We are excited to be able to offer a 1 year fixed term contract for our Hospital @ Home Team Lead position.
This is an exciting opportunity to help develop our newly created Hospital @ Home Team working alongside local acute Trust's to provide early and safe discharge from hospital and hospital admission avoidance for our adult population. We are a 7 day a week service and the Team Lead is a vital part of this clinical work.
If you are a highly motivated senior nurse looking for your next career advancement, please contact us to discuss.
* The post holder will work as an autonomous expert practitioner with responsibility for leading a team of nurses, providing highly skilled & developed quality nursing care for adults in their own homes and other community settings.
* To develop, implement and evaluate a seamless Hospital@Home (H@H) Service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care.
* To work as an autonomous practitioner with responsibility for facilitating early discharge, reduce length of stay and prevent hospital admissions.
* To provide continuing responsibility for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients.
* To work in partnership with members of the multi -disciplinary team to maintain high quality care & promote practice that is patient centred.
* To continue to develop and maintain close links between Community and Hospital based services.
* .To be responsible for providing support to junior team members through developing their skills & completing staff appraisals. They will motivate staff to provide high standards of care by acting as a role model.
* To undertake the organisation and support of student placements & mentorship through their practice placements.
* To undertake and implement research and audit activities to ensure evidence-based practice and best practice guidelines are delivered within the service.
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
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Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
* 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
* 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
* 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kathy Ruane Job title: Deputy Service Director Urgent Care Email address: Kathy.ruane@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07811030686
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