Staff Nurse - Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home Team

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust • Wolverhampton, WV

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About The Position

VIRTAUL WARD AND HOSPITAL AT HOME TEAM - COMMUNITY NURSE If you are creative, a dynamic thinker and want to influence people to develop similar proactive ideals, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is the place for you. As a Community Nurse at the Virtual Ward you will be expected to manage daily operations of caseload, triage referrals for admission, support staff with patient escalation. Troubleshoot, safety net and make clinical decisions to keep patients safe at home. In addition, you will further develop junior staff. Proficiency in IT and the ability to quickly learn multiple computer systems are crucial for this position. Please note this vacancy role requires face to face patient management as well as virtual management and therefore the team members will be expected to conduct face to face assessments in line with patient/ caseload needs. Advert To provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group. To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family. To provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students. To play an active part in the continuing development of the ward or department and contribute to the maintenance of an environment conducive to the delivery of high standards of patient care, by promoting good communication and relationships between staff, patients, relatives and visitors. Providing IV medications to patients with a home environment and clinic/outpatient setting to avoid hospital admission. Please refer to the vacancy job description and person specification and contact the senior sister of the team. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly. Please refer to the vacancy job description and person specification and contact the senior sister of the team. As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Requirements

• Proficiency in IT
• Ability to quickly learn multiple computer systems
• Please note this vacancy role requires face to face patient management as well as virtual management and therefore the team members will be expected to conduct face to face assessments in line with patient/ caseload needs.
• Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process.
• By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider.
• Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.
• Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of caseload
• Triage referrals for admission
• Support staff with patient escalation
• Troubleshoot, safety net and make clinical decisions to keep patients safe at home
• Further develop junior staff
• Provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group.
• Deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.
• Provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students.
• Play an active part in the continuing development of the ward or department and contribute to the maintenance of an environment conducive to the delivery of high standards of patient care, by promoting good communication and relationships between staff, patients, relatives and visitors.
• Providing IV medications to patients with a home environment and clinic/outpatient setting to avoid hospital admission.

Benefits

• Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance.
• We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service.
• We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed