Triage Nurse/Paramedic – UCRT SPA: Sponsorship Available

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Nurses/Paramedics to join our Urgent Community Response Team (UCRT) Access and Clinical Triage Team.

UCRT refers to a combination of community admission avoidance teams across Mid and South Essex provided by EPUT, NELFT and Provide, working in collaboration with each other. The UCRT Access and Clinical Triage team is responsible for the triaging and acceptance of referrals and is currently hosted by EPUT.

UCRT services provide specialist care in patients own homes. They make contact with patients within two hours of receiving a referral to stabilise their immediate health and social needs and plan ongoing care and intervention as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

In the role of Triage Nurse/Paramedic, you will work to support the triage function of the UCRT access team by undertaking telephone assessments of referrals from the Ambulance Service, Primary Care and other health and social care professionals. You will determine the suitability and safety of patients for assessment by local UCRT services or coordinate a response by another appropriate community based team or service.

In this role, you will support cover of a rota to undertake triage within the UCRT Single Point of Access, but also in an integrated/in-reach function within 111 and 999 control centres to ‘pull’ referrals that are deemed as safe and appropriate for a UCRT response – known as Hear & Treat.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse/Paramedic

Desirable

  • Triage / Consultation and Assessment Course

Experience

Essential

  • Experience relevant to urgent/community care

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of undertaking triage

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 29 November 2026

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