Virtual Ward Junior Sister/Charge Nurse | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6338297/432-HR383-24 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join us as Junior Sister/Charge Nurse on our Virtual Ward
Virtual wards allow people to get the care they need at home, safely and conveniently, rather than being in hospital by utilising remote monitoring technology and medical devices to assess their needs, and to ensure that clinical staff provide the care required to maintain them safely at home. This includes either preventing avoidable admissions into hospital or supporting early discharge out of hospital.
Virtual wards are suitable for a range of conditions that can be safely and effectively monitored at home including cardiac conditions, respiratory conditions, frailty, orthopaedic and surgical conditions.
This is your opportunity to help the Trust to deliver this exciting new model of care, and we are looking for individuals who are ready for a new challenge to help us to safely develop and deliver our model.
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The Virtual Ward Junior Sister/Charge Nurse will work as part of the Virtual Ward team, providing professional leadership and management within the work environment. You will be accountable and responsible for the standards of care provided within the Virtual Ward and for assisting with leading, supporting and implementing innovative practice.
You will provide direct patient care, assessment and be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge and act as a resource and role model for the clinical team.
Please be aware this role will require working at Colchester Hospital with some cross-site working.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Identify and assess patients from multiple specialities to ensure clinically suitable and meet criteria for inclusion on virtual ward.
Be proficient in patient assessment.
Have ability to work onsite (in Red Wards as necessary) and offsite, including visits to patient’s homes.
To maintain high standards of care by personal example and conduct and be a credible practitioner in the area.
Ensure daily oversight of Virtual Ward, including leading the daily Ward Round.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Jun 2024