Staff Nurse - Virtual Ward | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2024 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME16 9QQ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6328417/359-6328417-T3 |
Summary
In this role, you will be responsible for remotely monitoring patients and delivering treatment and care using cutting-edge technology through a Virtual Ward. The Virtual Ward serves as a central monitoring hub connecting various divisions within the organisation, offering opportunities for you to expand your expertise in medicine, orthopaedics, surgery and many more.
Your responsibilities will be divided between the monitoring hub and collaborative efforts across different sites, where you will educate and support colleagues in utilising the Virtual Ward service. The Virtual Ward provides several advantages for patients, enabling them to receive treatments and monitoring from the convenience of their homes. Consequently, this contributes to the Trust's ability to prioritize and treat the most critically ill patients in acute settings.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Remote monitoring of patients' observations and coordinating treatments
• Coordinating transfer of care
• Regular video calls with patients, akin to Microsoft Office Teams, on a daily basis.
• Escalation of concerns and prioritisation of patient needs following established pathways and protocols.
• Collaboration with specialists to identify patients eligible for transfer to the Virtual Ward.
• Cooperative efforts with partners at KCHFT to enhance collaborative patient care.
• Dedicated commitment to the organisation's mission and objectives.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please emailmtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.netif this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: TBC
This advert closes on Monday 17 Jun 2024
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