Clinical Practitioner - Rapid Response Team

at  NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a Paramedic or Registered Nurse interested in developing a career in Urgent Community Response Service?
Do you want to develop your clinical and leadership skills in a dynamic environment in a community setting?
Our Community Rapid Response Team based in Waltham Forest East London is expanding.
Urgent response community multidisciplinary team consists of nurses, allied health, social care professionals delivering health and social care 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The aim of the team is provided clinical and social care outside of hospital settings to people in their own homes within 0- 2 hrs in line with the national Urgent care standard.
This role will focus on providing clinical care to people in their own homes.
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To work collaboratively with health and social care professionals.
To carry out health and social care assessments.
To work as an autonomous practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of their professional and clinical work, within agreed national local and professional standards and guidelines.
To accept referrals from other disciplines unsupervised and co-ordinate intensive and complex packages of care with other multi-disciplinary (MDT) agencies
To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess the physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with the patient, their carers and the wider MDT as needed.
To undertake risk assessments, on every visit, to ensure the safety of both staff and patients establishing the safety or otherwise of the patients ability to stay at home, or return home safely from another care setting, providing and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages of care.
To develop and implement evidenced based clinical/ therapeutic interventions based on best practice, specialist knowledge, experience and specific training to improve health outcomes and promote choice.
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata)
The remit of the Rapid Response Team is to provide a 2hour urgent care community response to people during periods of acute illness and or reablement in order to prevent hospital admission or to facilitate early discharge. The Team works as a partner within a wider multi-disciplinary team which includes General Practitioners, Consultants, District Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Social Workers, London Ambulance Service and the Voluntary Sector.
The post holder will work collaboratively with and support members of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery, development and management of complex health and social care issues. In particular they will be responsible for ensuring the timely provision of a high standard of nursing assessment, advice, planning, implementation, training support and evaluation of care taking into account the social context in which the person lives. They will therefore be engaged in the planning and delivery of collaborative care packages that cross the health and social care boundaries.
The post holder will be able to carry out a full physical assessment including all first line diagnostics. They will be expected to demonstrate and apply a broad range of nursing/clinical knowledge, interventions and skills. Knowledge of the principles of health promotion and preventing illness will be fundamental as will having a comprehensive understanding of the roles of others in health and social care.
The post holder will lead the team for allocated shifts and provide support to Operational lead/ Senior Clinical Practitioners, both clinically and in terms of daily operational management.
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day to day work. These are the 5P’s:
Putting people first
Prioritising quality
Being progressive, innovative and continually improve
Being professional and honest
Promoting what is possible – independence, opportunity and choice
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