Senior Staff Nurse

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We are seeking to appoint a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic, and skilled Adult Physical Health , Senior Staff Nurse to join our dynamic, integrated multi‑disciplinary Rapid Response Team. In this exciting role you will be an integral part of the team developing new pathways to provide Same Day Emergency Care in the community alongside other Adult Community Services, Social Care, Acute Trusts and Primary Care colleagues.

The Rapid Response Team are part of the SE London Accelerator Programme. The Rapid Response Team are delivering the essential elements of the Urgent Community Response pathways. The Rapid Response Team has been operational since 2013 and is a multi‑professional team consisting of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers and support staff. The team provide holistic health and social care assessments for people over the age of 18 years, who are registered with a Bexley GP and live in the Borough of Bexley.

The Team treats/ manages/ cares for patients in their usual place of residence with an urgent health or social care need. The team are based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and operates 7 days a week, on an 8am-8pm basis, focusing on rapid 2‑hour assessments to patients with potential short‑term intervention(s). Candidates are encouraged to visit the Service. The post holder will work as a part of the multi‑disciplinary Rapid Response Team including Consultant Geriatrician, Senior Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Services colleagues to meet the needs of patients referred to the team, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice with a strong emphasis on falls, frailty.

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The Team work directly with (LAS) and act as a liaison between Emergency Departments, Community and Care home settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and the instigation of ongoing case management of long term condition management. The Rapid Response Team provides community follow up and support and review. The post holder will assist with and directly triage urgent patient referrals with varied and complex needs in acute hospital and community setting acting as an expert nursing clinical resource to Rapid Response Team members by facilitating high quality evidence‑ practice.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to work closely with our Community Consultant.

• Avoid unnecessary Presentations to Emergency Departments.
• Avoid unnecessary Hospital Admissions
• Improve patient wellbeing through timely responsive interventions
• Reduce admissions to residential care
• Increase the number of people who feel safe in their home

• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all professional activities
• Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of acute, multiple, complex, and long‑term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients
• Work closely with other health professionals and social services and provide nursing advice in meeting the needs of the clients
• Conduct a thorough assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance with professional guidelines and local team procedures
• Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence‑based practice
• Complete a care plan for clients who require input from integrated community services (bed‑based or home‑based input)
• Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that client's needs are met
• Provide specialist advice to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence when required
• Participate in MDT meetings and family conferences as required
• Maintain up‑to‑date clinical written records and computerised records in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive reports on clients as required and inputting onto…