Job summary
- Main area
- Virtual Ward Clinician
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 343-6326635-SS-Y-A
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital and Sutton-wide
- Town
- Sutton
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 per annum pro rata incl outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Virtual Ward Clinician - In reach
Band 8a
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Sutton Virtual ward in a new role which combines clinical duties, both in St Helier Hospital and community, with line managing a team of Urgent Response Nurses.
Working closely with the multi-disciplinary teams you will assess patients in their own homes who have been discharged early from hospital or to avoid admission where possible. You will also work within St Helier hospital, identifying and assessing suitable patients, building relationships and educating colleagues.
You will be instrumental in building trust and confidence in the Virtual Ward offer and developing new and existing clinical pathways.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake advanced holistic assessment of patients in the community or hospital environments
- Line management responsibility for a group of Band 6 nurses (sickness, performance management, training and development)
- Assisting the operational manager with rota planning, annual leave etc.
- Lead on audits and reporting as required by the operational manager
- Take an active part in MDT meetings and decision making for patients under the care of the Virtual Ward
- Work closely with the Virtual Ward team to ensure smooth day-to-day running of the Virtual Ward
- Take responsibility for own professional development
- Ensure a balance of clinical and non-clinical tasks, prioritising and managing own time.
- Act as an enthusiastic and knowledgeable representative of the Virtual Ward
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contains more information about the role
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Specialist Practitioner qualification/Advanced Practitioner at degree/masters or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Prescribing as part of specialist practitioner degree or V150/V300
- Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning skills
Desirable criteria
- Specialist practice teacher qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent post registration experience as a senior nurse in the community setting
- Experience in managing the needs of complex patients in a community setting
- Experience in supervising, mentoring and appraising staff
- Assessment and Supervision of pre-Reg students
- Experience of working autonomously
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical leadership skills
- Caseload profiling/managing complex cases and care planning skills
- Advanced clinical skills
- Ability to develop partnership working across agencies and organisations
- Ability to respond flexibly to differing daily demands
Personal Atributes
Essential criteria
- Committed to an integrated approach
- Commitment to personal and professional development
- Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills.
- Access to transport
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pippa Macey
- Job title
- Operational Manager Virtual Ward and 2UCR
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07553 812107
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