Junior Practitioner Band 6

This post is for a Band 6 junior practitioner within a 24/7 rapid response team within Gateshead.

The post holder will work effectively within a multi-disciplinary/agency team attending to patients identified as requiring an urgent or rapid intervention to prevent deterioration in their health and wellbeing. In addition, there will be planned activity to provide hands on care and holistic assessment to prevent avoidable admission to hospital, and/or long-term care and to maximise patient independence.

This post is designed to support the Rapid Response Senior practitioners and the Rapid Response Team Lead fulfil their objectives, ensuring the fundamentals of care are provided at the point of contact and will ensure delivery of a range of appropriate interventions to be able to meet the needs of the patients' health and wellbeing, within the community setting. Patients accessing the service will have complex needs and potentially numerous co-morbidities including frailty, palliative and EOL care needs.

This post will contribute to the safe delivery of a Rapid Response Service 24/7 for the patients of Gateshead, and will support the Senior Team in the safe and effective delivery of their role in unscheduled, intermediate care, palliative and EOL care environment.

As a Junior Practitioner you will be part of a community-based workforce providing specialised input as an independent and interdependent practitioner developing relationships across Gateshead, preventing unnecessary acute hospital admissions, enabling individuals to remain in their own homes for longer and prevent premature admissions into long term care facilities.

You will assist individuals and their carers to proactively manage and anticipate their future health needs, support self‑care, develop appropriate plans, and work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, partner organisations such as NEAS, GP/ primary care, pharmacy services and wider Integrated Locality Team members.

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE;
Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme  to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

• The post holder will support the team lead in delivering and evaluating high quality patient centred services in conjunction with the associated clinical teams to ensure this is incorporated within the Community Business Unit and Trust objectives, in line with Local and National Guidelines.
• Be responsible and accountable for delivery of an identified planned or unplanned intervention working as an autonomous practitioner within their scope of competence
• Provide high quality patient care in the community setting
• To support the point of contact ensuring patients receive care at the right time, right place, by staff with the right skills.
• Provide hands on care to patients in a variety of settings within the community
• Maintain high standards of care through evaluating and implementing evidence‑based practice.
• Delegate work appropriately according to skill mix ensuring…