Overview
Urgent Community Response - Advanced Clinical Practitioner role within the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service including the General Virtual Wards Caseload. The service works with patients in their homes across West Sussex to avoid hospital admissions and support those being discharged home. The multidisciplinary team provides clinical interventions (including intravenous therapy) for admission avoidance pathways, with a 2 hour response and general virtual wards, in line with the national specification for UCR. Operating 365 days per year, the service receives referrals from a range of health and care professionals and triages, assesses, and delivers care to the patient over several days to ensure the patient can remain safely at home. Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm.
We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Nurse or Allied Health Professional) to join us. If you’re a dynamic, patient focused individual looking to take a lead role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent acute community care, we’d love to hear from you!
Responsibilities
* Assess, investigate, diagnose, treat and manage patients who may have co-existing and diverse factors making management complex.
* Develop, utilise and maintain skills beyond the scope of normal practice (e.g., advanced physical assessment, diagnostics and prescribing).
* Plan and direct the management of patients, including accessing services within the multi-disciplinary team and wider health, social care, education, vocational and voluntary sector services as appropriate.
* Lead on the strategic development of Trust-wide services in their specialist area, working with other strategic and clinical leads as appropriate.
* Lead and participate in education programmes designed to support other clinical staff skills within their specialty.
* Provide peer support to clinical staff and assist in planning, coordinating and developing newly implemented service plans.
* Ensure relevant legal and regulatory frameworks are acknowledged through local governance procedures.
Qualifications and requirements
* Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Nurse or Allied Health Professional).
* Ability to work autonomously, with skills to assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients with complex needs.
* Develop, utilise and maintain advanced clinical capabilities (including prescribing where appropriate) and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
About us and service highlights
* Main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people.
* Deliver essential care to adults and children, helping manage health, avoid hospital admissions and reduce hospital stays.
* Trust vision: provide excellent care at the heart of the community; opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Benefits
* Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
* Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
* Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
* Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
* Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
* Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
* Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values — Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence guide everything we do. We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
How to apply / contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Emma Reeve
Job title: Nursing Head of Service
Email: emmareeve@nhs.net
Telephone: 01273242117
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