Urgent Community Response Nurse

Job overview

Community - Urgent Community Response

Band 7 Clinical Nurse Post

The unplanned urgent community response  model of care is well established within Walsall with a fully integrated domiciliary service and excellent relationships with Social Services and the Acute Sector.

The post holder will be expected to co-ordinate care and navigate the patient through pathways across the primary, secondary care interface, including the prevention of unnecessary admissions through a 2 hour national targeted response.  PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen to develop your role as an urgent community response nurse  meeting demands of the New Ambition for Older People–Standard 7 high level of performance indicators preventing hospital admission and expediting hospital discharge from front line service areas.

The post holder will work as part of one of our unplanned, front door services  and proactively manage a caseload of patients requiring complex case management in order to prevent hospital admissions and improve patient health outcomes for a limited period of time.  Working autonomously, the post holder will have continuing responsibility for proactively monitoring and managing patients on the caseload and will be required to support and collaborate with the wider nursing team with regards to the community caseload.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be part of a Multi-disciplinary, multi- Agency Team and have responsibility for a varied caseload of clients in their own homes across the borough, working under the direction of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner Lead within the UCR Team. You will be working predominantly with Older People’s Services to develop and support this client group to remain in their homes with enhanced services. You will need to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service across 7 days and be able to work effectively with partnership agencies such as the acute, WMAS  and GP’S.

Successful applicants will be asked to apply for a Disclosure (Criminal Record Check)

The Trust is committed to operate flexible working practices wherever possible.

WALSALL IS AN NHS TRUST COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES WE OPERATE A NO SMOKING POLICY