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Job summary

Main area
Frailty
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent: To cover rota Monday - Sunday 0800-2000
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
364-A-7916
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Community
Town
Rochford
Salary
dependant on experience, pro rata for part time
Closing
11/07/2024 23:59

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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Virtual Frailty Ward Nurse

Band 5

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.

Our Purpose

“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory. 

Job overview

FRAILTY VIRTUAL WARD NURSE

Full time/Part Time

Immediate opportunity for Band 5 Registered Nurse. 

Virtual  Frailty Ward Service Hours 7 days a week, 8am – 8pm

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the South East Essex Frailty Virtual Ward service. These important posts will work alongside a team of Consultant Geriatricians, Community Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Assistants in the provision of the Frailty Virtual Ward working in the community, in the patient’s own home. You will be part of a high profile service to help alleviate current pressures in the NHS. The service will reduce demand for inpatient beds and on Emergency Departments and optimise patient experience by enabling them to receive safe clinical specialist care in the comfort of their own home.

 

If you are a dynamic individual, keen to take on a new challenge and develop this innovative and unique role we would love to hear from you. You will need to be a qualified nurse and be able to drive. Final year students also welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

These important posts will work alongside a team of Consultant Geriatricians, Community Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Assistants in the provision of the Frailty Virtual Ward working in the community, in the patient’s own home. You will be part of a high profile service to help alleviate current pressures in the NHS. The service will reduce demand for inpatient beds and on Emergency Departments and optimise patient experience by enabling them to receive safe clinical specialist care in the comfort of their own home

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RGN first level nurse
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Willingness to undertake Extended & Supplementary Nurse Prescribing Course

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in Primary/Community Care
  • Ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively

other

Essential criteria
  • Current UK driving licence - ability to travel extensively within acceptable time scales

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Essex Family Friendly Employers

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Massey
Job title
Virtual Frailty Ward Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07583 123724
Additional information

For more information, please contact Carolyne Dawson on 07949 505944 or Rebecca Massey on 07583 123724 or email [email protected].

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