Registered Nurse - Integrated Urgent Crisis Response Service IUCRS
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join our new dynamic Integrated Urgent Crises Response Service (IUCRS) providing holistic assessments and identifying treatment needs that can be managed within a variety of community settings. The post holder will provide rapid specialised assessment and treatment to patients who may present with complex physical and psychological care needs and initiate services to safely avoid unnecessary hospital admission.
The multidisciplinary IUCRS team works within the Northeast Essex community services and the Emergency Department at Colchester Hospital and identifies patients that can, once deemed as not requiring acute admission, remain at home or facilitate a rapid discharge into an alternative community setting.
The nurse post holder will be working shifts and will be expected to work some weekends and bank holidays and nights. A car driver is essential.
This is a Fixed Term/ Secondment post until 31/03/2026
Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.
Main duties of the job You will identify patients requiring outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) within the acute and community setting. You will also support the unplanned community nursing teams with the delivery of IV antibiotic therapy and all relevant nursing intervention within the community. This new service has been developed using national evidence that illustrates the benefits of community antibiotic services, facilitating early discharge from the acute sector to a community or other appropriate setting, supporting the prevention of hospital admission. You will also support identifying patients suitable to be transferred from the community and acute hospital to the community hospital. You should be competent and confident in the initiation, administration and teaching of IV therapy. You will be able to make autonomous decisions around patient suitability for this pathway and support patients to self-administer as well and liaise with multidisciplinary team as appropriate. Good communication, leadership and management skills are essential.
You must hold a relevant qualification with community experience or other comparable/transferable skills. They should have a good understanding and knowledge of relevant legislation and treatment methods used in this specialist field. They should be adaptable to change and embrace innovation.
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.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification Qualifications
Registered nurse recorded on NMC register
Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example diagnostics and prescribing, working towards post graduate level of study.
Evidence of on-going CPD
Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
Knowledge
Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialities, including consent issues, and other legal frameworks relating to care group
Understanding of the roles of other professionals
Knowledge of standards of record keeping
Knowledge of the current evidence based practice
Awareness of strategic direction of ESNEFT
Experience
Proven experience working relevant to the care group.
Competencies relevant to specialism
Experience of managing the work of others
Skills
Work as part of an integrated team
Supervise the work of students, assistants and volunteers
Prioritise own and others' workload, delegating appropriately
Good communication skills both written and verbal
To use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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The multidisciplinary IUCRS team works within the Northeast Essex community services and the Emergency Department at Colchester Hospital and identifies patients that can, once deemed as not requiring acute admission, remain at home or facilitate a rapid discharge into an alternative community setting.
The nurse post holder will be working shifts and will be expected to work some weekends and bank holidays and nights. A car driver is essential.
This is a Fixed Term/ Secondment post until 31/03/2026
Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.
Main duties of the job You will identify patients requiring outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) within the acute and community setting. You will also support the unplanned community nursing teams with the delivery of IV antibiotic therapy and all relevant nursing intervention within the community. This new service has been developed using national evidence that illustrates the benefits of community antibiotic services, facilitating early discharge from the acute sector to a community or other appropriate setting, supporting the prevention of hospital admission. You will also support identifying patients suitable to be transferred from the community and acute hospital to the community hospital. You should be competent and confident in the initiation, administration and teaching of IV therapy. You will be able to make autonomous decisions around patient suitability for this pathway and support patients to self-administer as well and liaise with multidisciplinary team as appropriate. Good communication, leadership and management skills are essential.
You must hold a relevant qualification with community experience or other comparable/transferable skills. They should have a good understanding and knowledge of relevant legislation and treatment methods used in this specialist field. They should be adaptable to change and embrace innovation.
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.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification Qualifications
Registered nurse recorded on NMC register
Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example diagnostics and prescribing, working towards post graduate level of study.
Evidence of on-going CPD
Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role
Knowledge
Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialities, including consent issues, and other legal frameworks relating to care group
Understanding of the roles of other professionals
Knowledge of standards of record keeping
Knowledge of the current evidence based practice
Awareness of strategic direction of ESNEFT
Experience
Proven experience working relevant to the care group.
Competencies relevant to specialism
Experience of managing the work of others
Skills
Work as part of an integrated team
Supervise the work of students, assistants and volunteers
Prioritise own and others' workload, delegating appropriately
Good communication skills both written and verbal
To use Word, Powerpoint, email, excel and access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages)
Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
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.
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