Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Heath Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: 7/7 day a week working 9-5
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 201-24-284
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- TBC
- Town
- TBC
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Digital Health Nurse/AHP/Paramedic - Virtual Ward
Band 5
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a new programme of work, that utilises technology to enable individuals to remain in their own home as an alternative to bedded care. Virtual Ward provision is instrumental in enabling people to receive hospital level care in their normal place of residence, the benefits of which are very significant to the individual and the wider health system.
The Virtual ward utilises remote monitoring in conjunction with completing face to face visits to enable people to stay in their homes
The service works closely with Royal Cornwall Hospital, Community Matrons, UCR, Specialist Nurses from Cardiac and Respiratory services, Practice Nurses and GPs with prevention and early detection of deterioration at the forefront of our intervention.
If you would like to work in an innovative/ dynamic and supportive team contact us to chat about this opportunity!
Main duties of the job
The Virtual Ward team triage referrals, admit patients including a holistic assessment and in conjunction with medical colleagues create a care and monitoring plan for the patient. The patients symptoms and clinical observations are then monitored and care reviewed as required.
This role includes both face to face patient care as well as remote monitoring.
If you would like to work in an innovative/ dynamic and supportive team contact us to chat about this opportunity!
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse - Adult/AHP
- Current Professional Registration – NMC/HCPC
Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- IT skills to include use of Word, Excel, email, internet, recording systems
- The ability to provide skilled, evidence-based nursing care to a wide range of patients
- Leadership skills
- Ability to deal with patients and carers who are under stress
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Reddall
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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