Virtual Ward Community Practitioner
1 month ago
Job summary
We are looking for a Senior Community Practitioner (Nurse) for the Virtual Ward service within South Nottinghamshire for a 9 month secondment opportunity.
Virtual wards are a national initiative and are defined as "A safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care which is enabled by technology" by NHS England and NHS Improvement. Virtual Wards provide healthcare systems with a significant opportunity to delivery care through the collaboration of community services and acute hospitals providing an alternative to an acute admission and/or early discharge. Nottinghamshire Integrated care system, aim to deliver this through a Nottinghamshire wide provider collaborative, incorporating Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Nottingham University Hospitals, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare and City Care.
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire virtual ward is a new service which aims to provide an innovative, responsive, safe, effective, and caring service covering a variety of specialities including frailty, respiratory, palliative, stroke, acute medicine, orthopaedics, oncology and admissions avoidance. Patients receive the care they need via remote monitoring and face to face treatment in their own home, safely and conveniently rather than in hospital.
The Virtual ward position whilst based in either NNE, Nottingham West or Rushcliffe and cover the South Nottinghamshire geographical patch.
The interview will be held on the 9th of August 2024
Main duties of the job
Virtual ward allow patients to receive the care they need at home (including care homes) safely and conveniently rather than in hospital for a short duration (up to 14 days).
All virtual ward staff are required to deliver person centred care, timely assessments and comprehensive oversight with the aim of preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. You will work closely in an MDT to support individuals on the virtual ward.
The virtual ward MDT consist of: Matrons, Nurses, Physiotherapists, occupational therapist, nurse associates and assistant practitioners.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Senior Community Nurse to join this new and exciting service within the localities of South Nottinghamshire (Nottingham West, Nottingham North and East and Rushcliffe)
You will work within the virtual ward team and in collaboration with system partners such as City Care, as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation.
You will be providing care to patients in a community setting, who require high quality holistic evidence-based care that is responsive, effective, and efficient in line with the virtual ward model. This will be via remote monitoring or face to face assessments.
We would love to hear from you if:
Youpossess community nursing experience or acute care experience with a passion for learning, demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.
You have a thirst to use digital and remote technologies within your assessments.
You demonstrate high levels of care and compassion to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early discharge from hospital and to help people to receive the care they require within the places they call home.
You enjoy working collaboratively across organisation boundaries, within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
For a full range of role responsibilities and duties please refer to the attached job description - please ensure you demonstrate the essential criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification to be shortlisted for interview.
We have a depth and breadth of services and teams within the Community Health Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with many different clinical levels and skills: everyone has a role to play and everyone is highly valued. We love to grow talent and foster innovation from within our if you have ideas, are highly motivated, flexible and open to new experiences and new ways of want to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Level 1 Registered General Nurse Degree level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience in a health-related subject Specialist Practice Degree or Leadership Qualification Able to demonstrate management competencies comprehensive clinical assessments skills
Desirable
Demonstrates continued professional development to maintain professional registration Holds a mentorship qualification and has ability to provide mentorship to others LBR qualifications Non-medical prescribing qualification End of Life Care Frailty / LTC modules Dreams/ Top to toe course
Experience
Essential
Experience of working autonomously Acute care experience Community or primary care experience Caseload Management and experience of triaging of patients with a range of clinical conditions Multi-disciplinary working Experience of supervising and appraising staff clinical leadership
Desirable
Project Management Conflict Management Experience of close working relationships with a variety of statutory agencies and other external organisations
Knowledge
Essential
Awareness of the NHS national agenda Case management for complex patients Understanding of clinical risk assessments and risk management Ability to deliver joint managed care People and Resource Management
Skills
Essential
Comprehensive clinical assessment skills Teaching and assessing students Clear written and verbal communication skills IT skills including Word, Excel and electronic patient record systems Effective problem solving and decision making skills Motivated Able to lead by example Excellent organisational and planning skills Negotiation and problem solving skills Can demonstrate up to date evidence based clinical skills
Desirable
A high level of emotional intelligence Ability to demonstrate RCA skills in investigating reported incidents Managing Change
Values and Behaviours
Essential
All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation-
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