East Essex is a community admission avoidance team available 7 days a week that will help patients stay at home when they are feeling unwell rather than be transferred to hospital.

The UCRT SEE team provides specialist nurse and occupational therapy led care in patients own homes. They visit patients within two hours of receiving a referral from a healthcare professional to stabilise their immediate health needs and plan ongoing care and treatment as appropriate.

The Band 6 Team Leader will work as an autonomous practitioner within the UCRT SEE Team supporting the delivery of crisis care and support in patients own homes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide clinical leadership and support the UCRT team.

Work autonomously on a daily basis to provide a wide range of healthcare options, to a caseload of patients on the UCRT caseload. Provision of a high quality nursing service to individuals, families, and groups in conjunction with other agencies, across South East Essex.

Work in partnership with GPs and primary healthcare professionals to ascertain diagnosis, plan care and treatment.

Work towards promoting admission avoidance from primary care to the acute Trust.

To practice as a Non-Medical Prescriber and ensure own professional registration is maintained.

On a daily basis, support the Case Managers and Clinical Manager to prioritise the caseload and delegate appropriate work to other team members, providing teaching and clinical supervision when required.

Deputise to Case Manager when required.

Act as UCRT Coordinator and SPA triage nurse on a rotational basis, undertaking triage of referrals from GPs, Paramedics and Community Health Teams.

Support collaboration of UCRT services across Mid and South Essex, which may include working across boundaries.

Responsibility for assessing, planning and providing care to a client group with acute and complex health care needs to ensure the highest standard of care is given which complies with current clinical guidelines and legislation.

Through holistic assessment, instigate and follow up investigations to support safe care within the home setting. Where safe care is not able to be sustained then arrange appropriate transfer to the acute Trust, ensuring a comprehensive handover of care is undertaken.

To work collaboratively with the UCRT Occupational Therapists to support the delivery of holistic care and admission avoidance interventions.

Liaison and coordination of services, working collaboratively with other agencies both voluntary and statutory to provide a seamless service to patients and their carers, being aware of local and national health policies.

Support the Clinical Manager to organise staff rotas and adjust as necessary to ensure adequate cover for the service.

To provide specialist, higher level knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care of the requirements of the practice/geographical population using a variety of resources and to meet patient’s needs using evidence based practice.

Provide advice and support to home carers in the community on the UCRT caseload.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.