Job vacancy: Rapid Response Practitioner, West London NHS Trust, Hammersmith London

Job summary

Main area: Rapid Response (CIS)
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 222-H&F-128

Employer: West London NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Community Indepence Service
Town: Hammersmith London
Salary: £58,133 - £65,261 per annum pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/08/2026 23:59
Interview date: 01/09/2026

Rapid Response Practitioner

Band 7

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

Appropriate professional registration e.g. NMC, Adult Nursing/ HCPC Paramedic

Desirable criteria

Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Assessment
Wound care, catheter management, pressure area care, IV/Subcut administration
Preceptorship training
Physical Assessment Skills course I.e. use of stethoscope, percussion, and palpation techniques on examination.
Non – Medical Prescribing

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of teaching and mentoring students
Experience of working in MDT
Medication management: experience in subcutaneous, IV, IM lines, with administration of medicines in a diverse range of patients.
Minimum of 3 years experience working at Band 6 level
Experience of managing acute episodes of care, cellulitis, urinary tract infection (UTI), falls, functional, mobility, cognitive impairment.
Significant experience of working in an acute setting with high acuity patients i.e. London Ambulance Service, A&E, Intensive Therapy Unit
Experience of delivering short term episodes of care i.e. from 3 – 7 days
Experience of contributing to audit or research projects.
Experience of prioritising and manage own workload with minimal supervision
Evidence of Clinical Supervision/ Reflective Practice
Experience of safe patient handling

Desirable criteria

Experience of venepuncture
Experience of leading audit or project
Experience of advance care planning and End of Life care, identifying and managing clinical situations working within Coordinate My Care requirements
Community and rapid response experience
Contributing to a quality improvement projects

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria

Across a range of patient conditions, including common elderly complaints e.g. frailty, falls, COPD, Hypertension, heart failure, UTI – acute on chronic illness.
Knowledge and understanding and awareness of memory impairment, cognition and the effects on health and well being.
Knowledge and ability to identify sensory impairment, the impact it has on activities of daily living and the health and wellbeing of their patients
Ability to know when to discharge and who to refer on to
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
Knowledge on how and why to raise safeguarding concerns.
Knowledge of incident reporting and reviews.
Ability to use IT packages incl. Microsoft Office and Patient Records Systems
Ability to respond appropriately to a complex scenario, using a combination of intuition, assertiveness and clinical reasoning to achieve the best patient outcome
Ability to manage complaints in a sensitive and appropriate manner, on the phone and in person, providing excellent customer service

Desirable criteria

NEWS2/SBAR Deteriorating Patients training.
Knowledge and understanding of why venepuncture is used to test patients.
NHS Leadership Programme – Edward Jenner.
Knowledge of current NHS policy initiatives

Personal Qualities and Other Requirements

Essential criteria

Self awareness – knows own strengths and weaknesses. Empowers others to achieve goals, adopts a “can do” approach.
Contributes towards improving quality in own work area and encourage others to do so.
Self Management – demonstrates personal resilience, recognises the anxieties of others and helps them manage appropriately.
Deals with criticism constructively and recognises how issues relate to the “greater good of patient care”
Personal Integrity - Has a strong commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness and high standards
Promotes partnership and collaboration and demonstrates respect to manager and team colleagues.
Has the ability to harness the views and contributions of others.
High level communication skills, confident and open style of communication; routinely tests for understanding of own message.
Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust’s Values and behaviours.
Used to working in a busy environment, ready and willing to work long days and weekends.

Desirable criteria

Hold a Driving Licence, and be a car user.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks . After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage the thoughtful use of technology as a demonstration of strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, we encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment application to showcase their unique skills and experiences.

While AI-generated content can be a helpful tool, relying solely on generic responses instead of highlighting your own strengths and achievements may impact the success of your application. The success of an application will always be assessed against the essential and desirable criteria for the role, so it is important to ensure that your application and any supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements.