Job summary
The Home First Response Team provides nursing & social care interventions within community settings, with the clear aim of both preventing hospital admission & expediting hospital discharge. Key interventions include delivery of medications by intravenous & other routes, clinical assessment of people in the community, provision of nursing & social care packages as crisis intervention & varied other nursing duties. The post holder will have a level of knowledge in the field of community care and will have a specific interest in areas such as palliative care, long term conditions and wound care. You will be required to work autonomously to provide a whole person approach to the care and management for patients within this setting.

Main duties of the job
Home First Response is an innovative scheme providing nursing care, treatment and social support for patients in their own home preventing unnecessary unwanted hospital admission and facilitating safe early discharge.

We are looking for Staff Nurses to provide skilled nursing care to patients who access this service. Candidates will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care needs and must be committed to providing high standards of patient care.

Experience of Community nursing, working within an emergency assessment unit or rehabilitation would be an advantage.

The hours of work are currently on a shift rota between 20.00 - 08.30hrs over seven days a week, pending staff consultation.

The ability to travel in the community is essential.

About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Job responsibilities
The Home First Response Team provides nursing & social care interventions within community settings, with the clear aim of both preventing hospital admission & expediting hospital discharge. Key interventions include delivery of medications by intravenous & other routes, clinical assessment of people in the community, provision of nursing & social care packages as crisis intervention & varied other nursing duties. To have a level of knowledge in the field of community care and will have a specific interest in areas such as palliative care, long term conditions and wound care. You will be required to work autonomously to provide a whole person approach to the care and management for patients within this setting.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse Qualification
• Community Nursing experience at least 2 years

Desirable

• Clinical Skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).