Ward Clerk

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s new Community Ageing Well Programme. The successful applicant will be appointed as an to support the integrated service delivery for the Virtual Ward service as a ‘Virtual Ward Clerk’

Virtual Wards allow patients to receive the care they need at home, including care homes, safely and conveniently. They also provide an opportunity to narrow the gap between demand and capacity for secondary care beds, by providing an alternative to admission and/or early discharge.

The initial model delivery will be within Scarborough community, with a focus on admission avoidance and early supported discharge for people living with frailty in Scarborough. This is a developing service and is expected to expand to cover the North Yorkshire patch of, Whitby, Scarborough and Ryedale, and Pocklington Community.

The service will operate 7 days a week, for a minimum period of 08:00-20.00. As a developing service, there may be a requirement to extend hours for administrative support beyond 5 days as the service develops.

The successful applicant will provide effective and efficient administrative support to the Virtual Ward service. Furthermore, they will provide clerical support to associated clinical staff. As well as, dealing with queries from patient/visitors/staff.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addiction services to approximately 600,000 people. The Trust has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. The Trust is also proud to be HSJ Award winners of Provider of the Year 2019.

We employ approximately 2,800 staff across more than 79 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough. We deliver Mental Health Services, Specialist Services for Children, Forensic Services, Community and Learning Disability Services, as well as having eight GP Practices across the locality.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - a multi-specialty health and social care teaching provider. We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.

At Humber we believe our people are our greatest asset and therefore we are committed to developing, growing and rewarding our workforce. As an employee at Humber you will benefit from pay in line with Agenda for Change, NHS pension, training and development, annual appraisal, generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Please find attached person specification and job description for full details of the requirements of this role.