Team Lead – Rapid Response and Reablement Team (RRRT)

Role details

We are looking for an exceptional person to work with and lead our Rapid Response and Reablement Team.

The aims of this professional service are to:
Avoid a hospital admission,
Support and facilitate hospital discharges and care transfers into the community,
Avoid premature long term admission to care homes,
Provide cost effective care and the right services the first time,
Provide brief and timely support to care homes,

The Rapid Response and Reablement service offers three different levels of service which covers:

Acute illness
Crisis management
Reablement
To deliver these services, FNHC Rapid Response and Reablement work closely with GPs, the hospital and other healthcare providers as a multidisciplinary team. The team is made up of highly skilled professionals including Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Mental Health Nurses, Senior Community Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Therapy Support Workers and a variety of other support workers. This service is designed to respond promptly to acute, crisis and reablement episodes of care which do not need hospital admission.

This role demands, amongst other Key Accountabilities :
Professional Leadership
• The post holder will demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the guidelines of the NMC and Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice and apply these to maintain trust and credibility with patients, carers and colleagues.
• The post holder will make significant contribution to service direction by demonstrating vision and ability to assist in the direction and leadership of their team in an effective and efficient way.
• The post holder will balance clinical/managerial responsibilities, adopting a management style/structure which proves to be effective in performing both aspects of the role.
• The post holder will keep fully up to date in developments within their own professional discipline and will share clinical knowledge/experience in order to improve nursing care, acting as a role model and thought leader for professional practice.
• The post holder will maintain a professional portfolio which demonstrates the continuing acquisition of skills, knowledge, attitudes, understanding and achievement.

Team Management, Building and Working
• You will be responsible for building team commitment and coherence. They will build on existing team spirit by demonstrating the ability to inspire, motivate and lead.
• The post holder will ensure that all team members understand the service objectives and their roles and responsibilities in achieving these.
• You will develop and maintain collaborative working relationships and will encourage cross boundary working.

Above all the successful candidate will believe in and demonstrate FNHC values. Kindness is a priority: to our patients, partners and each other. Our nurses and colleagues work with individuals to understand their needs, applying our expertise to deliver the best possible care with dignity at the core of our service.

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.

For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity contact Tia Hall, Operational Lead on 01534 497673

Closing date for applications close of play Thursday October 8th 2026