Virtual Ward Health Care Support Worker inLeicester inLeicester PUBLISHED 9 JUN 2024

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

You will communicate with patients/carers to ensure a smooth transition onto the Virtual Ward and successful discharge from the Virtual Ward.
To support the Virtual Wards within our hospitals and the wider community through supporting patients to use technology and remote monitoring equipment in their own homes. You will visit patients in hospital, or at home, and teach them how to submit their observations for review by the clinical teams. You will be expected to liaise with Virtual Ward clinical colleagues to ensure appropriate patients are referred to the Virtual Ward and are managed effectively.

You will communicate with patients/carers to ensure a smooth transition onto the Virtual Ward and successful discharge from the Virtual Ward. After required training you will support the clinical teams by collecting samples from Virtual Ward patients, in hospital or at home, when necessary.

Provide clinical and non-clinical support to the multi-professional team under the direction of an appropriate registered health care professional.

Deliver direct and indirect care as delegated under the direction and supervision of an appropriate registered health care professional.

Support the delivery of effective health care to patients/service users by undertaking duties as identified by the multi- professional team.

Undertake specified and unsupervised aspects of care and therapeutic intervention as delegated by the registered health care professional within an agreed protocol, sphere of responsibility and after completing

appropriate competency- based training agreed by the Trust.

Support the day to day management of the Virtual Ward equipment and stock for all pathways.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2.


We Have Four Primary Goals


  • high-quality care for all,
  • being a great place to work,
  • partnerships for impact, and
  • research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

  • we are compassionate,
  • we are proud,
  • we are inclusive, and
  • we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.


About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust


 www.jobsincare.com/job/jhSXu7DP further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Hepton Job title: Head of Nursing Email address: Telephone number:

Available between 08:30-16:30 Monday-Friday
To support the Virtual Wards within our hospitals and the wider community through supporting patients to use technology and remote monitoring equipment in their own homes. You will visit patients in hospital, or at home, and teach them how to submit their observations for review by the clinical teams. You will be expected to liaise with Virtual Ward clinical colleagues to ensure appropriate patients are referred to the Virtual Ward and are managed effectively.

You will communicate with patients/carers to ensure a smooth transition onto the Virtual Ward and successful discharge from the Virtual Ward. After required training you will support the clinical teams by collecting samples from Virtual Ward patients, in hospital or at home, when necessary.

Provide clinical and non-clinical support to the multi-professional team under the direction of an appropriate registered health care professional.

Deliver direct and indirect care as delegated under the direction and supervision of an appropriate registered health care professional.

Support the delivery of effective health care to patients/service users by undertaking duties as identified by the multi- professional team.

Undertake specified and unsupervised aspects of care and therapeutic intervention as delegated by the registered health care professional within an agreed protocol, sphere of responsibility and after completing

appropriate competency- based training agreed by the Trust.

Support the day to day management of the Virtual Ward equipment and stock for all pathways.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2.

We Have Four Primary Goals

  • high-quality care for all,
  • being a great place to work,
  • partnerships for impact, and
  • research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

  • we are compassionate,
  • we are proud,
  • we are inclusive, and
  • we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

 www.jobsincare.com/job/jhSXu7DP further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Hepton Job title: Head of Nursing Email address: Telephone number:

Available between 08:30-16:30 Monday-Friday


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