Senior UCR Clinician

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Clinician to join the Norwich Urgent Community Response Team to lead in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own place of residence by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in order to prevent avoidable admission to hospital and facilitating early supported discharge.You will be expected to lead conversations with the wider Urgent Community Response (UCR) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on a regular basis enabling safe, appropriate and patient centred care to be delivered to this complex patient group.

This role will predominantly involve face to face nursing care and assessment within a patient's usual place of residence, with an element of Triage for the Urgent Community Response Team on a rota basis plus other supportive activities as part of the Multidisciplinary Team.

This is a 7 day a week service and some weekend working will be expected. Hours of service delivery are 8am-8pm 365 days per year, As part of the Urgent Community Response Team you will be required:o To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to prevent unnecessaryadmission to hospital.o To assess and prescribe care pathways for patients in a crisis situation with long term conditions, the frail & elderly, palliative and end of life care and/orrehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence plus prevent avoidable admission where possible.o To act as the patients advocate, facilitating choice and patient empowerment.o To provide evidence based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on "best practice".o To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to support earlydischarge from hospital.o To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agenciesto provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.o To triage referrals on a rotational basis for the Urgent Community ResponseTeam.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.