Working Part time: 6 Sessions per week
The post holder will provide high-quality medical care to patients managed within the Trust’s Hospital at Home service. This will include undertaking Urgent Community Response visits (2-hour UCR) and reviewing patients receiving ongoing care on Virtual Wards.
This role supports admission avoidance, early supported discharge, and rehabilitation closer to home, working as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) alongside advanced nurse practitioners, therapists, pharmacists and community nursing teams. The post holder will also have up to 2 sessions to provide senior medical oversight to patients admitted to Bluebell Ward at Ellesmere Port Hospital, a 26-bedded community rehabilitation ward. In addition to a once-a-week ward round, the post holder will be supported by a full-time ward-based Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
Responsibilities
* Manage the medical requirements and provide medical oversight to patients being cared for by the intermediate care service (Hospital At Home). Supporting the multidisciplinary team and responding to requests for advice and assistance from the service reception, administration and nursing staff.
* Manage the medical requirement and provide medical oversight to patients being cared for on Bluebell Ward at Ellesmere Port Hospital in conjunction with the ward-based ANP team, comprising a weekly ward round and advice to the ANP when required during working hours.
Contact
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Chris Ritchieson, Job title: Associate Medical Director, Email: chris.ritchieson@nhs.net, Telephone: 01244 366866.
Claire Hankinson,
Directorate Manager,
Email: clairehankinson@nhs.net.
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