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About
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Rapid Response Team
Accepting applications until: 11-Apr-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 11-Apr-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Rapid Response Team, Woodbury Unit, First Floor
- Address
- 178 James Lane
- Town
- Leytonstone
- Postcode
- E11 1NU
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern covering a 24 hours service across 7 days)
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum, Plus HCAS (Pro Rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Rapid Response
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Rapid Response Team
Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Paramedic / Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Waltham Forest Adults Community Health Services – Unplanned Care
NELFT Waltham Forest would like to offer you a new and exciting opportunity to join the Waltham Forest Rapid Response Team.
Rapid Response Team is a progressive and innovative multidisciplinary team aimed at supporting the population of Waltham Forest, providing urgent Multidisciplinary (MDT) response to prevent avoidable hospital admissions. The team works across 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
The aim is to support and treat suitable patients in the community, with a range of escalated health and social care needs.
Waltham Forest is a diverse and multicultural borough in outer London with lots of green space and a thriving local market and independents shops. North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) offers a wealth of opportunities for successful candidates making it a great place to work and live.
Previous applications need not apply.
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You will
- Work collaboratively with health and social care professionals across the borough and Integrated Care System.
- Lead Clinical decision making and undertake enhanced holistic assessment of patient/family needs in partnership with the patient and their family/carer.
- Triage referrals from other agencies or disciplines
- Co-ordinate intensive and complex nursing care with other multi-disciplinary agencies.
- Applicant to have management experience.
- Acute care experience required.
- Be proficient in advanced clinical skills and knowledge with the ability to assess the physical and psychosocial needs and develop a comprehensive and concordant plan of care with the patient, their carers and the wider MDT as needed.
- Work collaboratively and carryout joint visits members with MDT colleagues within the team to promote holistic person-centred assessment and approach to care
- Participate and complete managerial and clinical supervision
- Provide line management supervision to members of the Rapid Response multidisciplinary team
- Contribute towards and carryout audits within the service
- Conduct and contribute to In phase investigations/ Root Cause Analysis/ Serious Incidents and to help support any lessons learnt within the service
- Support and mentor pre-registration learners from a variety of disciplines
- Be a driver and have access to a car.
If you are interested and would like to discuss the role, please contact
Alimata Duval [email protected]- Rapid Response Operational Lead
Working for our organisation
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part time staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
A.C. as per Person Spec
Essential criteria
- Experience
- Skills / Abilities
- Knowledge
- Registration
Desirable criteria
- Experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Part 1 of NMC register) or Health & Care Professions Council eg Paramedic
- Non-Medical Prescriber.
- Postgraduate level study or able to demonstrate post graduate level working evidenced via continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Certificate/Diploma in Management Studies Specialist Community Practice Teacher or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant previous post registration experience in the relevant key areas at Band 6 or above
- Experience of working in a community or urgent care response team.
- Experience of managing in a customer focussed environment, providing professional support within a busy environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of quality improvement processes and clinical audits
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate skills to organise, prioritise clinical caseloads within a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrate up to date knowledge and expertise in the speciality e.g. 0-2hr Urgent Care Response
- Demonstrate a clear vision of the role and the service
- Demonstrate proficient information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health needs of a culturally and ethnically diverse urban population with levels of deprivation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate proficient information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
- Reliable and adaptable with excellent interpersonal and communication skill
- Demonstrate compassionate and followership leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Proficient IT skills e.g. Word, Data entry or IT qualification or equivalent
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alimata Duval
- Job title
- Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07808878160
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