Rapid Response Nurse/Paramedic

Exciting opportunity We are looking for a Nurse/Paramedic with a passion for patient care, who wants to develop their skills and push themselves outside the normal boundaries of their practice and who have a real drive to make sure their patients receive the best treatment possible. Excellent communication skills and a strong work ethic are essential and in return we offer development opportunities and a better work life balance than many traditional nursing and paramedic roles. You will be part of a community team where your ability to make clinical decisions will aid patient recovery. This will include having a direct link to the patient’s discharging medical and therapy team for liaison and support where necessary and with the patients GP or other health care professional to prevent hospital re‑admission. Virtual ward facilitates early discharge. External referrals mainly come from GPs and the London Ambulance Service. Rapid Response service provides an initial holistic assessment at home within two hours, offers tests such as blood and urine sampling and develops and initiates treatment plans. You will provide assessments, interventions and will make clinical decisions. You will be expected to work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues. We encourage any Nurses and Paramedics with an acute background to apply as we value experience as much as academic achievement. You must possess a full UK driving licence and car. To deliver nursing care to patients within their home, that is technically excellent, expressly personal and ensures patients and carers dignity is enhanced. To undertake highly skilled and complex nursing activities directly related to the assessment, planning and evaluation of patient care. To make skilled clinical decisions and communicate the rationale clearly. Management of complex patient care ensuring that risks are adequately assessed, minimised, translated into appropriate care plans and reported across the organisation as appropriate. To ensure that each patient has a comprehensive assessment of need, including risk assessment and that their care is culturally sensitive and addresses issues of diversity. To provide health information and health promotion for patients and their families on the caseload including formal pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive airways disease. To work closely with the acute trust, GP, nursing and therapy colleagues to prevent inappropriate hospital admissions. Attend regular MDT meetings with acute services, therapists, social services, care homes and GP Practices. To evaluate your practice through audit and outcome measures with support of senior colleagues when required. To participate in Quality Improvement work. To work with the acute hospitals to prevent admission to hospital such as in‑reaching. To maintain and develop specific departmental duties as designated by service lead. North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICs, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICs infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches. We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jaden Biggs Job title: Clinical & Operational Lead Email address: jaden.biggs1@nhs.net Telephone number: 02087025248 Enfield Rapid Access Service Telephone - 02087025680 #J-18808-Ljbffr