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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. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
Rapid Response Team
Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Paramedic / Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Waltham Forest Adults Community Health Services – Unplanned Care
NELFT Waltham Forest would like to offer you a new and exciting opportunity to join the Waltham Forest Rapid Response Team.
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.
Waltham Forest is a diverse and multicultural borough in outer London with lots of green space and a thriving local market and independents shops. North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) offers a wealth of opportunities for successful candidates making it a great place to work and live.
Previous applications need not apply.
Main duties of the job
You will
1. Work collaboratively with health and social care professionals across the borough and Integrated Care System.
2. Lead Clinical decision making and undertake enhanced holistic assessment of patient/family needs in partnership with the patient and their family/carer.
3. Triage referrals from other agencies or disciplines
4. Co-ordinate intensive and complex nursing care with other multi-disciplinary agencies.
5. Applicant to have management experience.
6. Acute care experience required.
7. 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.
8. Work collaboratively and carryout joint visits members with MDT colleagues within the team to promote holistic person-centred assessment and approach to care
9. Participate and complete managerial and clinical supervision
10. Provide line management supervision to members of the Rapid Response multidisciplinary team
11. Contribute towards and carryout audits within the service
12. Conduct and contribute to Datix investigations/ Root Cause Analysis/ Serious Incidents and to help support any lessons learnt within the service
13. Support and mentor pre-registration learners from a variety of disciplines
14. Be a driver and have access to a car.
If you are interested and would like to discuss the role, please contact
Saquib Khan () - Rapid Response Operational Lead
Working for our organisation
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Person specification
as per Person Spec
Essential criteria
15. Experience
16. Skills / Abilities
17. Knowledge
18. Registration
Desirable criteria
19. Experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
20. Registered Nurse (Part 1 of NMC register) or Health & Care Professions Council eg Paramedic
21. Non-Medical Prescriber.
22. Postgraduate level study or able to demonstrate post graduate level working evidenced via continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
23. Certificate/Diploma in Management Studies Specialist Community Practice Teacher or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
24. Significant previous post registration experience in the relevant key areas at Band 6 or above
25. Experience of working in a community or urgent care response team.
26. Experience of managing in a customer focussed environment, providing professional support within a busy environment
Desirable criteria
27. Experience of quality improvement processes and clinical audits
Knowledge
Essential criteria
28. Demonstrate skills to organise, prioritise clinical caseloads within a multidisciplinary team
29. Demonstrate up to date knowledge and expertise in the speciality 0-2hr Urgent Care Response
30. Demonstrate a clear vision of the role and the service
31. Demonstrate proficient information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
Desirable criteria
32. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health needs of a culturally and ethnically diverse urban population with levels of deprivation
Skills
Essential criteria
33. Demonstrate proficient information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
34. Reliable and adaptable with excellent interpersonal and communication skill
35. Demonstrate compassionate and followership leadership skills
Desirable criteria
36. Proficient IT skills Word, Data entry or IT qualification or equivalent
Benefits
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. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
37. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
38. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
39. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
40. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.