Outreach Senior Clinical Assessor (Nurse/ Paramedic)(Band 6) inSteeton inSteeton PUBLISHED
THU 7 NOV 2024
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust rGXP6fJN
In this position, the successful applicant will conduct high-quality, evidence-based remote clinical assessments, develop personalized care plans, and provide support for palliative and end-of-life patients. Collaboration with various healthcare teams to manage patient care and timely responses to remote monitoring alerts are essential parts of the role. Additionally, the Outreach Senior Clinical Assessor will have opportunities for professional development through the training and supervision of junior staff while promoting quality care in line with trust policies.
An opportunity for a registered clinical practitioners to join the Digital Care Hub team for 5 months to support the delivery of digital services across Airedale and Craven,.
This is a new post that will focus purely on outreach, liaising with teams within the Acute Trust and Community Services, to support and help facilitate the early discharge of patients from the trust to their own homes with the support of the DCH Tech Enabled Virtual Ward.
The Digital Care Hub provides video and telephone support to approximately 25,000 patients living in their own homes and in nursing and residential care.
The Hub is a 24/7 service, with the aim of supporting patients in their own place of residence where it is clinically safe to do so, reducing the number of unnecessary attendances at A&E and unplanned admissions.
The service is rapidly expanding and as such we need additional staff to offer greater support to the new innovations in our work.
Applicants will need to have an innovative approach to work and be receptive to constant change.
We are looking to recruit nurses / therapists from a wide variety of backgrounds to take up opportunities with challenging and evolving posts.
We are starting on the our exciting journey and our posts will offer exciting new opportunities for health care professionals, working at band 6 level.
- Provides high quality, evidence based remote clinical assessment, establishing a plan of care for patients accessing services in the DCH in accordance with Trust guidelines and protocols..
- Supports and provides care for palliative/ end of life patients and their family/carers who access the Goldline service via telephone.
- Participates in the provision of early intervention with appropriate assessment, observation and treatment for patients, tilises clinical assessment and observational skills.
- Ensures timely responses to all remote monitoring alerts.
- Works with individual care plans to provide personalised care for all patients, referring to other services as required.
- Works in collaboration with acute, primary care and community teams in the management of sick patients.
- Participates in practice development programmes and assists with the audit and evaluation of clinical standards.
- Participates in the in-service training, preceptorship and supervision of junior staff, post-basic course nurses and students (or AHP as appropriate), with a commitment to self-development.
- Develops good Trust wide working relationships and communicates effectively with nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Promotes quality care and non-discriminatory practice as outlined in Trust Policies and Procedures, acknowledging a patient's personal beliefs and identity
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