Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Rapid Response Team
Band 7
Main area: Rapid Response
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week, Shift pattern covering a 24 hours service across 7 days)
Job ref: 395-WF194-24-A
Site: Rapid Response Team, Woodbury Unit, First Floor Town Leytonstone
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/01/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
Rapid Response Team
Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Paramedic / Advanced Clinical Practitioner
NELFT Waltham Forest would like to offer you a new and exciting opportunity to join the Waltham Forest Rapid Response Team. The Rapid Response Team is a progressive and innovative multidisciplinary team aimed at supporting the population of Waltham Forest, providing urgent Multidisciplinary (MDT) response to prevent avoidable hospital admissions. The team works across 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
The aim is to support and treat suitable patients in the community, with a range of escalated health and social care needs.
Main duties of the job
You will:
* Work collaboratively with health and social care professionals across the borough and Integrated Care System.
* Lead clinical decision making and undertake enhanced holistic assessment of patient/family needs in partnership with the patient and their family/carer.
* Triage referrals from other agencies or disciplines.
* Co-ordinate intensive and complex nursing care with other multi-disciplinary agencies.
* Have management experience.
* Be proficient in advanced clinical skills and knowledge with the ability to assess the physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with the patient, their carers, and the wider MDT as needed.
* Work collaboratively and carry out joint visits with MDT colleagues within the team to promote holistic person-centred assessment and approach to care.
* Participate and complete managerial and clinical supervision.
* Provide line management supervision to members of the Rapid Response multidisciplinary team.
* Contribute towards and carry out audits within the service.
* Conduct and contribute to Datix investigations/Root Cause Analysis/Serious Incidents and to help support any lessons learnt within the service.
* Support and mentor pre-registration learners from a variety of disciplines.
* Be a driver and have access to a car.
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Part 1 of NMC register) or Health & Care Professions Council eg Paramedic.
* Non-Medical Prescriber.
* Postgraduate level study or able to demonstrate postgraduate level working evidenced via continuous professional development.
* Certificate/Diploma in Management Studies Specialist Community Practice Teacher or equivalent.
Experience
* Significant previous post-registration experience in the relevant key areas at Band 6 or above.
* Experience of working in a community or urgent care response team.
* Experience of managing in a customer-focused environment, providing professional support within a busy environment.
* Experience of quality improvement processes and clinical audits.
Knowledge
* Demonstrate skills to organise, prioritise clinical caseloads within a multidisciplinary team.
* Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge and expertise in the specialty e.g. 0-2hr Urgent Care Response.
* Demonstrate a clear vision of the role and the service.
* Demonstrate proficient information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner.
* Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health needs of a culturally and ethnically diverse urban population with levels of deprivation.
Skills
* Demonstrate proficient information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner.
* Reliable and adaptable with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Demonstrate compassionate and followership leadership skills.
* Proficient IT skills e.g. Word, Data entry or IT qualification or equivalent.
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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