Urgent Community Response Senior Nurse

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder has continuing daily responsibility and accountability with supervision of the support staff within Urgent Community Response Team (UCR). Assess patients within a Crisis situation and offer appropriate nursing assessment intervention, and review to meet their needs using advanced clinical assessment skills incorporating non medical prescribing. To offer a competence within a see and treat model that would enable the patient to remain well at home and avoid admission to hospital. To assess the environment/social situation and identify any risk that could potentially lead to hospital admission.
Assesses, plan, implement and reviews routine through to complex nursing care plans using research and evidence-based knowledge to underpin practice and which support avoiding a hospital admission. To supervise, lead, inform and delegate staff as appropriate to the needs of the service by utilising skills and resources effectively as directed by the Urgent Community Response team leader. To be an expert resource within the team regarding all aspects of nursing care. Applies Specialist, analytical and judgemental skills to assess and interpret acute, chronic and palliative conditions, taking appropriate actions to prioritise patients needs.
Demonstrates a high level of intuitive and creative problem-solving skills to facilitate patient centred care; rationalising information to create patient concordance by using a high level of communication/negotiation skills to affect the outcome. Provide support for the team across working hours to manage expected and unexpected clinical events within the scope of practice. Supervise and monitor staff rostering and skill mix to maximize effective delivery of care. Ensures risk assessments are completed and actions implemented to meet the health and welfare needs of staff and patients.
Ensure national and local targets are reported through the organisations reporting mechanisms. To regularly monitor and report on quality assurance within organisational frameworks. Assess, plan and implement packages of clinical care to patients/clients within own sphere of practice in a variety of community settings. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13

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