Community Nursing Associate - Urgent Community Response Team

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly developing service utilising your skills and judgment in a multi-disciplinary team to provide an urgent community response to community patients, to avoid hospital admission. The UCR team work together to support colleagues across the system, working with other urgent care providers, working as part of the wider NEAT admission avoidance pathway. If you like working in a fast paced environment in an unplanned situation and have community or emergency care experience, this would be a great opportunity for development.

This is a 7 day a week service and some weekend working will be expected. Hours of service delivery are, 8 am - 8 pm, 365 days per year.

Various bases available in Fakenham, Aylsham, North Walsham, Wroxham, Brundall.

You must hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle., To provide and monitor high standards of safe, person centred health care to patients within their own places of residence, under the direction of a Registered Nurse, without direct supervision by following prescribed care pathways over a 12 hour period.

You will be responding to 2hour Admission Avoidance visits, such as blocked catheters, urgent wound care, and other unplanned nursing care.

You will be fully supported by the wider Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team with all aspects of the delivery of care for this complex group of patients.

NCHC is forward thinking Community Trust and an important part of the health care system in providing outstanding holistic care for our patients and working together to keep patients safe at home and out of hospital. There are multiple learning and development opportunities for all staff with a comprehensive well-being support.