Nurse Practitioner Integrated Crisis Reponses; IUCRS

Nurse Practitioner Integrated Urgent Crisis Responses (IUCRS)

We are looking for an energetic, innovative, forward‑thinking and self‑motivated clinician who has a background in advanced nurse practice and is an independent non‑medical prescriber or is working towards this qualification. You will have experience working autonomously, responding to rapidly changing service priorities within a primary and acute care setting, performing comprehensive assessment of patients with urgent presentations, developing working diagnoses and treatment plans while working without direct supervision.

The IUCRS is an evolving and constantly developing team incorporating the following areas:
Urgent Community Response (UCR), the cleric ambulance system (working in conjunction with EEAST), virtual wards, in‑reach into the Integrated Rapid Assessment service (IRAS) based in the Emergency Department of Colchester General Hospital, Unplanned Community Nursing and OPAT IV antibiotic service.

The role involves travelling throughout Northeast Essex delivering, assessing, and treating patients in their own homes within 2 hours as part of the IUCRS Urgent Community Response Team (UCR). B6‑to‑B7 developmental opportunities will also be considered.

The role of the advanced practitioner is dynamic, and you will be proactive in developing this role further in response to challenges within advanced practice. The post will play an important part in integrating policy, education, practice development and research relevant to the needs of patients, staff and students. The successful applicant will be supported in their development as an advanced practitioner through a mentor, a robust appraisal process and allocated time for continuing professional development.

You must hold a relevant qualification with community experience or other comparable/transferable skills. You should have a good understanding of and knowledge of relevant legislation and treatment methods used in this specialist field and be adaptable to change and embrace innovation. We are committed to supporting you in your professional development, ensuring you have opportunities to attend appropriate training to reach your full potential.

The IUCRS team is a multi‑disciplinary team based in Kennedy House, Clacton‑On‑Sea, with other bases in Colchester. Our team delivers high‑quality care from 08:00‑20:00, seven days a week, within the Northeast Essex community. We will offer individually tailored induction, training and support for successful candidates. A car driver is essential.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across East Suffolk and North Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff.

We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro‑rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those that cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with the leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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  Entry level
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  Contract
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  Health Care Provider
• Industry
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  Hospitals