Acute Response Practitioner

We are looking for an Acute Response Practitioner qualified band 7 Registered Health / Allied Health Professional who has successfully completed PACR module or equivalent.

Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) requires skilled and experienced practitioners tojoin us to support our community responses and the development and delivery of Plymouths virtual ward programme.

This in an exiting time to join the team as our Urgent Community Response agenda expands and the virtual ward initiative develops tohelp support people in crisis to remain in their homes. CCRT is amulti-disciplinary team responding to people who need support to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. We are keen to hear from you if you are anurse, OT, Physiotherapist, Paramedic and have the skills, knowledge and experience to work as an Acute Response Practitioner.

As a urgent community response team CCRT work towards providing NHS England expectations, within this scope providing a 7 day service, operational hours 8am until 8pm.

This role maybe eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline.

All staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

To provide reactive and proactive assessment, treatment and onward referral for people and caseload management whoare frail or have complex needs. This will be provided as part of community acute response service in patients homes or in their usual residence.

To prevent hospital admission and patient deterioration for people with an acute episodeor exacerbation of a long term condition.

This is acommunity post, working closely with primary care and will be supporting virtual wards.

To provide high quality person centered care which always considers peoples safety,privacy and dignity using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based.

To undertake independent assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations, where appropriate making/supporting complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To provide advanced clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and advanced decision making skills.

To manage change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

As this is a ARP role, please see the band 7 job description for further information regarding this role.

• Able to demonstrate specialist expertise and know ledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to clinical assessment, treatment and evaluation.
• Evidence of risk management skills and experience.
• Evidence of involvement in meeting relevant clinical governance objectives.
• Able to demonstrate know ledge of health policy and its application in practice.
• Experience of developing specialist programs of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing highly specialist advice.
• Able to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate
• information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
• Evidence of…