The Virtual Ward Sister/Charge Nurse role will work in collaboration with the Virtual Ward team and community in-reach team to support the delivery of high-quality, safe, and compassionate acute care at home. This will include delivering treatments in the patient's normal place of residence.
The Junior Sister/Charge Nurse will be expected to work with the community in-reach team to actively identify patients occupying an acute hospital bed to continue their acute care at home and facilitate the smooth transition into the Virtual Ward.
The role will include monitoring patients virtually utilizing technology and video calls, as well as working within the hospital-at-home element in delivering treatments in the patient's home.
The successful candidate should provide professional leadership and management to ensure immediate care to the relevant client group both virtually and face-to-face and work with the wider multidisciplinary team.
To effectively communicate and care plan, manage the day-to-day running of the virtual ward, ensuring flow and effective safe discharge to ensure capacity for patient admissions to the virtual ward. Duties will involve virtual monitoring and early recognition of deterioration, as well as delivering face-to-face care and treatment within the patient's own home.
To provide clinical nursing leadership and expertise in the care of all patients and create an environment that values and supports staff to reach their full potential.
The in-reach part of this role will include having professional and clinical discussions with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patients are reviewed to transfer to the Virtual Ward at the earliest opportunity.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands, providing primary, acute, and community services. We are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfill our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the healthcare problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organization and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards, including The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
For further details or informal visits, please contact: Name: Amy Gidden, Job title: Matron, Email address: amylouise.gidden@nhs.net, Telephone number: 07920390280.
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