Urgent Community Response Clinical Assessor

Job summary

We have a wonderful opportunity for a clinical assessor to join our urgent community response team in Bassetlaw (Retford base). This is an opportunity to be part of an excellent team that provides care closer to home and is becoming integral to the future of the NHS. The Community Health Services (CHS) Division of NottsHC is at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners, we create collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities, and interventions in local communities, meeting the needs of our patients in the places they call home.

The division operates under three Units of Management, providing an extensive portfolio of children's, adults, and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non-clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.

Being part of an organisation as diverse as NottsHC provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and personally and really make a difference.

Main duties of the job

The Urgent Community Response in Bassetlaw is designed to help patients stay out of hospital and support patients in crisis (physical health). We holistically assess patients to enable them to stay at home. We aim to provide the most efficient and effective health care possible via a 2-hour response to patients experiencing a sudden deterioration in their health and wellbeing.

The team enables individuals to increase independence and improve health outcomes by designing programs for recovery and self-care management through timely assessments, interventions, rehabilitation, and management of long-term and life-limiting conditions. We work in collaboration with the patient, their carer, and other statutory and voluntary organisations/agencies, vital in transforming community health services and ensuring high quality care is provided based on the needs of our patients.

The service operates 7 days a week from 08:00 - 22:00hrs.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation and enhance our environmental performance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to join UCR. Building on our success over our first 6 months, we have an exciting opportunity for new Clinical Assessors to join the team.

Clinical Assessors respond to patients in crisis. This is exciting and varied work helping our most vulnerable clients when they need us the most. If you enjoy problem-solving and making a big impact on people, then this could be the role for you.

These posts are ideal for nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and other AHPs to join a new and innovative service that focuses on development, innovation, and compassionate care.

We are looking to recruit motivated, caring, compassionate, and experienced Registered Nurses in Adult Nursing or HCPC Professionals to join this new and exciting service within Bassetlaw, based at Retford. You will be working as an accountable and autonomous practitioner alongside the integrated care teams and acute Trusts to support discharge and prevent hospital admission.

We are committed and passionate about promoting health, well-being, and independence. We are a values-based Trust and are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic clinicians who believe in the provision of patient-centred care.

You will work in a large and supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team focusing on excellent patient care and innovation, providing clinical triage and navigation, urgent response assessments, and facilitation of discharge from the acute provider.

As a Clinical Assessor, you will:

• Analyse and develop treatment plans working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework, providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families.
• Undertake holistic assessments of health and social care needs, incorporating physical health checks.
• Prioritise factors involved in the client's presenting condition through clinical reasoning.
• Manage a caseload of patients with moderate to complex needs, supporting rehabilitation and reablement.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, establishing effective working relationships.

You must be a Registered Nurse (RGN or RN (Adult)) or Allied Health Professional, with demonstrable relevant clinical experience and evidence of continuing professional development.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however, reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

If you want to be the Clinical Assessor that leads and implements this exciting new service, making a difference to the population of Bassetlaw, then we look forward to receiving your application.