Job summary
An exciting opportunity has risen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) as a Senior Registered Nurse. The REACT team is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service within ESNEFT incorporating OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy), OOHs (Out of Hours) and Virtual Ward pathways patients.

Our team delivers excellent patient focused care to patients in the East Suffolk community. Could you be a valued key member of our team? We will offer an individually tailored induction, training and support for the successful candidate.

The role involves travelling throughout East Suffolk delivering acute care in patient's home as a part of REACT nursing team, both during core hours and out of hours. The post holder will be working in an internal rotation. The successful candidate will be expected to work a mixture of shifts that include the following: 11-11 triage shifts, early (0800-1600), late (1500-2300), twilight (1800-2300) and night shifts (2230-0830) including weekends and bank holidays as the service requires. During out of hours between 18:00-8:00 the Nurse will be accompanied with a Health Care Assistant. Pool cars are accessible for staff to use and it is essential that post holder has valid driving licence.

Main duties of the job
In this role, during the core hours, teams' main responsibilities include working in partnership with the OPAT (Outpatient Parental Antibiotic Therapy) to administer intravenous antibiotics via PICC line or cannula for patients receiving antibiotics in community. Core hours will also include assessment and delivery of care to patients in crisis to allow admission prevention. During the out hours main responsibilities include routine and emergency response to wound care, catheter care for all types of catheters, diabetic care, End of Life care, Anticoagulant medication, Pressure Area care, Venepuncture and Sub cut Fluids in order to ensure 24 hours Nursing care cover in community. You would be liaising with District nursing service to ensure continuity of care and another community services where needed.

The role will also include being the shifts team lead, triaging and co-ordinating case load, scheduling visits, carrying out appraisals and clinical supervision for more junior staff. Part of this role is also to support senior management in daily running of the team and promoting change. The successful applicant should be motivated, flexible and committed to working in a changing environment.

We are committed to supporting you in your professional development ensuring you have opportunities to attend appropriate training to support you to reach your potential.

About us
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 offer 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 which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with 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.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - Apply through our website

Details
Date posted: 09 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 432-HR783-26
Job locations: Constantine House, Constantine Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experience leading teams
• Clinical expertise
• Coaching/Mentoring
• Managing change
• Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience
• Previous acute, primary care or community experience
• Triage experience

Desirable

• Previous experience at Band 6
• Evidence of involvement in research and audit
• Evidence of teaching/assessing
• Interviewing recruitment skills

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse First Level
• Post registration qualification relevant to area up to post graduate diploma level

Desirable

• Nursing / Management degree
• Willingness to undertake further academic study
• NVQ assessors qualification
• Leadership modules/ course undertaken

Knowledge
Essential

• Sound evidence of clinical ability
• Articulates understanding role of Band 6
• Articulates understanding role of Band 6, prioritising clinical issues, & managing clinical risk
• Provides evidence of ability to make changes in nursing practice
• Ability to recognise a deteriorating patient and escalate the patient to the relevant professionals/ agencies/ services in a timely manner.
• Good knowledge and understanding of diabetes management
• Good knowledge and understanding of End of Life Care/ management

Desirable

• Sickness absence management
• Rota management
• Knowledge of the different teams/ services within REACT
• Knowledge and understanding of the 2 hour urgent community response (UCR)
• Knowledge of community databases such as EPIC
• Able to request and translate blood results
• Ability to undertake audits

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Constantine House, Constantine Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Team Lead
Piia Hughes
Piia.hughes@esneft.nhs.uk
07970847449