Job Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 practitioners to work within our established Hospital Home and Urgent Community Response Teams in West Essex. The teams assess and manage acutely unwell patients at home using a variety of pathways including respiratory, heart failure and frailty, to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital. This includes the utilisation of remote technology and new ways of working to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission and support people to be discharged from hospital earlier than may have been possible previously. The focus of this role is delivering high quality care in the community, holistic assessments, planning, implementing, and reviewing care provision across the Hospital at Home and UCRT pathways of care. This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the population of West Essex and deliver an NHS national priority. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the team with a range of skills and clinical expertise. You need to be flexible, hardworking, have excellent communication skills and appreciate the need for professional development within your practice to ensure we establish a responsive and effective team. There will be training opportunities to complete the Non-medical prescribing and clinical examination module's. Main duties of the job Responsible for prioritising and planning own workload on a day-to-day basis with some direction. To use advanced knowledge and skills in order to manage patients care as an autonomous practitioner; without direct supervision, drawing on advanced theoretical and practical experience. Negotiate, agree expectations, and set appropriate realistic and individual goals in partnership with the patient, carer and colleagues Ensure that assessments, programmes of care, and evaluations related to patients being accepted and onboarded onto the service pathways comply with the Trust’s agreed clinical standards. Ensure provision of holistic and rapid assessment of patients referred in a timely manner to support early discharge from the acute hospital provision. Provide home visits and deliver programmes of care according to clinical need within agreed protocols after escalation and discussion at MDT meetings. Facilitate safe and timely discharge from the service including generation of a discharge summary to GPs. Working for our organisation EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including; Season Ticket Loans NHS discounts for staff Excellent Training facilities and opportunities Buying and Selling annual leave scheme The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work Day One Flexible Employer The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment Join our Staff bank What is Staff Bank? Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times. All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish. If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank. Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability. Important Professional References Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references. As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust. Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed. Equal Opportunities Employer Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.advertsnhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you. The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes. Covid Vaccination Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT. If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing epunft.cv19hrnhs.net .