Rapid Response Nurse

Brent Urgent Community Response service is a national leader in intermediate care that aims to bring the best of hospital care to a patient's home and therefore avoid unnecessary hospital attendances/admissions.

Most of our referrals are from GPs, London Ambulance Service and Accident and Emergency departments. Attending in pairs we perform an initial assessment at home, performing a holistic assessment of the patient and in some cases starting a treatment plan within 2 hours of referral.

The team can utilise a number of pieces of diagnostic equipment in the home, plus we have access to hospital facilities for various scans when required. We also perform our services in A&E to avoid hospital admissions and facilitate safe discharges.

Brent Urgent Community response looks to provide the very best patient care, aiming to provide the same care a patient would receive as an in patient. This is facilitated by having real time access to patient records in the community via laptops.

We are looking for practitioners who have a passion for patient care, who want to develop their skills and push themselves outside the normal boundaries of practice and who have a real drive to make sure their patient gets the best treatment possible. Excellent communication skills are essential.

As a Band 6 Nurse you will:

• Attend patients as both part of the Urgent Community Response crew and alone for follow up visits.
• Develop your skills into a more well-rounded holistic approach to patient care.
• Take on extended roles such as venepuncture, drug administration, advance assessment of the acutely ill patient and acute injury assessment.
• Gain experience in generic, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, respiratory, neurological rehabilitation and falls prevention.
• Gain experience in day to day management of the team including taking handovers and helping to make treatment plans during ward rounds and at the service user home address.
• Supervise junior staff and students
• Attend in-service training and have Continued Professional Development opportunities.

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

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Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

• NMC registered with current valid registration.
• Experience of working in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
• Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with Long Term Conditions
• Qualification in teaching or practice-based learning.
• Physical Clinical Assessment Skills Course or willingness to undertake the course.

• Substantial band 5 experience
• Experience of supervising staff and appraisals
• Extensive range of clinical skills and experience.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so

• Ability to manage own workload and plan the workload of others, to work autonomously.
• Working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
• Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role.
• Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package and email.
• Clinical knowledge across a range of long term and enduring conditions.
• Knowledge of current NHS organizational structures and policy initiatives.
• Knowledge of recent developments in Primary Care.
• Knowledge of adult protection and safeguarding children's issues.
• Knowledge of appropriate Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
• Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care, and voluntary services.
• Knowledge of the audit process.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and able to implement in practice.
• Knowledge of clinical governance processes, assessing and managing risk.
• Knowledge of clinical supervision
• Awareness of equal opportunities in practice.
• Able to lead and motivate a team

• Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptions
• Able to work flexible shifts.
• Able to work from more than one work base
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearper annum inclusive of…