Interview Date: TBC
As a Registered Nurse your work will be split between the RightCare call centre based at the Kendray Hospital site and Barnsley Hospital. Whilst in the call centre you provide Clinical advice to referrers, assess and triage patients, making onwards referrals to the correct level of care.
You will be responsible for contacting Virtual Ward patients via telephone, digital monitoring, assessing and participating in the virtual MDT meetings where patients are discussed with Community, Hospital and Social Care colleagues.
Your work will be rostered and split between RightCare at the Kendray Hospital site and Barnsley Hospital where you will be assessing patients who have been referred to the Virtual ward and processing their admission. As part of the national Operational Planning Guidance the introduction of Virtual Wards (VW) across system is seen as a priority for the NHS. Initially, the focus is for each PLACE to develop a VW to support patients with Acute Respiratory Infection (including Covid patients) and Frailty in their routine place of residence. The overall national ambition is for systems to provide between 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100k population by December 2023 for Barnsley this equates to 106-132 beds. The expectation is that VWs will be operational seven days a week, 12 hours a day, with an out of hours provision for any patients on the VWs that require support. This is a very exciting opportunity to be involved in its ongoing development.
Main duties of the job
You will assist the Operational Manager in the development of RightCare Barnsley and Virtual Wards, to ensure safe, effective and individualised support to patients discharged early onto a Virtual Ward or stepped up to support hospital avoidance from a community setting.
You will consistently maintain quality patient care facilitating improvements and ensuring a good patient experience and manage daily operations of caseloads, successfully onboard patients onto the service, triage new referrals and support patient escalation when necessary.
About us
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.
There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth.
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.
The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles only will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description for Sister / Charge Nurse
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Supporting Documents
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
* Knowledge of health care and community services
* Knowledge of continuing health and social care policy
* Knowledge of acute medical conditions
* Knowledge of policies and procedures relating to Hospital admission and discharge
* Knowledge of Health and Safety Issues
* Demonstrable experience of Teaching
* Evidence of recent study or on-going development
* Current healthcare issues
* Quality benchmarking
* Quality, audit and its application
* Clinical governance
* Healthcare commission standards for better health
* Risk management and NHSLA
* Health and safety
* Confidentiality
* Statutory and professional requirements
* NHS policy
Qualifications
Essential
* 1st Level Registered Nurse
* Acute and/or Community care experience
* Evidence of relevant post registration education and development
Experience
Essential
* Experience in a wide clinical setting.
* Experience in Adult/Child Protection issues
* Experience and ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills.
* Significant experience at band 5
Value-based questions
Essential
* In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
* In around 100 words please explain what motivates you to do a good job.
Employer details
Employer name
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Pogmoor Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 2EP
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