Community Response Clinical Assessor

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team is recruiting!

We are currently hiring one full-time Clinical Assessor to be based at Parkhouse in Gedling.

Are you an experienced nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, or paramedic?
Then we would love to hear from you!

This role covers the whole of South Nottinghamshire (Gedling, Broxtowe, and Rushcliffe).

Be at the heart of Urgent Response in Nottinghamshire and join our highly valued and progressive service.
We have new investment — and we’re growing!

UCR provides holistic, person-centred care aimed at preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.

The service helps individuals increase independence, improve health outcomes, and reduce:

• Hospital stays
• Long-term care needs
• Reliance on social care

We work closely with:

• EMAS
• Primary care
• Social care and community health partners
• Care providers, lifeline services, and others

Care is delivered through timely assessments, interventions, rehabilitation, and management of long-term and life-limiting conditions — all while collaborating across the healthcare system.

• UCR is a national NHS England service reviewing patients within 2 hours at their usual residence.
• You’ll be part of a collaborative, compassionate team that values support, learning, and clinical excellence.
• You’ll help individuals improve outcomes via:
  • Timely assessment and rehab
  • Self-care programs
  • Partnership with carers, health and social care services
• Our mission: high-quality, person-centred care — now and into the future.

The service operates 7 days a week, from 08:00 – 22:00 hrs.

#TeamNottsHC includes over 11,000 colleagues delivering:

• Intellectual disability, mental health, and community health services
• Forensic and offender healthcare across Nottinghamshire and beyond

We operate in over 200 locations, including:

• Community settings
• Acute hospitals
• Secure environments (e.g., prisons)

We also host:

• National High Secure Deaf Service
• Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health

We’re proud of our:

• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion networks
• Green Champions, Health & Wellbeing teams
• Commitment to staff support and sustainability

We’re offering an exciting opportunity for one new Clinical Assessor to join the UCR team, based at Parkhouse.

• Respond to patients in crisis and deliver impactful, problem-solving care.
• Work from three main bases:
  • Cotgrave Hub (Rushcliffe)
  • Parkhouse (Gedling)
  • Stapleford Care Centre (Broxtowe)

• Nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and other AHPs looking to work in a forward-thinking, compassionate service.

• Supporting discharge and hospital avoidance across Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, and Gedling.
• Performing top-to-toe holistic assessments, using tools like:
  • Stethoscope
  • Percussion and palpation techniques
• Managing a caseload with moderate to complex needs.
• Coordinating with:
  • GPs
  • Community nursing and therapy teams
  • NHS 111
  • Local Authorities

• Design recovery and reablement care plans.
• Promote independence, well-being, and self-care.
• Support system flow in line with 2-hour/2-day response targets.

• Registered Nurse (RGN or RN Adult) or AHP (HCPC registered)
• Relevant clinical experience & commitment to continued development
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (reasonable adjustments available for disabled candidates)

• Annual leave: 27 days + bank holidays (increases with service to 33 days)
• NHS pension
• Flexible working/job share opportunities
• Salary sacrifice & staff discount schemes
• Health and wellbeing support:
  Occupational health, counselling, physiotherapy
• Free on-site parking (site-dependent)

• DBS check costs will be deducted from salary post-appointment:
• £26.40 (Standard) / £54.40 (Enhanced)
• DBS Update Service subscription: £16 annually (encouraged)
• Applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome to apply
• A criminal record certificate may be required if applying from outside the UK

• Full UK driving licence &…