Rapid Response Nurse

Are you an enthusiastic and passionate Nurse looking to join an organisation that is dedicated to clinical excellence whilst ensuring our staff members feel valued each and every day?

We are looking for Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists to join and expand our recently transformed Rapid response team. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in creating an efficient service focusing on admission avoidance and supporting early discharge in line with the NHS 10 year plan.

As a Nurse within Virgin Care Swale rapid response team you’ll join a team who have recently been through transformation to create a fully multidisciplinary 2hr response service. Through the pandemic we have continued to provide a high level of service and have utilised innovative tools to enable mobile working and virtual assessments where appropriate.

Your days will be fast paced and varied and include offering support to patients and families whom are in crisis or acutely unwell, in order to prevent a hospital admission. Also supporting early hospital discharges by offering clinical assessment and treatment within their own home as opposed to a lengthy acute hospital stay. Advanced clinical assessments skills will be greatly utilised within this rapid response role.

You will have a degree qualification and registration with relevant body (NMC) for this role. Virgin care have expansive training opportunities including apprenticeships available for staff development. The team also have a robust in-service training schedule, where staff enjoy sharing their knowledge and skills with others, outside agencies also attend to upskill our workforce as part of our continuing professional development.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

Virgin Care partner with the NHS and local authorities, providing high quality care for more than 1 million people each year up and down the country. We are an ambitious, forward thinking and passionate company who strive to make a real difference to people and our colleagues. We re-invest all of the money we earn to improve the experience, deliver ambitious transformations and empower all of our colleagues to make the changes, no matter how big or small, that make a real difference.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.

As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.

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You will feel valued as a Nurse with Virgin Care, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AfC salary and terms and conditions including an NHS pension
• Access to Virgin Tribe - our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premier offers and discount off all Virgin products including flights, holidays, gyms and media, along with regular competitions and giveaways.
• Feel the difference fund – a fund which brings ‘Feel the difference’ to life, giving every employee a chance to have their thoughts and ideas heard.
• Access to MyWellness – a health and lifestyle platform covering mental health awareness and support, healthy recipes & activity challenges
• Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
• Access to bespoke career pathways and opportunities to continue your professional development
• Plus the benefits you’d expect from working with an [NHS / Local Authority] partner, such as NHS discount.
• The base office at Sheppey community Hospital has free parking.