We value your expertise and dedication, and you'll work closely with a supportive team of professionals. At KCHFT, we believe that home is the best place for recovery. If you're looking for a meaningful challenge in an Urgent Care setting, we encourage you to apply today. Together, we can make a real difference in people's lives and foster a community spirit that you’ll be proud to be part of. Don’t miss out – applications may close early due to high interest, so take the first step towards joining #teamKCHFT now!
Urgent Care Services provides short term health, therapy and care support to enable service users to remain in the community / home environment. This may include treating acutely unwell people that wouldotherwise require hospital admission, and also supports hospital discharges. The service convers 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Care provided at night includes end of life care, catheter care and otherurgent care that is unplanned and cannot wait until the following day. This care is provided by a night nursing team.
Home is nationally evidenced to be the best place to recover and regain independence. Admission avoidance, enablement and rehabilitation will be the priority focus with active participation from service users in order to achieve maximum independence.
Patients can be monitored remotely at home using technology such as apps, wearables or other medical devices to support a virtual ward environment which is supported by Consultants, Specialist GPs or Advanced Clinical Practitioners working within the team. If you are interested in a new challenge and an exciting new change within an Urgent Care setting, then this just may be the job for you.
- To provide care and support for vulnerable patients in a community setting, supporting with personal care, meal preparation and medication administration, following care plans and riskassessments.
- To carry out observations & procedures and be aware of normal ranges.
- To recognise patient progress/deterioration and provide feedback to senior team members in a timely manner.
- To be familiar with relevant trust policies and procedures in order to maintain high standards and patient safety.
- To obtain patient feedback for service improvement.
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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
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We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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