Urgent Care Registered Nurse

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Urgent Care Service Nurse to join our strong and progressive team in Folkestone. You will share the CARE values of the trust and work within a close-knit group of people who bring the feeling of community to the team through their hard work and dedication to the people of the area.

Our Urgent Care Service in Kent is encouraging innovative change to ensure that patient care is holistic and needs-led. We are a consultant led team of Doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Nurses and Health Care Assistants specialised in delivering short term hospital level care to people in the home environment.

Community is the heart of our trust and we are working with primary care colleagues locally to respond to the needs of our patients and we want you to be part of this change. We aim to respond to referrals within 2 hours and will arrange to visit to assess, diagnose, treat and implement care strategies that will enable our patients to remain safe and well in the comfort of their own home.

Folkestone is made up of a diverse patient group with complex needs and by working in a community-based way we can ensure that services are targeted and patient-focused, and we are proactive in our input and response

Main duties of the job

You will play a vital role in our multidisciplinary services; managing patients with complex needs in the community. You will do this by completing comprehensive frailty assessments and working with our patients and their families to build clear plans based on current healthcare needs but also the wishes and preferences for future care.

You’ll have the freedom to plan care in your own way, with time to develop your assessment and treatment skills, and access to structured supervision and a clinical lead to make sure you are received the support necessary.

You’ll be supporting junior colleagues with clinical development, helping them to reach their potential and develop the workforce of the future.

You will be required to drive between patient homes and work sites so a driving licence and access to a vehicle will be an essential for this.

We as a trust will support with learning, development and progression.  For further information of career pathways

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.