Urgent and Emergency Care Nurse

Job overview

The Urgent and Emergency care pathways as part of wider Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, offers an exciting opportunity to provide acute, unplanned care in patients’ homes, avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting early discharge.

Applicants must have post-preceptorship experience for this role.

Please note the post holder will be required to have a Full UK driving license and hold insurance for business use.

Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme. Applicants who do not have current valid UK NMC registration & Post registration experience will not be considered for this post.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, and personalised care to patients who are acutely unwell but can be managed within their usual place of residence. This includes clinical assessments, urgent catheter support, administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and supporting recovery in the community.

The group is currently trialling a new Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) model following a collaborative event with internal and external stakeholders. This pilot aims to explore team structures and assess the impact on patient experience. While no formal redesign has taken place yet, the outcomes of this trial may inform future service delivery and team configuration across the group.

If you are successful in your application, please be aware that your team structure and line management may be subject to change in the future as part of this evolving model. However, any formal changes will be preceded by appropriate consultation in line with organisational policy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to patients in their own homes, including catheter care, wound care, medication administration, and monitoring.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated with escalation of concerns appropriately.
• To provide clinical supervision and leadership, to junior team members.
• To be responsible for the provision of effective learning experiences for pre and post registration students.
• Undertake comprehensive risk assessments associated with the care of patients in order to ensure nurses and carers safety
• Act as a role model for other staff and students demonstrating high standards of practice and professional conduct.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and problem solve with a solution focused mindset.
• Competent to assess and close trauma wound/s using steri-strips and skin adhesives as clinically appropriate.
• Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; administration of IV medications, venous cannulation, venepuncture, management and care of mid and PICC lines, complex patient monitoring; equipment management and point of care testing.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient data.
• Manage expected (and occasional unexpected) clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, escalating to a senior member of staff where appropriate e.g., in an unexpected event.

For further details please see the attached job description.