Virtual Wards HCA

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available to join our Digital Health Virtual Wards Team as a Health Care Assistant.

Virtual Wards offer enhanced healthcare at home to enable people to receive care at home as an alternative to hospital admission. We use a technology to be able to remotely monitor people as well as complete face to face visits and wrapping existing community services around individuals

Main duties of the job

Working as a member of the Virtual Ward team you will review patients virtual observations and set clinical questions using a remote monitoring platform. You will be required to complete home visits to patient on the virtual ward. You will be responsible to escalate any concerns to senior clinicians.

A good understanding and ability to use IT is essential for this role.

Patients monitored on the ward will be either Respiratory or those living with Frailty.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.