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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Various 8am - 8pm shifts through out the week / 7 days a week (Mon-Sun))
Job ref
844-8244750
Employer
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Urgent Community Response, 1st Floor, Park Suite, Arrowe Park Hospital
Town
Upton
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/10/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Response Nurse

Band 5

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

 

Job overview

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 

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First Level Nurse with current registration with NMC
  • Degree in relevant subject
  • Evidence of recent Professional Development
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent
  • Non-medical Prescribing (V300)
  • Post Graduate qualification in rapid response/community nursing/emergency department/acute medical or equivalent experience
  • Clinical Examination & Diagnostics

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 3 years post registration experience
  • To have an up to date working knowledge of acute, chronic and terminal illness, wound management, care of the elderly and Palliative care.
  • An understanding of the Primary and Secondary Care Interface
  • Knowledge of equality and diversity issues
  • To be knowledgeable in and to comply with the codes of professional conduct of the NMC and ensure individual practice adheres to policies and procedures of Wirral Community NHS Trust at all times
  • Experience of autonomous clinical decision making
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • IT literate
  • Clinically competent and confident within an adult setting

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work autonomously, unsupervised
  • Ability to deal with sensitive issues in a professional manner
  • Ability to work as part of a team, showing initiative and exercising tact and diplomacy
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
  • Flexibility to work at other sites as required
  • Access to a car for business purposes
  • UK driving licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldHSJ Best places to workArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Beverly James
Job title
Clinical Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 514 2631
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