Urgent Community Response Nurse/Paramedic

Job overview

Are you caring, compassionate and committed to providing the best service possible to patients?

Do you want to help deliver care to people in their homes in the Inner London Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster with an opportunity to work with a supportive skilled team and develop yourself to provide admission avoidance care?

Make a difference to those who require rapid response in their own homes - with enthusiasm, energy and passion - we are looking for Band 6 Registered Nurses and Paramedics who have experience in community or tertiary services and want to continue developing as independent practitioners.

We are currently recruiting for the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster.

Please note interviews will be face to face only.

Main duties of the job

Due to an opportunity to grow our teams we are aiming to recruit the best team players who will be passionate about providing care, proactive, engaged and committed to delivering an excellent standard of care in the home to those in need.

Community experience is not essential but applicants will need to demonstrate the Trust core Values and that they understand the role of urgent community response and issues involved in working in people's own homes, working alone and being able to work outside of regular working hours, weekends, public holidays and face to face visits will be essential.

This position will require you to visit various locations throughout the London Boroughs of K&C and Westminster. We run a seven-day service and our working hours are 8 am until 10 pm, 365 day per year.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification on this advert for further info

• To assess, plan, implement and provide evaluation of health care needs in conjunction with patients, their carer’s and other appropriate members of the multi professional team.
• To have agreed areas of responsibility and work as part of the team.
• To provide nursing care to patient in the community
• To see patients with potentially undifferentiated diagnosis including; objective assessment, physical assessment, treatment, follow-up and developing care plans.
• To ensure all patients on the caseload are managed well and discharged safely either to their GP or for further ongoing assessment, rehabilitation treatment and care.
• To be responsible for keeping up to date with current issues and events in Primary and Secondary Health Care.
• Liaising with community services partners
• To be an active member of the team and the team’s development.

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.