BANK Rapid Response Nurse

Job reference: 824-BANK-LIT
1569

Site:
Tooting Works Town, London

Salary: £29.73 per hour (inclusive of HACS)

Hours:

37.5 hours per week (12.07% holiday pay + Unsocial Hours (if applicable))

Contract:

Bank / temporary staffing at Band 7

Service hours: 7 days a week, 365 days a year, from 08:00 to 20:00

• Provide skilled, effective, and evidence-based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings.
• Assess referrals to the service, prioritise and respond appropriately based on clinical need and urgency, and within agreed service timescales.
• Use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with patients, carers, and the wider multidisciplinary team as needed.
• Conduct risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of patients' ability to stay at home, or return home safely from another care setting, providing and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages.
• Provide autonomous clinical care to a range of patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed, and/or complex health needs and long‑term conditions.
• Provide evidence‑based clinical/therapeutic interventions in line with best practice to improve health outcomes and promote choice, e.g. intravenous therapy, anticoagulation monitoring, palliative care interventions, catheter and bowel management.
• Work within clinical guidelines, policies, and procedures, applying professional judgment to work outside these frameworks where necessary.
• Deliver agreed clinical quality and performance standards within the Rapid Response team.

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values – Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Evidence of recent and continuing post-registration professional education and training
• Experience of working in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency
• Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with long‑term conditions
• Qualifications in Community and/or Accident and Emergency Nursing
• Qualification in teaching or practice‑based learning
• Physical Clinical Assessment Skills Course or willingness to undertake the course

• Evidence of recent substantial post‑registration nursing experience
• Proven experience of utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled medical care and management of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions
• Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with long‑term conditions
• Extensive range of clinical skills and experience including venepuncture, cannulation, catheter and bowel care, end‑of‑life care
• Experience of working within a multi‑disciplinary team
• Experience of working with people with complex health needs
• Experience of supervising junior staff and co‑ordinating daily activities on a regular basis
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and writing care plans
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care in practice
• Experience of conducting research projects and audit
• Experience of change management and implementing change in practice
• Evidence of innovation in practice

• Guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a role
• Provide reasonable adjustments to support diverse needs throughout the recruitment and employment process
• Challenge misconceptions about disability and foster an inclusive culture for everyone

• 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
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration