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Job summary

Main area
Geriatrics Virtual Ward
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
162-6243-RL
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queen's Hospital
Town
Romford
Salary
£49,178 - £55,492 per annum inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2024 23:59

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Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Frailty

Band 7

 

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Frailty Virtual Ward, for a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Frailty. 
Frailty Virtual Ward is a 30 bedded capacity community base service that aim to support patients, who would otherwise be in hospital, to receive acute care, remote monitoring  and treatment they need in their own home or usual place of residence. 
 
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve both trusts' values in their day-to-day work.  The role involves working very closely with the Acute Frailty and Virtual Ward multidisciplinary team (MDT) and is a pivotal role in ensuring all patients within the Virtual Ward receive the best possible care and service. This exciting new post is available for a dynamic and experienced Nurse with an interest to the provision of care to patients suffering from frailty.
 
You will be required to work autonomously across the BHR area including within the Acute Frailty & emergency departments as well as visiting patients in care homes and in the community, providing a range of services using your enhanced clinical assessment and treatment skills, to assess and manage patients. 

Main duties of the job

The role involves working very closely with the Acute Frailty and Virtual Ward multidisciplinary team (MDT) and is a pivotal role in ensuring all patients within the Virtual Ward receive the best possible care and service. This exciting new post is available for a dynamic and experienced Nurse with an interest to the provision of care to patients suffering from frailty.

You will be required to work autonomously across the BHR area including within the Acute Frailty & emergency departments as well as visiting patients in care homes and in the community, providing a range of services using your enhanced clinical assessment and treatment skills, to assess and manage patients.  

The virtual ward will initially be patients who have been admitted to the virtual ward following discharge from an Acute Hospital ward however will develop to accept patients with direct admission from primary care and other community-based providers.  

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Ross Levine, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934.

Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

 

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Nursing or working towards
  • RGN – Substantial experience
Desirable criteria
  • Diploma in Geriatric Medicine

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Clinical leadership and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Full Driving licence

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information (verbal, non-verbal and written) in an accurate, clear and logical manner
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in a Virtual Ward environment
  • Experience of acute and community working

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Esther Harry
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000
Additional information

Ext. 6122

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