Job summary
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has a vision to roll out virtual wards successfully across various clinical pathways in the next few years. Thisincludes Virtual Wards (VW), providing urgent care for people in their homes through urgent community response services to avoid the need for a hospital admission
In line with this strategic vision, and a similar vision at the ICS level, West Midlands 5G (WM5G) network have been commissioned to assist care organisations in the region with developing the Birmingham and Solihull Virtual Care strategy, a piece of work that is underway. Close liaison and collaboration is required with the team who are working on this strategy, to ensure the needs of our patient population and the set-up of teams and pathways are appropriately taken into consideration when setting out the longer term strategy.
In addition, the Trust is now a delivery partner in a regional NIHR funded research project titled "A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of a virtual ward programme for patients with acute exacerbations of respiratory disease: protocol for the BRIDGE study". The study will run over a 24-month period between 2025 and 2027. Coordination with the study team and successful delivery of the project requires dedicated input and resource allocation from the Trust.
In light of these ambitions and development, this post of "Virtual Ward Implementation Manager" has been created.
Main duties of the job
To work with University of Birmingham on the delivery of the BRIDGE research project
To revive the use of remote monitoring technology in carehomes, with lessons learnt from its previous attempts at locality hubs
To address the low uptake of Respiratory Virtual Ward from the available capacity
Liaise with WM5G and their associates for the development of the BSOL Virtual Care strategy and ensure BCHC's interests and that of our patients are taken into consideration
To support the virtual wards team with the implementation, expansion and continuous improvement of virtual ward pathways and models in line with local and national strategic priorities.
Development of policy and procedures to facilitate VW activity across the Trust. The post holder will be expected to both keep the policy up-to-date and to ensure that it is adhered to across the Trust through monitoring.
Through the application of project management skills, deliver and manage VW technologies for clinical delivery, including deployment of the technology
Support integration with existing data infrastructure
Evaluate the VW programme and write reports
Develop business cases, project plans, timelines, milestones and deliverables
Support the implementation or scaling of virtual ward services (new pathways, expansion)
About us
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support the VW function within the Trust.May involve line management responsbilities of other virtual ward colleagues.
- Have an understanding of the national perspective and future strategy for the NHS and related areas of health to ensure that staff in your team/s are fully aware of the implications and can contribute effectively to service improvement
- Responsible for the virtual ward research programme budget at BCHC
- Lead the collaboration with clinical staff and industrial/academic partners to develop strong funding applications for continuity and growth of the VW programme and associated research projects.
- Lead the development of funding applications ensuring compliance with grant giving body requirements for individual funding bodies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support the VW function within the Trust.May involve line management responsbilities of other virtual ward colleagues.
- Have an understanding of the national perspective and future strategy for the NHS and related areas of health to ensure that staff in your team/s are fully aware of the implications and can contribute effectively to service improvement
- Responsible for the virtual ward research programme budget at BCHC
- Lead the collaboration with clinical staff and industrial/academic partners to develop strong funding applications for continuity and growth of the VW programme and associated research projects.
- Lead the development of funding applications ensuring compliance with grant giving body requirements for individual funding bodies.
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional (eg nurse, or allied health) with relevant professional registration
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Project management training
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in clinical leadership / management at Band 6/7 level or equivalent
Desirable
- Extensive experience in project management
Skills
Essential
- Digital literacy and experience working with health IT / remote monitoring / digital platform
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered healthcare professional (eg nurse, or allied health) with relevant professional registration
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Project management training
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in clinical leadership / management at Band 6/7 level or equivalent
Desirable
- Extensive experience in project management
Skills
Essential
- Digital literacy and experience working with health IT / remote monitoring / digital platform
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
