4073 - Sister/Charge Nurse RightCare and Virtual Wards

Job summary

Interview Date: TBC

18 hours per week

Rightcare Barnsley is a Single point of access and Clinical Advisory Service based in Barnsley, we work collaboratively with Barnsley Hospital, SWYT Community Services, Barnsley ICB, Local Authority and Primary Care services. We need a Registered Nurse to join the well-established team of Nurses and call operators to support our work with Barnsley Virtual wards.

The NHS definition of a VW ward is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care that is enabled by technology. VWs support patients who would otherwise be in hospital to receive the acute care, monitoring and treatment they need in their own home this includes preventing avoidable admissions and supporting early discharge out of the hospital. Virtual Wards are a key element of the UEC delivery and Winter planning.

As part of the national Operational Planning Guidance the introduction of Virtual Wards (VW) across system is seen as a priority for the NHS. Initially, the focus is for each PLACE to develop a VW to support patients with Acute Respiratory Infection (including Covid patients) and Frailty in their routine place of residence. The overall national ambition is for systems to provide between 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100k population by December 2023 for Barnsley this equates to 106-132 beds. The expectation is that VWs will be operational seven days a week, 12 hours a day, with an out of hours provision for any patients on the VWs that require support.

Main duties of the job

You will assist the Operational Manager in the provision and development of Barnsley Virtual Wards, to ensure safe, effective and individualised support to patients discharged early onto a Virtual Ward or stepped up to support hospital avoidance from a community setting.

You will consistently maintain quality patient care facilitating improvements and ensuring a good patient experience and manage daily operations of caseloads, successfully onboard patients onto the service, triage new referrals and support patient escalation when necessary.

As a Registered Nurse your work will be split between the RightCare call centre based at the Kendray Hospital site and Barnsley Hospital. Whilst in the call centre you will be responsible for contacting Virtual Ward patients via telephone, digital monitoring, assessing and participating in the virtual MDT meetings where patients are discussed with Community, Hospital and Social Care colleagues. You will spend part of your working week at Barnsley Hospital assessing patients who have been referred to the Virtual ward and processing the admission. Community Nurses and other MDT members will provide direct patient care in the patients own home, the RightCare Virtual ward Nurses (this post) will remotely support them to do so.

About us

We reserve the right to close positions early

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the best Place to Work

We scored best in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone

We are proud of the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction

Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pogmoor Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP

Employer's website

https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pogmoor Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP

Employer's website

https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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