Job Description
Are you an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate and looking for a new challenge? Would you like the opportunity to work for Unplanned Community Services within Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust? Then look no further as an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Virtual ward team in North Lincolnshire.
This post will cover the whole of North Lincolnshire under the guidance of the Frailty ACP's and Virtual Ward coordinators.
The local ambition is to bring all strands to work together across an agreed integrated Virtual Ward pathway moving from an individual provider focus to a system-wide approach. The aim is to improve efficiency and patient experience whilst reducing demand on acute hospital inpatient beds.
Where it is safe and appropriate to do so, the virtual ward will provide acute clinical care at home (including care homes) with treatment and monitoring for people who would have previously been treated and monitored as inpatients in a hospital bed.
You must be flexible, caring, and professional and have the ability to remain calm under pressure.
The Virtual ward assistant practitioner is an integral part of the Virtual ward team providing quality nursing care to patients in the community.
Duties will include unsupervised delegated nursing duties as defined by the Virtual ward coordinator/ACP, you will work alone developing and maintaining effective channels of communication with other professionals and agencies.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will be proficient and competent and work within their scope of practice as governed by the NMC Code (2018) and NMC Standards of Proficiency (2018).
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will provide holistic and person centred care and support for people in their care.
The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner may be expected to participate in audits and service improvement initiatives. The Nursing Associate/Assistant Practitioner will be expected to supervise and support HCAs, Trainee Nursing Associates and Pre-registration nurses.
It is anticipated that this role will continue to develop through the acquisition of further skills based on NMC (2018) guidelines and development of the Nursing Associate role.
We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Being an accountable professional
Act in the best interests of the people at all times in a manner which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity and confidentiality
Communication and relationship skills
Communicate effectively using a range of skills and strategies with colleagues and people at all stages of life and with a range of mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural health challenges
Knowledge, training and experience
Utilise professional knowledge to plan and implement care interventions for patients, working with the ACP/VW Coordinators, including reassessment of nursing interventions
Analytical and Judgement skills
Monitor patients’ health and well-being. Interpret, promptly respond, shares finding, and escalate as needed, informing appropriate professional of any changes to the patient’s condition
Planning and organisational skills
- Manage and prioritise own workload
- Plan and provide appropriate direct patient care within own scope of practice
- Assist the team lead/matron in the implementation of corporate and nursing objectives
Physical skills
Develop a range of core clinical skills which include a range of nursing duties to ensure the patient safety and wellbeing at all times, as described within the NMC Nursing Associate standards of proficiency
Responsibilities for policy and service development implementation
- Follow Trust policy and procedures
- Adhere to the NMC professional code of conduct and standards of proficiency for Nursing Associates
- Assist in the efficient and effective use of financial and physical resources
- Ensure that appropriate supplies are available to support the delivery of care
- Responsible for ensuring equipment within the working environment is maintained and in working order and report faults with equipment, and ensuring repairs are undertaken
- Follow trust policies when handing and processing patient valuables
Responsibilities for human resources
- Supervise non-registered staff, nursing students and health care apprentices, supporting them to acquire specialist skills in patient care
- Works as part of a team to deliver optimum patient care
- Maintain a professional approach in practice, demonstrating a mutual respect for colleagues
- Act as a role model to other staff in the delivery of clinical skills and model professional behaviours at all time, always ensuring the highest standards of evidence based care
Responsibilities for information resources
- Provides accurate and timely care records using paper and IT based systems in accordance with Trust policy
- Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments
- Within information governance and GDPR requirements, collate and provide accurate and timely records via the trust IT systems for external health professional to support effective discharge and continued management of patient care
Responsibilities for Research and Development
- Participate in audits, and where appropriate, research-based studies to evaluate the effectiveness of care delivery in the clinical environment
- Participate and facilitate benchmarking and the sharing of best practice
Freedom to Act
- Plan own workload, working within standard operating procedures and in accordance with the NMC Professional Code of Conduct, and in accordance with the needs of the service
- Utilise skills and knowledge during decision-making within the ward situation seeking advice as appropriate
- Contribute to on-going plans affecting patient care when working within the ward situation
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Following consultation the Health and Social Care Act 2008 has been amended, which includes the provision that from 11th November 2021 all workers in CQC registered care homes are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical exemption applies. If appointed to a role which includes deployment to care homes you will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination or medical exemption in order to undertake the role. This evidence will be required post-appointment as part of the pre-employment check process. Please note that the requirement for full vaccination, or medical exemption, will be a requirement of the terms and conditions of service for staff deployed to care homes.