Team Leader UCRT

UCRT South East Essex is a community admission avoidance team available 7 days a week that will help patients stay at home when they are feeling unwell rather than be transferred to hospital.

The UCRT SEE team provides specialist nurse and occupational therapy led care in patients own homes. They visit patients within two hours of receiving a referral from a healthcare professional to stabilise their immediate health needs and plan ongoing care and treatment as appropriate.

The Band 6 Team Leader will work as an autonomous practitioner within the UCRT SEE Team supporting the delivery of crisis care and support in patients own homes.

To provide clinical leadership and support the UCRT team.

Work autonomously on a daily basis to provide a wide range of healthcare options, to a caseload of patients on the UCRT caseload. Provision of a high quality nursing service to individuals, families, and groups in conjunction with other agencies, across South East Essex.

Work in partnership with GPs and primary healthcare professionals to ascertain diagnosis, plan care and treatment.

Work towards promoting admission avoidance from primary care to the acute Trust.

To practice as a Non-Medical Prescriber and ensure own professional registration is maintained.

On a daily basis, support the Case Managers and Clinical Manager to prioritise the caseload and delegate appropriate work to other team members, providing teaching and clinical supervision when required.

Deputise to Case Manager when required.

Act as UCRT Coordinator and SPA triage nurse on a rotational basis, undertaking triage of referrals from GPs, Paramedics and Community Health Teams.

Support collaboration of UCRT services across Mid and South Essex, which may include working across boundaries.

Responsibility for assessing, planning and providing care to a client group with acute and complex health care needs to ensure the highest standard of care is given which complies with current clinical guidelines and legislation.

Through holistic assessment, instigate and follow up investigations to support safe care within the home setting. Where safe care is not able to be sustained then arrange appropriate transfer to the acute Trust, ensuring a comprehensive handover of care is undertaken.

To work collaboratively with the UCRT Occupational Therapists to support the delivery of holistic care and admission avoidance interventions.

Liaison and coordination of services, working collaboratively with other agencies both voluntary and statutory to provide a seamless service to patients and their carers, being aware of local and national health policies.

Support the Clinical Manager to organise staff rotas and adjust as necessary to ensure adequate cover for the service.

To provide specialist, higher level knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care of the requirements of the practice/geographical population using a variety of resources and to meet patients needs using evidence based practice.

Provide advice and support to home carers in the community on the UCRT caseload.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

o Season Ticket Loans

o NHS discounts for staff

o Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

o Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

o The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas

o Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

o Day One Flexible Employer

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What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

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