Specialist Practitioner - Nurse, AHP, Paramedic

Are you are looking for an autonomous role, where you can continue to help shape the future of our community same day services?
Are you passionate about helping avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and caring for and treating our patients in their place of residence?
Are you interested in joining us as a Specialist Practitioner (SP)?
Our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service provides rapid assessment, diagnostics and treatment in a person's home as an alternative to hospital admission. It is suitable for people who are in crisis and who need intervention within two hours to prevent hospital admission (where safe to do so).
UCR is delivered by a multi-professional team with access to specialist medical support where necessary to agree a management plan., As a successful Specialist Practitioner (SP) clinician within UCR 2hr service you will be embedded within the Community Same Day Response Teams which include Same Day Emergency Units, Falls Specialist Services, Hospital at Home and Community Therapy Service, District Nursing Service, however you will have the opportunity to work across many facets of Community services and with the Out of Hours services.
The role provides the successful clinician with a rare opportunity to work within our community services to test, inform and finesse the continued development of the Urgent Community Response service.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will work autonomously to provide a high-quality service to patients managing undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions, using, developing and consolidating advanced clinical skills.
You will work collaboratively with the team and external providers, to ensure the right care, by the right person, at the right time and in the right place.
Your aim will be to enable individuals to maintain or regain independence or ensure a plan is in place for them to achieve their optimum personal potential and to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
You will support a learning environment that fosters a culture of clinical expertise and act as a role model and mentor to advanced skills learners from all community services and teams.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset., Oxford Health Foundation Trust is part of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire integrated care system (BOB), and Oxon UCR service was a recognised national accelerator site in the Ageing Well Programme in development of new NHS Urgent Community Response services.
You will help play a key role in helping older people manage their long-term conditions, making sure they receive the right kind of support to help them remain independent and live longer and linking in with our healthcare and charity based colleagues in the wider community.
You will be working alongside our Community Nursing and Therapy Teams, South Central Ambulance Service, General Practice and Oxford University Hospital colleagues with the opportunity to work across many facets of Community services.
Our community teams are located across the county of Oxfordshire and this post on offer will align to the North East and Central Locality.
UCR service currently operates over 7 days a week 8am to 8pm, so flexible working into the evenings, over some weekends and bank holidays will be required. We are open to flexible and part time hours and the post is available part-time (minimum 30 hours per week) or full-time (37.5 hours per week).
+ All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
+ Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
+ Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
+ Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
+ We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
+ We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
+ Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
+ Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
+ Excellent opportunities for career progression
+ Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
+ 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
+ NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
+ Competitive pension scheme
+ Lease car scheme
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Mental Health First Aiders
+ Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
+ Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team