Main area: Urgent Community Response Team Grade Band 6 Contract 10 months (Fixed term/secondment - post cover until 20/10/2025) Hours:
* Part time
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
30 hours per week (service covers 7 days operational Monday to Sunday)
Job ref: 362-A-24-6836195
Employer: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Regent House
Town: Stockport
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic practitioner to support the delivery of the 2 hour Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward mandates to improve out of hospital care and support the management of patients in their own home.
The team provides urgent care to people in their homes which helps to avoid hospital admissions and enable people to live independently for longer.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner to join us in the Urgent Community Response/Virtual Ward Team.
Main duties of the job
* Assess, plan, implement and review patients in their own home using research and evidence-based knowledge.
* Monitor and improve standards of care through supervision of practice and clinical audit.
Person specification
Education and training
* 1st level registered nurse
* Degree qualification or experience to demonstrate level of working
* Prescribing qualification or ability to work towards and advanced clinical skills qualification or equivalent
* Teaching mentoring qualification
* Urgent care/ED experience or additional qualification
Knowledge
* Broad range of specialist knowledge of medical conditions and treatments
* Knowledge of relevant Government legislation and health economy pressures
* Evidence of CPD
Experience
* Experience of managing a team/day to day workload
* Evidence of managing change
* Experience of responding to sudden and unplanned changes in medical conditions
* Community experience/crisis response
Skills and abilities
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Able to work under pressure
* Effective written and oral communication
Work related circumstances
* OH clearance/essential car driver/DBS clearance
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds.
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