Job overview

The Urgent Community Response (UCR) practitioners provide interventions within 2 hours and over a 48 hour period to prevent hospital admissions. The UCR practitioners will link in with the wider community  teams, including  ARCH (Acute Response and Rehabilitation in the community and hospital service), CCT (Community Care Team), specialist community teams and voluntary sector organisations. Services are provided and managed by Harrogate and Rural Alliance (HARA), a partnership between Harrogate and District Foundation Trust 
and North Yorkshire Council. 

The post holder will begin as a band 6, and then be supported by the trust to develop the required competencies to progress to Band 7. The post holder will be expected to complete the requirements listed within a reasonable timeframe. Alternatively if you are an existing Band 7 practitioner with the required experience, we would very much like to hear from you, as this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

1. Visit and assess patients who have been referred to the Urgent Community Response (UCR) practitioner, create a treatment plan and work within the Community teams to prevent hospital admission and handover care within 48 hours
2. Practitioners will cover  0800 – 2000, 7 days a week, with the ultimate aim of becoming 24 hours. The post holder will work across these hours, alongside 3 WTE substantive practitioners already in post.
3. To work towards completion of a competency document supporting clinical skills (please see attached document) in order to support high acuity patients in their usual place of residence.

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East. 

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you! 

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service. 

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application. 
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.