# Urgent Community Response (UCR) Nurse/Paramedic > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-community-response-ucr-nurseparamedic/bceb9fdc-9444-4595-ad84-a44f89817933 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/urgent-community-response-ucr-nurseparamedic/bceb9fdc-9444-4595-ad84-a44f89817933.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** St Leonards On Sea - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Paramedic - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 34.5 hours per week (working rota across 7 days / week) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T14:21:48.660Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Hastings/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/NursingEmergency_Services/NursingEmergency_Services-v8000728 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8000728?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the job description attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in either an acute or community environment - Good understanding of working in partnership with statutory and non statutory agencies to support patient centred care - Multi-disciplinary and multi agency working - Proven extensive experience of working with adults/older people **Desirable** - Experience in a Community setting, or gateway area - Experience of working between other health and social care organisations /settings - Ability to interpret blood results ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC registration - RN first level nurse (Adults) - Registered with HCPC/Paramedic 1st level degree - Teaching and Assessing qualification - Evidence of continuing professional development to diploma level in a relevant area of specialist practice **Desirable** - Community Nursing Qualification / Nurse Practitioner Qualification - Trained to interpret microbiology and pathology results - Case Management ## Documents - [jhf (pdf, 880.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10285745) - [ucr nurse/paramedic (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10285746) - [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672) ## 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.