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We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Staff Nurse (SSN) to join our Virtual Ward team. This is a dynamic and rewarding role that offers the opportunity to work at the interface of community and secondary care, managing acutely unwell patients with complex needs. The SSN will be instrumental in delivering safe, effective, and person-centred care to patients who would otherwise require hospital admission. The post holder will work closely with the other members of the VW team (ACP, B7 nurses and physio, B6 nurses and APs) and also with the Urgent Community Response (UCR) team, and a wide range of multidisciplinary professionals across the Integrated Care System (ICS). The role involves clinical decision-making, advanced assessment and diagnostic skills, and the ability to manage risk in complex and unpredictable situations. This is a full-time position, with the service operating on a rota basis from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week. The SSN will be expected to work flexibly across various pathways, including frailty, respiratory, palliative, and long-term conditions, ensuring a robust and responsive service offer.
Job Responsibility:
Triaging referrals to the Virtual Ward Hub
Conducting comprehensive assessments, physical examinations, and diagnostic investigations
Managing acute and long-term conditions, including frailty, respiratory illness, and palliative care needs
Liaising with GPs, pharmacists, district nurses, social workers, and specialty teams across the Integrated Care System (ICS)
Supporting seamless care transitions between acute and community settings
Contributing to the development of virtual ward pathways and service redesign
Participating in departmental meetings and representing the service as required
Supporting the development of colleagues and students through teaching, supervision, and mentorship
Promoting a culture of learning and reflective practice
To provide appropriate and effective care management through the virtual ward pathway
To holistically assess the needs of patients and carers, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care interventions
Embrace multi professional and partnership working
Undertake virtual monitoring and escalate concerns to the daily MDT
Take responsibility for leading the shift on a regular basis
To focus on people who would otherwise face unnecessarily prolonged hospital stays or inappropriate admission
To assess, plan and implement treatment programmes and take responsibility to ensure this is evaluated and amended as appropriate
To take lead with patient / service user management under direction of Advanced Clinical Practitioners/ acute consultants and lead clinicians
To provide education and advice service to patients / service users promoting independence and self-management techniques
To work at all times within the Codes of Professional Conduct
To encourage and promote flexibility and innovation within the team
To facilitate Public Health Initiatives by educating patient / service user on their health and well-being
To lead and co-ordinate timely discharge from the virtual ward and prevent inappropriate hospital admissions
To act as Role Model to all team members
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous documentation
Ensure that patient / service user documentation clearly demonstrates the organisational Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping
Be personally accountable for maintaining skills, knowledge and competence in the use of SystmOne
Be aware of the Data Protection Act to ensure appropriate action is taken to always ensure confidentiality
The post holder must ensure that caring with compassion is at the core of their practice
Champion the roles and values of the virtual ward at all levels of the organisation
Self-evaluate practice to ensure evidence-based care
Contribute to the wider development of practice by participating in research, audit, local and national presentations, networks, and publications
Educate and empower patients, carers, and care home staff to identify deterioration in condition
Develop robust care plans with patients and carers
Participate in the future training of health students and staff and other professional groups
Effectively communicate with the daily MDT, virtual ward colleagues, wider Integrated Teams, patients, and carers
Facilitate effective communication between Primary, Secondary, Community, Social Care and Voluntary settings
Maintain high standards of documentation in line with NMC and trust policies and procedures
Ensure the implementation of the Virtual Ward concept for management of the most complex patients within the community
Actively engage in clinical supervision and mentorship
Maintain a personal development plan and professional portfolio
Maintains professional development, encompassing mandatory requirements
Ensure revalidation is maintained
To be responsible for the promotion of best practice that ensures the health, safety and security of self, patients, and colleagues
Practice in accordance with the procedures and guidelines for the protection of vulnerable adults and child protection
Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times in accordance with data protection
Requirements:
Level 1 Registered General Nurse/AHP with extensive post registration experience
Substantial post registration experience
Evidence of Teaching and assessing in clinical knowledge
Evidence of ability to plan and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
Evidence of effective team working
Experience of working between primary and secondary care settings
Experience of managing long term conditions
Evidence of managing acute conditions
Understanding of local and national priorities in relation to acute/long term patient management and how these interact and affect patient management
Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in multi-disciplinary forums and with users and carers
Experience of teaching and dissemination of knowledge to enhance the skills of others
Evidence of the ability to perform effectively in a changing, stressful situation
Applicants must have current UK professional registration
Nice to have:
Relevant Honours degree
Completion of the non-medical prescribing course (V300)
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