Band 5 Qualified Nurse -Urgent Response and Care At Home Virtual Ward

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a number of motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurses with current NMC Registration to join a dynamic multidisciplinary Urgent Response/Home IV team/ Hospital and Care At Home Virtual Ward Team.

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

HOPT ( OPAT) facilitates discharge and manages patients at home with long term antibiotics in Salford and Out of 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.

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.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing nursing care and intervention, with an aim to help adults to continue to live at home. You will be a competent autonomous practitioner who will need to be lone working at times with the support of senior members of staff on shift.

You will be working as apart of a large multidisciplinary team that includes Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapist , Social Workers, Advanced Practitioners and Care Support Workers.

We take referrals for medical and/or social crisis from the community and Salford departments, aiming to promote early discharge from hospital and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions; by implementing treatment/care plans in patients own home.

The Service operates a 7 day service, currently covering the hours of 8am until 10pm, including weekends. You will be expected to work shifts to cover these hours, and need to be flexible.

Due to the nature of the post it is expected that you will have the ability and means to travel to different locations across the area.

About us

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.