GP - Frailty Virtual Ward
| Posting date: | 16 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £68,975.00 to £104,085.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £68975.00 - £104085.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 June 2024 |
| Location: | Torquay, TQ2 7AA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9388-24-0638 |
Summary
Leadership & Management Contribute to clinical & educational supervision for agreed clinical team members; this could include Advanced Clinical Practitioners or other doctors. Contribute to the design and development of processes & SOPs for the admission, discharge and management of patients on the Frailty VW Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the Virtual Ward model; using available systems and processes to ensure accurate data are captured. Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the VW clinical model and its associated systems which includes liaising with primary healthcare professionals (GPs, community matrons, district nurses, allied healthcare professionals and pharmacists as appropriate), hospital clinicians and Information Technology (IT) providers and to act on ones own initiative when To troubleshoot (and resolve with the assistance of clinical and management leads where necessary) any day to day problems in the delivery of the Frailty Virtual Ward, for example liaising with GPs, and secondary To keep clinical and management leads updated with progress at intervals deemed beneficial to the Deputise for the GP Lead for Virtual Ward in their absence. Clinical Responsibilities Hold clinical responsibility for agreed patients admitted to the Frailty Virtual Ward Triaging referrals and accepting patients to the VW and Leading the daily MDT meeting ensuring all patients have comprehensive treatment & discharge plans. Develop proactive management plans to prevent hospital admission and support earlier discharge from hospital when appropriate. Provide clinical leadership to enable appropriate hospital-level interventions in community settings including regular clinical observations, IV fluids, IV antibiotics, therapy team review, medication reviews. Providing virtual consultations where appropriate and specialist advice to community practitioners. Undertaking face to face assessments for complex patients in their own homes/current place of residence. Liaising with specialist teams within the acute setting including other members of the HOP team, Acute Frailty, MAAT and SDEC pathways. Contributing to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments including medicine review and deprescribing. With the wider MDT undertaking proactive anticipatory care planning & ensuring patients have up to date TEPs representing their wishes re: future care. To arrange referrals where appropriate, i.e. onward referral to secondary care, community therapy services or Intermediate To ensure that clear, accurate contemporaneous records are made of all patient encounters. To deliver with the wider MDT medical management, treatment and advice to patients on the VW caseload. To work with and provide clinical support to the associated trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners and nursing staff and AHPs supporting VW patients. To prioritise the workload as To liaise effectively and appropriately with the local GPs from whose practices the patients are being referred. To integrate effectively with the existing community services and look for creative ways of improving this integration wherever To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role including mandatory training as set out by the Trust, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration via annual appraisal and revalidation.