Clinical Practitioner - Rapid Response Team

at  NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

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 Trusts Values in their day to day work. These are the 5Ps: Putting people first Prioritising quality Being progressive, innovative and continually improve Being professional and honest Promoting what is possible independence, opportunity and choice Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy

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