UCR Staff Nurse- Oswestry

at  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service as a Staff Nurse. The post will form part of a seven day service based within one of the Trust’s locality teams. The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.
We are looking for a Registered Nurse who shares our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can help deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own home. The post holder will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.
As a service which is at the forefront of the NHS Long Term Plan agenda to develop Urgent Community Response services and improve our local system responsiveness to managing community health crisis response services, the role on offer represents an ideal opportunity for a Registered Staff Nurse to join the established Multidisciplinary Team and continue to help shape our future. Working alongside medics, social workers, therapists, and in partnership with GPs, Shropdoc, 111 WMAS, CCC and other healthcare professionals your role will be to ensure the continuation of a seamless service to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
The successful applicants will require the appropriate skills and knowledge outlined in the person specification, and be registered with the NMC, as well as share the Trusts vision to provide assessment and delivery of comprehensive, holistic, evidence-based nursing and care support for the management of acutely unwell patients referred to the Shropshire UCR.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role

Please refer the Job description for details