Staff Nurse - Community Urgent Response Team

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity to join Unplanned Services in the Community to work as part of the Community Urgent Response Team. This is an exciting time for Unplanned Services supporting the national mandate for 2 hour Urgent response and other community services.

We are now looking to appoint a staff nurse into our friendly multi-disciplinary team who work closely with other community services to provide wrap-around care for patients registered with a North Lincolnshire GP.

Main duties of the job

The role is part-time and includes a mixture of shift patterns that will be rotational to cover a 24 hour, seven-day-a-week service need.

The post will suit staff nurses who enjoy working within a developing service and are motivated and enthusiastic. This post is telephone triage and the post holder is not expected to deliver face-to-face care. Therefore, this role will provide working arrangements that may suit an individual whose personal circumstances or career needs do not facilitate them providing face-to-face care. We are keen to receive applications from people who come from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic background or identify as having a disability. The post holder will be expected to complete appropriate Triage training as needed by the service. 

The purpose of the CURT is to signpost patients who require health and social care services to the most appropriate service that meets their needs.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

 “We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Diploma or degree in nursing

Desirable criteria

Qualified mentor (ENB 998 or mentorship award or equivalent) or working towards
Evidence of Post Registration development in the relevant specialty

Occupational Exp & Abilities

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience of being ‘in charge’ of a shift
Knowledge of patient IT systems
Triage training
Training/experience as Clinical Supervisor

Employer certification / accreditation badges