Community Response NurseNHS

Job summary

We are looking for experienced nurse candidates with strong clinical skills and community experience and who are patient and team focused. The successful candidates will demonstrate that they are willing to support innovation, and are committed to service improvement in an extremely interesting, and challenging environment.

You will be working as part of a highly supportive and motivated service.

Do you want to be a part of a team striving to make a difference in our community? Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you ready to make a difference to patient care?

Main duties of the job

The services provide care for acutely unwell patients in their own home (inclusive of residential and nursing homes), aiming to avoid unplanned admissions to hospital supporting earlier discharges from hospital and in line with the National Guidance for 2 hr Urgent Community Response guidelines.

This is a really exciting time to join UCR as the Wirral CAS launched in October 2025 and accepts lower acuity referrals directly from NWAS to offer an enhanced triage and utilise community services, where appropriate to support patients to remain at home.

The multi-skilled team of therapists, nurses, social care and health care assistants provide urgent assessments, care and treatment for people living in Wirral. People are assessed within two hours and personalised support is in place within two days (usually 24 hours).

The team provide urgent assessments within two hours for patients who experience any of the following:

• Fall (in or outside of their home or place of residence)
• Reduced mobility
• Confusion / delirium
• Worsening of dementia
• Urgent catheter care
• Diabetes deterioration
• Urgent social crisis
• Palliative patient in crisis
• Urgent equipment requests

Job description

Please refer to the documents attached which detail the job description and main responsibilities for this role.

About us

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.