Job overview
Are you an experienced and motivated healthcare professional looking to make a real difference in your community? Join our dynamic and supportive Urgent Community Response (UCR) team! We are seeking a Band 6 Practitioner to provide rapid assessments and interventions, helping to keep people safe and supported in their own homes, avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. This post requires a full drivers license and use of your own car.
As part of the Urgent Community Response service, you’ll work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care to patients in crisis, responding within a 2-hour timeframe. This role is fast-paced, rewarding, and essential to delivering integrated, patient-centred care in the community. Our team also supports clinical delivery of the Virtual Wards (Hospital@Home) service, providing clinical management to patients with acute illnesses within the place they call home, rather than in a hospital bed.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced Registered Nurse in Adult Nursing or a HCPC registered Paramedic who will work across the UCR services. We would encourage applications from professionals with high level clinical skills, knowledge and experience in a constantly evolving environment.
As a Band 6 urgent community response practitioner you will:
- Provide rapid assessment, intervention, and care to patients experiencing an acute illness or sudden deterioration in their health within the community.
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to create individualized care plans, ensuring a holistic approach to patient care.
- Act quickly and effectively to stabilize patients and arrange necessary treatments, referrals, or hospital admissions when needed.
- Work closely with GPs, social care, and community services to provide seamless care and maintain patients' independence at home.
- Lead and support junior staff, offering guidance and supervision as needed.
- Take part in the development and implementation of clinical protocols, ensuring the highest standards of care are met.
The UCR team works 7 days a week covering shifts between 8:00 until 22:00. You will be expected to work weekends and bank holidays.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
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This advert is for Urgent Community Response (UCR) Nurse/Paramedic with East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in St Leonards On Sea, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Paramedic role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Jun 2026.
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