Healthcare Assistant Virtual Ward

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has come up to join the Virtual Ward Team as a Healthcare Assistant as part of the wider Digital Health System within CFT.This service is expanding to incorporate the ethos of admission avoidance and also providing hospital level care at home and requires dedicated and committed professionals to ensure its success and keep patients at the fore front of what we do.This role will incorporate a hybrid way of working, caring for patients on the Virtual Ward completing online monitoring and also within their own homes completing a variety of tasks. You will enhance the role of the registered professional and work alongside an MDT to provide high levels of care to a variety of patients with acute medical needs.*Please note that this job is a hybrid role working online and in the patients own home*

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of clinical care, planned and assessed by the Registered HCPs.

To carry out care / other duties under indirect supervision of a Registered HCP.

Support care on a day-to-day basis for all patients in the clinical area in a manner sensitive to the individual clients needs and wishes, always acknowledging their rights and beliefs.Contribute to resource management within the clinical area.

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.

Approximately 568,000 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 increase the numbers of people who use out services.