Senior Rapid Response Sister/Senior Charge Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 October 2024 |
| Location: | Shefford, SG17 5FS |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6578008/363-CHB6578008 |
Summary
Are you an experienced Nurse or Matron who would like to join our dynamic team? We are seeking an ambitious, motivated, compassionate and experienced Band 7 nurse to support the changing face of community health care. As part of the Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward initiative, your role will be essential in providing and leading efficient, integrated, urgent care to our patients with care and respect
Part of this role will include covering our EEAST Ambulance Stack and Falls Collaboration Car with Bedfordshire Fire Service as required.
You will be working as part of the Rapid Response team predominantly on Unplanned Care to triage and assess referrals into the service; You will be accountable for initial history taking, clinical assessment, triage, prescribing (NMP qualification is essential for this role), and onward referral. There is an expectation that with demand in planned care you would be flexible to cross cover.
Through face to face patient visits you will undertake a full holistic assessment, plan care with the patient at the centre and undertake physical examination of the patient with undifferentiated conditions.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
You will be working closely with other members of the MDT and partners to formulate a management plan that will support the patient to remain in the community. You will deputies for the Primary Care at Home or Service Manager as required to ensure Unplanned Care pathways are delivered to a high standard.
This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Oct 2024