Job overview

Rapid Response/Urgent Crisis Response  Clinician Band 6

(Newly qualified Band 5 Nurses will be considered for this role however must have previous community experience)

Work as part of a team of clinicians, therapist’s rehabilitation assistants and Community Geriatricians, prioritising avoidance of unnecessary hospital admission. Assessment and treatment of patients during a crisis, identifying complex and specialist need and developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care. In addition, facilitating early hospital discharge for patients back to their own home. To Support and promote the on-going development of all care delivery within the patients own home, enhancing the quality of care delivered. As a clinician working with a high level of autonomy, within agreed guidelines, managing undifferentiated and un-diagnosed problems using advanced clinical skills by incorporating physical assessment and diagnosis

Interview Date : TBC

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the Rapid Response team, the post-holder will provide assessment and treatment of patients, within their own home, during a crisis. The post holder will identify complex and specialist needs and will develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.

Working as a practitioner with a high degree of autonomy, the post-holder will manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using advanced clinical skills by incorporating physical assessment and diagnosis and be supported to do this by senior members of the MDT.

The post holder will also identify patients suitable for virtual ward monitoring and be proficient in fitting the appropriate technology following training and support from the team and will be responsible in assessing unwell patients at home on request of the virtual ward hub and be able to administer IV antibiotics and IV diuretics in the community.

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

These include:
• Croydon University Hospital
• Purley Hospital
• The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
• Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
• A minor injuries unit in New Addington

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our Vision:

“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”

Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:

• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services

We are one of 17 Trusts in the country who have been accepted as national pioneers on staff engagement and empowerment, through the adoption of "Listening into Action" as a new way of working. The approach we are taking to “Listening into Action” is new and different.