Grade 5 Registered Nurse – Rapid Response and Reablement Team (RRRT)

Role details

This is an exciting opportunity to join our professional and forward thinking team within Adult Services at Family Nursing and Home Care (FNHC).

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about collaborative working and committed to be self-reflective.
Clinical responsibilities include –

Being able to demonstrate specialist competence, innovation and clinical leadership in the assessment, intervention and delivery of community nursing in all contexts appropriate to individual needs within the RRRT caseload. This requires:

The ability to undertake complex assessments using a variety of assessment tools and consultation models appropriate to the situation and application of physical and clinical examination skills to inform the objective assessment encompassing all aspects of the patient’s needs.

Advanced communication skills that encompass the ability to respond appropriately to patients in heightened emotional states without immediate recourse to backup. This includes skills of influencing and negotiation, both for patients and staff.

Effective multidisciplinary and multi-agency team working, alongside the ability to work independently and accept professional accountability and responsibility and supporting and developing the service

Competence in the delivery and co-ordination of evidence-informed, person-centred and negotiated care across the age spectrum.

Adaptability in working in unpredictable environments, autonomous decision-making, effective communication strategies for staff, patients, families and carers and use of technology to improve care management and patient self-care.

Strong emphasis on supporting patient self-care and management and tailored health promotion and evidence-informed behaviour change strategies, ability to signpost patients and carers to suitable resources for their needs and supporting and developing this approach in other staff.

Role modelling and embodiment of non-judgemental, value-based care encompassing the 6 Cs in practice and expectation and promotion of these values in other team members.

Anticipatory care to be embedded in practice and utilisation and ongoing development of care pathways aiming for hospital admission avoidance and achievement of preferred place of care for patients.

Skilled use of technology to support independence and patient self-care at home to improve self-care and reduce exacerbations.

Competence in working in partnership with patients with a wide range of acute conditions, long-term conditions and acute exacerbations of these and those patients needing palliative and terminal care.

It is not all about work at FNHC ! We have regular social events throughout the year and an annual awards ceremony to celebrate and recognise the achievements, commitments and hard work of team members. We have a “Wellbeing” Committee and trained StRaW buddies to give support for those times when – you just need someone to talk things through with. We listen to our staff and act on suggestions/feedback from our staff surveys and meetings to continually evolve and improve.

If you are ready for a new and exciting challenge please apply by completing the online application form and attach an updated CV.

For an informal discussion about the role contact Louise Dryden, RRRT Team Lead [email protected] or Tia Hall, Operational Lead, Adult Services – [email protected]

Closing date for applications Thursday 26th February 2026