Job overview

We are looking to recruit an experienced Nurse Practitioner to join our Community Urgent Response/Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) virtual wards / Home IV (OPAT) team .

You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team of clinicians including Advanced practitioners Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and support staff to provide high quality comprehensive care to patients who require step down from hospital and provide clinical interventions in the home environment to prevent hospital admissions .

As well as the above the successful candidate will be working closely with NWAS and GPs.

We take referrals for medical and/or social crisis from the community and  (e.g NWAS, GPS ) and SRFT departments, aiming to promote early discharge from hospital and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions; by implementing clinical  treatment/care plans in the patient's own homes in the Salford area.

This is expanding to include Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) virtual wards model of care working as part of a team utilising technology and new ways of working to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission and support people to be discharged from hospital earlier than may have been possible previously.

Main duties of the job

The focus of this role is delivering high quality care in the community, holistic assessments, planning, implementing, and reviewing care provision across the Virtual Wards pathways of care. This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the population of Salford and deliver an NHS national priority.

The team manages acutely unwell patients at home using a variety of pathways e.g. IV antibiotics via cellulitis pathway , DVT pathway  we are currently developing further pathways to manage patients in their own environment and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital e.g.  heart failure pathway.

You will have current NMC Registration, preferably substantial community experience and a clinically based nursing degree and car user is essential to this role.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.