Role Overview

The post holder will work in the Islington Urgent Community Response Team (IUCRT) as part of the multi-disciplinary team working across the Rapid Response and Hospital at Home pathways, supporting hospital discharges and admission avoidance. The post holder will primarily be working in Islington borough but may be required to see patients in other NCL boroughs. Key partners are Whittington Health and North Middlesex University Hospital Emergency Departments, assessment units, acute wards, community teams including district nurses and long term condition teams, London Ambulance Service and GP’s within the Boroughs of Islington and Haringey

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist, high quality, expert nursing/paramedic care and support for patients who are suitable for Urgent Community Response (Rapid Response and Hospital at Home) care in liaison with the multidisciplinary teams (MDT) through assessment and care planning.
• Initiate agreed range of diagnostic tests.
• Refer to other disciplines/professions when required.
• Support patients to self-manage, monitor their condition and make informed choices.
• Act as a named nurse for designated patients within the service.
• Ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to required standards and to be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of the Trust’s planned Electronic Patient Record.
• Promote the development of evidenced based practice.
• Participate in clinical supervision to agreed standard.
• Ensure high standards of care are given to all patients.
• Advise patients on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
• Be responsible for gaining intravenous access and administration of prescribed medication for patients requiring short-term antibiotics and for monitoring their care.
• Collaborate with medical colleagues in ensuring that appropriate investigations and procedures are performed to complete the patients’ treatments and that patient and their families are fully informed and understand the purpose for these.