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Job summary

Main area
Community / Intermediate Care
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mix of shifts , Early , Late and twilights working up to 1 am covering a 7 day roster)
Job ref
270-TG257-ACS
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lotus House
Town
Northampton
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/08/2025 08:00

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Deputy Clinical Practitioner

Band 6

Job overview

We seek dynamic nurses or paramedics with amazing interpersonal skills to support the Senior Clinical Practitioners in the county wide Urgent Community Response team. This involves working to get people out of hospital or preventing hospital admission by playing a major part in their journey, setting goals and support planning with Therapists, Doctors and support workers as an integrated approach for patients in their own home environments. We are looking to recruit new team members who can proactively and effectively deliver a range of treatments and assessments in the patient’s own home environment.

The Urgent Community Response Team operates as a Virtual Ward across the county, managing patients with sub-acute conditions to aid their recovery from illness or injury within their own homes by preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and reducing length of hospital stay.

 

Main duties of the job

In order to respond to the healthcare needs of the local population, the teams operate 7 days a week ensuring the delivery of the service can respond to patients’ needs as and when required. The shifts for the service are between 07.00am to 01.00am including weekend and bank holiday working as part of the rota. The successful candidates will be expected to work within these shift patterns. 

The Trust is committed to supporting on-going education of nurses and there are opportunities for staff to progress their careers with our leadership programmes.

Applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence, have access to a vehicle for work purposes at all times on duty and be confident to drive in all driving conditions for this community post. Applicants will be flexible and adaptable, being able to respond to need at short notice.

To be considered you must have:-

  • Excellent organisational ability
  • Extensive Band 5 or Band 6 experience
  • Superb level of communication skills
  • Able to flex to a changing environment for service improvement
  • Good working knowledge of digital communication products
  • Real interest in improving & delivering healthcare in the community.
  • Clinical triage skills - desirable 
  • Be capable of working under pressure across a variety of nursing treatments

 

Working for our organisation

 

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Skills/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC/HCPC registration
  • Evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant postgraduate study at Level 6/7

Nursing Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in urgent care setting
  • At least 2 years as a B5/qualified paramedic
  • Experience of working autonomously
  • Experience of supporting/supervising others
  • Wide range of relevant clinical skills
Desirable criteria
  • Community experience
  • Line managment experience
  • Experience using S1

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStep into health

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Charlotte Boustred
Job title
Interim Service Manager -Urgent Community Response
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07564501542
Additional information

For clinical queries please contact one of the UCR matrons;

Joy Ajo - [email protected]

Stephen Porter - [email protected]

Lyndsey Rignall - [email protected]

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