Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting new role in a high-performing, supportive team? This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse or Paramedic to join the Reading Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward Team.

Are you looking for an exciting new role in a high performing and supportive team? Perhaps you are ready for your next challenge?  We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Nurse or Paramedic to join the Reading Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward Team.

You will provide advanced clinical assessment and patient-focused care to people in their own homes, including care homes, who require an urgent response to help prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide clinical leadership, line management, supervision and training to junior staff, including nurses, therapists and support workers.

We are looking for a confident, compassionate and organised clinician who works well with colleagues across disciplines, maintains high professional standards and supports effective communication across the service.

This is a part-time role of 25.5 hours per week, covering a 7-day rota between 8am and 8pm, including weekends and bank holidays.

The role is based at Bath Road, Reading, with free staff parking available on site.

Main duties of the job

• Practise at an advanced level as an autonomous practitioner within the multidisciplinary team, supporting admission to and discharge from the Urgent Community Response Service in collaboration with the Community Geriatrician and GP.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with complex needs, using local and national guidance.
• Communicate professionally with colleagues, external organisations, patients and the public, ensuring confidential information is managed appropriately.
• Provide leadership and line management to Band 6 nurses and Band 4 Support workers.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous documentation and care plans in accordance with NMC, information governance and local and national guidance.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support service development, care delivery and policy implementation.
• Work flexibly in response to service need across multiple sites.

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

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We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

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