# Urgent Community Response Nurse/Paramedic - B7 - Hastings/Eastbourne > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-community-response-nurseparamedic-b7-hastingseastbourne/d0d41544-a640-4cd5-93f3-2c0343f07bd3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-community-response-nurseparamedic-b7-hastingseastbourne/d0d41544-a640-4cd5-93f3-2c0343f07bd3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** St Leonards On Sea - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Paramedic - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rota cover across 7-days / 08:00 - 22:00) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T11:22:13.053Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/St_Leonards_on_sea/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Urgent_Community_Response_NurseParamedic/Urgent_Community_Response_NurseParamedic-v8035462 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8035462?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity has arisen for  Band 7 Nurse/Paramedic within the Urgent Community Response (UCR)/ Virtual Ward (VW) Team. In this role, you will deliver a rapid 2-hour response to patients experiencing a health crisis, aiming to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support care in the community as part of the Virtual Ward core clinical delivery team. The UCR service is an exciting and rapidly evolving part of the NHS, playing a pivotal role in delivering acute care within the community. Aligned with the NHS Long Term Plan’s focus on enhancing community-based services, UCR is at the forefront of clinical innovation and integrated care. Recent pilot collaborations with the ambulance service—streaming 999 calls directly into UCR—have demonstrated the critical impact our staff have in improving patient outcomes and reducing hospital admissions. These initiatives highlight the essential role UCR plays in shaping the future of urgent care, where service development is fast-paced, dynamic, and deeply patient-centred. ### Main duties of the job Clinical Responsibilities - Deliver short-term, intensive case management to patients in crisis who are at high risk of unplanned hospital admission, typically for up to 72 hours. Respond promptly to patients requiring urgent assessment, working collaboratively with patients and their support networks to develop management plans that enable safe care at home. Support ambulatory care pathways for conditions such as UTIs, pneumonia, and cellulitis, including the initiation and administration of IV therapies. Work closely with Virtual Ward colleagues and other members of the community integrated team to ensure seamless care and continuity for patients. Play a key role in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions by delivering timely, patient-centred interventions and coordinating care with wider community services. - Deliver short-term, intensive case management to patients in crisis who are at high risk of unplanned hospital admission, typically for up to 72 hours. - Respond promptly to patients requiring urgent assessment, working collaboratively with patients and their support networks to develop management plans that enable safe care at home. - Support ambulatory care pathways for conditions such as UTIs, pneumonia, and cellulitis, including the initiation and administration of IV therapies. - Work closely with Virtual Ward colleagues and other members of the community integrated team to ensure seamless care and continuity for patients. - Play a key role in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions by delivering timely, patient-centred interventions and coordinating care with wider community services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Able to demonstrate effective leadership, communication and organisational skills - Advanced clinical decision-making skills to support patient centred care - Advanced clinical skills ie cannulation, administration of IV medication - Advanced physical assessment skills or willingness to undertake within 12 months **Desirable** - Ability to influence and manage a variety of change management programmes in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health outcomes - Knowledge relating to long term conditions ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in either an acute or community environment - Multi-disciplinary and multi agency working - Proven extensive experience of working with adults/older people **Desirable** - Experience in a Community setting, or gateway area - bility to interpret blood results - Experience of working between other health and social care organisations /settings ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree/diploma in paramedic science - HCPC registration/NMC registration - Teaching and Assessing qualification Non medical independent prescriber / supplementary prescribing, or willingness to undertake training within 12mths of coming into post - Evidence of continuing professional development in a relevant area of specialist practice to Masters equivalent level **Desirable** - Community Nursing Qualification / Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification - Relevant Masters level degree - Trained to interpret microbiology and pathology results - Case Management - Advanced physical assessment skills IRMER trained ## Documents - [jhf (pdf, 880.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10423932) - [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672) - [crisis response band 7 nurse/paramedic (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323428) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.