Nursing Associate/Practitioner | Provide CIC
Company: Provide CIC
Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 dependent on experience
Hours: Full-time
Location: Chelmsford, CM2 5PF
Job type: Permanent
Posting date: 28 Sept 2026
Closing date: 28 Oct 2026
This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026
Summary
Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate Nursing Associate/Practitioner looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference? Join our Urgent Community Response Team (UCRT) and help deliver high-quality, patient-centred care in the community, supporting people to remain safely in their own homes and avoiding hospital admissions.
UCRT is a 7-day service providing rapid assessment and treatment for patients experiencing a health crisis in their own homes, including nursing and residential care homes. Working closely with partners across Mid and South Essex—we provide holistic assessments within two hours of referral and deliver timely, coordinated care.
As a Nursing Associate/Practitioner, you will work both independently and as part of a skilled multidisciplinary team, assessing and treating patients in their own homes. Your role will include clinical assessments, monitoring observations, venepuncture, catheter care, supporting patients following falls, and managing acute episodes of illness. You will also carry out basic equipment assessments to support our Allied Health Professional colleagues, with full training provided.
This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive clinician who enjoys autonomous working and is passionate about delivering excellent community-based care.
UCRT operates 7 days a week between 8:00am and 10:00pm. The role includes weekend and bank holiday working on a shared rota.
Responsibilities
- To carry out comprehensive assessments in patients' own homes.
- Implement and evaluate individual care plans, utilizing practical and theoretical knowledge under the direction of a registered practitioner.
- Maintain excellent communication with patients, relatives and members of the team demonstrating a variety of communication skills in accordance to the patients needs.
- To forward plan where possible for the necessary equipment required.
- Deliver acute care, including simple reviews of patients on the UCRT caseload, monitoring observations, venepuncture, catheter care/catheterisation, assisting patients that have fallen with appropriate equipment and supporting patients during an episode of illness within their own home.
- Provide support to the members of UCRT which include nurses, allied health professionals and healthcare support workers to ensure that holistic assessments are completed whilst working collaboratively with the team to facilitate the treatment of patients within their own home.
- Work with minimal supervision, adhering to organisational policies and procedures and in line with their scope of practice competency, while continuing to develop in the role through the acquisition of further skills, knowledge and competencies to be determined by the needs of the patients, service and team.
- Deliver fully integrated, holistic care and support to ensure people are safely managed at home.
Company
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Equality & Diversity
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
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Nursing Associate/Practitioner | Provide CIC in Chelmsford employer: Provide CIC
Provide CIC is an excellent employer, offering a supportive team environment that prioritises person-centred care within the NHS. Employees benefit from a competitive salary, NHS Pension, and opportunities for professional growth in a fulfilling role that directly impacts community health in Chelmsford.
