4073 - Sister/Charge Nurse RightCare and Virtual Wards

NHS; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare provider in Barnsley is hiring a Sister/Charge Nurse for their Virtual Wards. The role involves assisting with operational management, ensuring safe patient care, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate clinical experience as a Registered Nurse, with a focus on leadership and patient monitoring. This is an opportunity to work in an innovative care setting providing essential support to patients at home.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with acute/community care experience.
• Evidence of leadership skills in a clinical setting.
• Knowledge of health care policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of Barnsley Virtual Wards.
• Maintain quality patient care and ensure good experiences.
• Support patients through telehealth and digital monitoring.

Skills

Leadership skills

Patient care

Community care knowledge

Education

1st Level Registered Nurse

Post registration education

Job description

4073 - Sister/Charge Nurse RightCare and Virtual Wards

RightcareBarnsley is a Single point of access and Clinical Advisory Service based inBarnsley, we work collaboratively with Barnsley Hospital, SWYT CommunityServices, Barnsley ICB, Local Authority and Primary Care services. We need aRegistered Nurse to join the well-established team of Nurses and call operatorsto support our work with Barnsley Virtual wards.

TheNHS definition of a VW ward is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS beddedcare that is enabled by technology. VWs support patients who would otherwise bein hospital to receive the acute care, monitoring and treatment they need intheir own home this includes preventing avoidable admissions and supportingearly discharge out of the hospital. Virtual Wards are a key element of the UECdelivery and Winter planning.

Aspart of the national Operational Planning Guidance the introduction of VirtualWards (VW) across system is seen as a priority for the NHS. Initially, thefocus is for each PLACE to develop a VW to support patients with AcuteRespiratory Infection (including Covid patients) and Frailty in their routineplace of residence. The overall national ambition is for systems to providebetween 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100k population by December 2023 forBarnsley this equates to 106-132 beds. The expectation is that VWs will beoperational seven days a week, 12 hours a day, with an out of hours provisionfor any patients on the VWs that require support.

Main duties of the job

You will assist the Operational Manager in the provisionand development of Barnsley Virtual Wards, to ensure safe, effective andindividualised support to patients discharged early onto a Virtual Ward orstepped up to support hospital avoidance from a community setting.

You will consistently maintain quality patient carefacilitating improvements and ensuring a good patient experience and managedaily operations of caseloads, successfully onboard patients onto the service,triage new referrals and support patient escalation when necessary.

As a Registered Nurse your work will be split between the RightCare call centre based at the Kendray Hospital site and Barnsley Hospital. Whilst in the call centre you will be responsible for contacting Virtual Ward patients via telephone, digital monitoring, assessing and participating in the virtual MDT meetings where patients are discussed with Community, Hospital and Social Care colleagues. You will spend part of your working week at Barnsley Hospital assessing patients who have been referred to the Virtual ward and processing the admission. Community Nurses and other MDT members will provide direct patient care in the patients own home, the RightCare Virtual ward Nurses (this post) will remotely support them to do so.

About us

Wereserve the right to close positions early

BarnsleyHospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently ratedGood by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progressin the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be thebest Place to Work

We scored bestin the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionateleadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust alsoscored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make toeach other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone

We are proud ofthe commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable futureand our organisation is highly valued by our local communities

There has neverbeen a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a wecan do this attitude is evident right through the organisation

BarnsleyHospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunityand fair treatment to all applicants

Forindividuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health& care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advertto check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are nolonger eligible for sponsorship

Thecost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will onlybe met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction

Job responsibilities

Job Description for Sister / Charge Nurse Rightcare & Virtual Wards

Please refer to the attached Job Descriptionand Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

SupportingDocuments

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Acute and/or Community care experience
• Evidence of relevant post registration education and development

Experience

• Experience in a wide clinical setting.
• Experience in Adult/Child Protection issues
• Experience and ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills.
• Significant experience at band 5

Trust Values

• In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• n around 100 words please describe how you ensure you contribute to a well functioning team.

Knowledge and Awareness

• Knowledge of health care and community services
• Knowledge of continuing health and social care policy
• Knowledge of acute medical conditions
• Knowledge of policies and procedures relating to Hospital admission and discharge
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Issues
• Demonstrable experience of Teaching
• Evidence of recent study or on-going development
• Current healthcare issues
• Quality benchmarking
• Quality, audit and its application
• Clinical governance
• Healthcare commission standards for better health
• Risk management and NHSLA
• Health and safety
• Confidentiality
• Statutory and professional requirements
• NHS policy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.