nurse practitioner London, England
Job description
Ealing Intermediate Care Service is expanding and as a result a new Senior Advance Nurse Practitioner role is created to clinically lead the community urgent response team also known as Rapid Response.
Rapid Response is part of Intermediate Care within Ealing Community Partners (ECP). The team includes; doctors, nurses, therapists, rehab assistants / health care support workers. They are based at Clayponds hospital and delivers high quality urgent care to patients in the locality to avoid unnecessary hospital admission and A&E attendances.
This role will provide clinical / professional leadership role to and some management support for the whole team. The post holder will work closely with the Team Manager, Service Manager, and other service leads within ECP and across Northwest London Integrated Care Service (NWL ICS) in the delivery of excellent care to patients at the right time in the right place, as part of the NHS Long term plan.
The post holder will be an integral part of the Senior Management team within Intermediate Care Service. You will be responsible in providing excellent care to patients, role model a compassionate and inclusive leadership for the team and promote patient’s safety and positive experience through evidence-based practice.
You will be the first point of contact for an expert clinical advice to your team and seek advice from the medical team when required. You will work closely with the Team Manager to ensure best practice is adhered to and performance targets are met. You will lead clinical audits and facilitate any required quality improvements within the service.
You are responsible in supporting your team to ensure everyone is performing at a high standards and in keeping with their individual job description, professional ethics and code of conduct and Trust Policies. Embed best practice and foster a supportive work environment where people develops and maximise their potentials.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.
Our Team is tight knit and work well together in providing our patients safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are financially sustainable.
We have an excellent supervision and CPD program, relevant trainings and courses offered internally and externally. We welcome new and innovative ideas as part of our growing quality improvement (QI) culture as a Trust.
Learning and personal development is extremely encouraged and we have a well-established appraisal system and funding for relevant external and internal courses.
Free parking for staff is available on site as well as a subsidised staff restaurant which is open 7am-11pm 7 days a week.
Annual Leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays.
For further details regarding the role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
