Telehealth Care Home Co-Ordinator

Job summary

The Enhanced health in care homes (EHCH) framework is for primary care networks (PCNs) and providers and commissioners of community health and social care services.

Sussex Community Foundation Trust have an important part to play in ensuring this framework is successful and alongside our established Care Home Matrons (CHM) an important and exciting element of EHCH is to introduce telemetry opportunities into the care homes both residential and nursing homes. We've completed Phase 1 focusing on Nursing Homes and to commence Phase 2 which will focus primarily on Residential Care Homes.

We've an exciting and interesting 1 year fixed term contract for a B4 Telemetry Care Home Co-Ordinator (TCC) who will be and autonomous person with a Digital/IT forward thinking outlook to support the Care Homes within East and West Sussex to support installation and functionality of the telemetry system via the Blue Box/Whzan initiative. The role requires significant travel and driving across the Sussex Counties as the role requires visiting the Care Homes who've nominated themselves for telemetry.

Main duties of the job

Visiting Care Homes within Sussex, who've nominated themselves to utilise telemetry, the Care Homes will be contacted by the Project Co-Ordinator (PCO) to arrange appointments for the TCC to visit and facilitate installation and set up of the telemetry box and its functionality.

The role is strictly non-clinical, and the TCC will escalate to the Lead Registered Nurse for for all issues brought to your attention, and understanding the limits of your role.

Keeping good, accurate and contemporaneous records at all times.

A patient and calm approach and an understanding of differing levels of Digital experience and knowledge within the individual Care Homes and temper your approach accordingly.

The TCC is a Monday - Friday role, but as a Flexible employer SCFT supports flexible working.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff