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Rapid Response Nurse | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 18 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2025 |
| Location: | Wembley, HA0 3HG |
| Company: | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7022087/824-ONW-6759056-C |
Summary
CLCH are now looking for a Band 6 Rapid Response Nurse to join them at Sudbury Primary Care based in Wembley.
Duties will include
• To deliver high quality, skilled nursing care to patients at home and provide rapid response, rehabilitative and post-acute care in a variety of community settings including weekends and bank holidays. The service operates through agreed shift patterns spanning 8am - 10pm 7 days a week
• To utilize specialist skills and knowledge to holistically assess needs and provide short term programmed of nursing care for vulnerable adults based on evidence based practice
• To focus on service priorities of admissions avoidance and timely supported discharge
• To take responsibility for managing the caseload and the team, with the support of the Team Leader
• To supplement locality based planned care team and other health services when acute or concentrated nursing care is required
• To actively participate in service development activities
• To provide skilled, effective and evidence based nursing care to patients in a variety of community settings.
• To assess referrals made to service, prioritise and respond according to priority, as appropriate both in terms of level and urgency. To respond within agreed timescales as appropriate.
• To use enhanced skills and knowledge to assess physical and psycho social needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with patients, carers and the wider Multidisciplinary Team as needed.
• To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of patients' ability to stay at home, or return home safely from another care setting, providing and arranging necessary nursing and supportive packages.
• Provide autonomous clinical care to a range of patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed and/ or complex health needs and long term conditions.
• To provide evidenced based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on 'best practice', in order to improve health outcomes and promote choice, e.g. Intravenous therapy, anticoagulation monitoring, palliative care interventions and catheter and bowel management
• Work within Clinical Guidelines, Policies, Procedures utilising expert judgment to work outside these frameworks where necessary.
• Deliver agreed clinical quality and performance standards within the Rapid Response team.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here:https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Mar 2025