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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
31.5 hours per week
Job ref
813-241-0424-LB
Employer
Medway Community Healthcare CIC
Employer type
NHS
Site
MCH House
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Medway Community Healthcare CIC logo

Urgent response practitioner

Band 6

Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that:

  • is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked ‘Good’ by the CQC;
  • is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community;
  • is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence;
  • offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more;
  • and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services?

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.

Job overview

  • Are you a paramedic or a nurse looking for an opportunity to take your career in a exciting new direction?
  • Do you have the ability to prioritise your workload effectively and efficiently?
  • Do you have experience in clinical triage and delivering care in community settings?

If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you!

We are looking for proactive clinicians to join our urgent response service, providing urgent care to unwell patients in their own home or care homes within 2 hours of a healthcare professional referral.

The multi-disciplinary team consists of multiple professionals from different clinical settings.

The team works across Medway supporting our primary care, community services and the ambulance trust in keeping patients safe and well at home.

The successful applicant will have experience of clinical triage and delivering care in community settings

Main duties of the job

If you are up to the challenge we are looking forward to hearing from you!

  • This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
  • We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
  • We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
  • You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

So what are you waiting for?

We can’t wait to hear from you, and look forward to receiving your application.

 

Working for our organisation

So what else?

  • This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
  • We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
  • We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
  • You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly?  In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The small print

  • Informal visits can be arranged on request.
  • We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
  • MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

At this time, MCH cannot fund or support any further nurses who require the OSCE training. Please do not apply if you require this training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job purpose

  • To work as part of the multi-disciplinary urgent response service to support unwell patients in domiciliary and care homes.
  • The service operates from 0800-2000hrs 7 days a week and the post holders are required to work 12 hour shifts.
  • The post holder will rotate between clinical triage function and face-to-face patient consultations.
  • To undertake clinical triage for health care professional referrals into the urgent response service.
  • To undertake face-to-face assessment, diagnosis and treatment for community patients presenting as unwell to prevent hospital admission where appropriate and keep patients safe within their own homes.
  • To work as a member of a multidisciplinary team providing clinical care for patients within research and evidence-based guidelines. The team comprises of advanced clinical practitioners, paramedics, phlebotomists, therapists, care managers and social care providers.
  • To support the clinical leads in managing cost-effective and efficient practice and actively seek to prevent hospital admissions where appropriate.

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Person specification

MCH Values

Essential criteria
  • Caring and compassionate, delivering quality and value, working in partnership

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Hold current registration as a Paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council or as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Desirable criteria
  • Preparation of Mentors/ENB 998 or equivalent.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in undertaking urgent care in community settings and clinical triage.
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of community setting for care and functioning of integrated working.

Special knowledge / expertise

Essential criteria
  • Qualification in Minor Illness Management, Enhanced Clinical Assessment or willingness to undertake.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of working with enhanced Patient Group Directives.

Disposition, adjustment, attitude and commitment

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of undertaking regular training and continuous personal/professional development.
  • Demonstrate ability to practice at an advanced level.
  • Demonstrate ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Practical / intellectual skills

Essential criteria
  • A sound knowledge of Clinical Governance and risk management.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committedStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Glenda Moncar
Job title
Urgent Response Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
079303235089

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
MCH House
Bailey Drive
Gillingham Business Park
Gillingham
ME8 0PZ
Telephone
07796182085
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