West London NHS Trust
Rapid Response Practitioner
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Are you ready to become one of our senior Rapid Practitioners?
Are you an experienced band 6 or 7 Nurse or Paramedic aspiring to be working at an advanced level? Join us and be part of a committed and caring team on the next part of our journey to make Hammersmith & Fulham a great place to grow old!
About the Role
You will be key in developing the service within the Community Independence Service (CIS) to deliver effective pathways of care through hospital to community and in building relationships with our hospital and community partners.
We are achieving excellent results in admission avoidance and reducing length of hospital stay for the people of Hammersmith and Fulham and are part of a wider three borough CIS offered in Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Check out our twitter hashtag #3BCIS for up to date news and views.
Key Responsibilities
- You will be working closely with our acute partners, such as Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
- Provide community based responsive input to patients who are referred with undifferentiated, varied and complex needs ensuring holistic assessment and community care pathway planning is undertaken to directly prevent unnecessary acute hospital admission.
- Work in conjunction with community services and acute setting, and when appropriate facilitate effective and safe discharge to home from emergency departments and acute non admission areas.
- Be a vital clinical resource and a first responder to 0-2 hour Assessments facilitating high quality evidence based practise and ensuring patients from variety of acute and community settings appropriately access out of hospital community health and social care services.
- Provide interventions and make clinical decisions that support patient choice and wishes.
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Working Hours
The post holder is expected to work within the service operation hours Monday to Sunday on an 8-10pm shift pattern that includes weekend working.
Qualifications and Experience
The post holder will be an experienced Registered Nurse in Adult Nursing or a HCPC registered paramedic who will work across the Rapid Response Team (RRT) and Home First Team (H1st).
About Us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
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Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Kuldip Kaur
Job title: Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Email address: kuldip.kaur2@nhs.net
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