Opportunities have arisen for a Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse / Clinical Practitioner to join our innovative multi-disciplinary team. You must be a registered practitioner (nurse / paramedic) with evidence of post-registration practice at Band 5. Experience of multi-disciplinary / multi-agency working is essential. You will be part of a team and have responsibility for an urgent caseload triage and onboarding onto a virtual Ward as step up or step down to Community Services, working initially under the direction of senior nurses within the care navigation centre.
You will be working with Adult Services to develop and support this client group to remain in their homes with enhanced services to expedite hospital admissions and to avoid avoidable hospital admissions/readmissions. You will need to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service and be able to forge strong links with partnership agencies at Social Services and Acute Trust.
Under the direction of the VW Team lead, you must assess referral plans, implement them considering your own clinical confidence and competence. You must implement enhanced programmes of care within our community provisions onto the Virtual Ward.
You will be part of the VW and Care Navigation Centres service to provide high standards of clinical judgement and intervention, decision-making, and triage nursing support for service users accessing the range of Community services.
To coordinate enhanced clinical care programmes that meet the highest quality standards and align with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust's policies and procedures.
To work within a multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team adopting a 'no blame' culture.
To adhere to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust policies, procedures, and protocols to promote the quality of patient experience, ensuring the highest standards.
You should have a good sound knowledge of Community Services.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
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