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Main area Admission Avoidance Grade Band 6
Contract: Permanent: Shift work including weekends and bank holidays
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (long days)
Job ref: 828-PROVIDE4212
Employer
Provide CIC
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kestrel House
Town: Chelmsford
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 Dependent on experience
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/08/2026 08:00
Job Overview
Are you a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic Nurse or Paramedic?
UCRT is a 7 day service that responds to patients in crisis in their own homes, including nursing and residential care homes, to avoid admission to hospital.
This a national community crisis service model which is delivered across the Mid and South Essex through joint working and collaboration with local partners, such as East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST), Mid and South Essex Hospitals, General Practitioners, Social Care teams, NHS community services and the voluntary sector
The service delivers a holistic assessment to the patient’s home within two hours of referral, identifying health or social care needs and developing assessment and treatment plans to come up with appropriate differential diagnoses.
We are looking for experienced paramedics or nurses with a passion for patient care. You will want to develop your skills and push yourself outside the normal boundaries of practice and have a real drive to make sure your patient gets the best treatment possible. Excellent communication skills and a strong work ethic is essential and in return we offer development opportunities.
UCRT works 7 days a week covering shifts between 8:00am until 10:00pm. You will be expected to work weekends and bank holidays although these will be distributed throughout the team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced Registered Nurse in Adult Nursing or a HCPC registered Paramedic who will work across the UCRT services. We would encourage applications from professionals with high level clinical skills, knowledge and experience in a constantly evolving environment.
For This Post, The Following Are Essential
- Current NMC/ HCPC registration
- Reliability and a strong work ethic
- A full UK driving license
As a Band 6 Urgent Community Responder You Will
- Undertake/have the Clinical Assessment & Diagnostic and a willingness to undertake/have the Non Medical Prescribing V300
- Provide good leadership to the team and support the development of the service through leading on projects and audits.
- Be the clinical coordinator on allocated shifts, offering advice and support to colleagues
- Attend patients to perform a rapid assessments and if required for follow up visits.
- Develop your clinical skills into a person centered holistic approach
- An opportunity to develop new skills outside of your normal scope of practice
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
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We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The post holder will be a Registered Adult Nurse or HCPC Paramedic who will have significant intermediate care experience at Band 5 or 6. Must possess Clinical Assessment Skills and either Non-Medical Prescriber or working towards qualifications. The post holder will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and expert care for the patients registered within the service. The post holder will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of care from initial history taking through to treatment. They will be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage and deliver care to meet the complex needs for those patients requiring intermediate care and primary care services. The post holder will be able to manage and support their peers, working on their own initiative and but also an effective team member along with the requirements of pre-registration students. They will be committed to working collaboratively, actively supporting and liaising with other health, social professionals and other agencies.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Part 1,2 NMC Register or HCPC Paramedic Registration
- A minimum of 3 years current experience practicing as band 5 in the Community/Acute environment
Desirable criteria
- Consultation and diagnostics or equivalent
- Non-Medical prescribing V300
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of UCRT
- Effective written communication
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of clinical skills
Further Information
How will we contact you?
All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails. As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager. If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
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Closing Date
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
Work Trials
Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
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