Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Rapid Response Team

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job description

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. 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.

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.

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.
• Have acute care 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 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.

If you are interested and would like to discuss the role, please contact Alimata Duval ([e-mail] - 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 places 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 on 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

Essential criteria

• Experience
• Skills / Abilities
• Knowledge
• Registration

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse (Part 1 of NMC register) or Health & Care Professions Council e.g. Paramedic
• Non-Medical Prescriber.
• Postgraduate level study or able to demonstrate postgraduate level working evidenced via continuous professional development.

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• 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.

Skills

Essential criteria

• 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.

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:

• 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.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to 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.
• 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.

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.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

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.

We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [e-mail].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third-party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 490.8KB)
• NELFT Application - Hints and Tips (PDF, 38.4KB)