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Technology Enabled Virtual Ward Clinician - Islington Urgent Response
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Job ref
220-WHT-1891-B
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hornsey Rise Health Centre
Town
London
Salary
£42,471 - £50,364 42,471-50,364 per annum including HCAs
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/05/2024 23:59

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Technology Enabled Virtual Ward Clinician - Islington Urgent Response

NHS AfC: Band 6

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

The post holder will work in the Islington Rapid Response and Virtual Ward (RRVW) team which is part of the wider multi-agency Islington Urgent Care Response service which supports hospital discharges and admission avoidance.

 RRVW is co-located and integrated with therapy and adult social services colleagues and aims to respond to patient referrals in the community within 2 hours to prevent/reduce admission to hospital including those patients under technology enabled Virtual ward.

The post holder will primarily be working in Whittington Virtual Ward but may be required to support patients in other NCL boroughs.

Working autonomously, the post holder will have continuing responsibility for proactively involve in remote monitoring and managing, patients on the caseload.  In addition, the post holder will be expected to develop skills in physical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and non-medical prescribing and use these both in the community. Using these skills will assist in the recognition of early symptoms of disease exacerbation, acute illness and injuries.  The post holder will be expected to co-ordinate care and navigate the patient through pathways across the primary, secondary care interface, including prevention of unnecessary admissions, facilitating appropriate ones through in-reach case finding in both the hospital setting and also via GP referral.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients who are suitable for Remote monitoring and Islington Urgent Response in liaison with the multidisciplinary teams (MDT) through assessment and care planning.
  • To maintain own clinical expertise around patient care and best outcomes, to keep updated & remain credible.
  • Carry out planned care for a group of remotely monitored patients without direct supervision, utilising escalation pathways to ensure care is coordinated across Virtual Ward pathways.
  • Develop new skills and knowledge pertaining to the speciality as advised by the Digital Lead Nurse.
  • To keep up to date with current developments in digital clinical practice and ensure evidence-based practice.
  • Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence based individualised patient care, or assist others in undertaking this assessment.
  • Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care through the digital health record.
  • Ensure all staff maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly.
  • Monitoring caseloads in conjunction with team members. Discussing with the Matron / ACP / Clinical Leads/ GP/ Consultant any concerns or significant changes in the case load.
  • To develop and maintain effective links and relationships with relevant professionals to ensure a seamless service.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Support patients to self-manage, monitor their condition and make informed choices.
  • Act as a named clinician for designated patients within the service.
  • Ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to high standards and to be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of the Trust’s planned Electronic Patient Record.
  • Promote the development of evidenced based practice.
  • Participate in clinical supervision to agreed standard.
  • Ensure high standards of care are given to all patients.
  • Advise patients on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
  • Be responsible for gaining intravenous access and administration of prescribed medication for patients requiring short-term antibiotics and for monitoring their care.
  • Collaborate with medical colleagues in ensuring that appropriate investigations and procedures are performed to complete the patients’ treatments and that patient, and their families are fully informed and understand the purpose for these.
  • Support the MDT in identifying potential discharges, giving support and advice when needed.
  • To develop links with community health providers and other services which are involved in Virtual Ward patient care.
  • To support the wider team in developing strategies for utilisation of the Virtual Ward service. Promoting communication, advertising and sharing of good practice.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC/ HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
  • BSc or equivalent level of experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Community Nursing skills, or willingness to expand field of knowledge and practice
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced physical Assessment qualification or willingness to work towards
  • Non-Medical Prescribing or willingness to work towards

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical and holistic assessment skills
  • Advanced nursing skills
  • Understanding and insight into RRVW

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Arul Bangalore
Job title
Lead Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
078 7684 6634
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