Acute Medicine Specialist Nurse

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading trust as an Acute Medicine Specialist Nurse in an innovative Virtual Ward team. Provide critical care remotely, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and enhance patient outcomes through digital technologies. This role is pivotal in shaping community healthcare delivery while upholding high standards of practice.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of the triage process vital.
• Ongoing learning and advanced practice modules expected.
• Experience in Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapies is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead primary functions in the AHAH and OPAT roles.
• Support and advise triage nurses, ensuring patient safety.
• Recruit new patients and facilitate their discharge into community care.

Skills

Patient assessment

Triage

Clinical examination

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Quality improvement

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

About Us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

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It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Role Summary

• The post holder will work as across a range of specialty Acute Medicine functions, primarily this will be Acute Hospital at Home (AHAH) and Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) but will also include Triage and Same Day Emergency Care and AHAH northern services
• Within the AHAH role they will lead in the delivery of a seamless transition between the acute trust and the community, ensuring patients are kept safe and the best possible care is delivered. Current patient streams managed by this service are OPAT, AF, COVID, AKI, Heart Failure, NSTEMI, Syncope, Palliative and Frailty. We will continue to introduce new work streams.
• They will proactively seek new patients to recruit from AMU, SDEC and wards across the hospital, assessing these patients and driving their safe discharge into AHAH.
• They will work to improve and maintain the AHAH service based on best practice and current national guidelines.
• They will work closely with the AMU nursing team to provide support and clinical advice to triage nurses, including streaming patients directly to agreed rapid treatment protocols within SDEC. The post holder will be expected to have a solid understanding of the triage process and role model good practice.
• The post holder will be expected to complete ongoing learning and obtain advanced practice modules relevant to their role, including history taking and clinical examination.

About the Role

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More detail about the role

Are you looking to be part of something new and exciting? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Registered Nurse to bring their experience and knowledge to our integrated Virtual Ward team.

The role of the Acute Medicine Specialist Nurse has been developed as a response to the growing needs of the local Community to have a responsive diverse Multidisciplinary team. This role will include working in a range of areas and modalities including Triage; Cardiac assessment; delivering Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapies; Home and Ambulatory Care.

Virtual Ward is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care. Virtual Wards support patients who would otherwise be in Hospital to receive the acute care and treatment they need in their own home. This includes either preventing avoidable admissions into Hospital or supporting early discharge out of Hospital.

The work involves providing remote care to patients using devices feeding results into Epic and by using telephone consultations to assess patients, reviewing patients face to face when they attend clinic appointments in Acute Medicine, and visiting the wards across the Royal Devon to recruit new patients and support patient flow by providing early supported discharge. You will work closely with Community teams, Northern AHAH and Acute Medicine.

The delivery of digitally enabled care (virtual care) including virtual wards is a national priority embedded within current Health and Social Care policy.This post, as part of a Multi-disciplinary team, provides an opportunity to drive and transform the system by embedding the use of digital technology to release pressure on acute care and improve patient outcomes.

They will also be expected to play a proactive role in quality and service improvement and working closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager and multidisciplinary team.

Working Pattern:Part and Full time vacancies available

Interview Date:01/07/2025

Pay:The salary advertised for this position reflects the Agenda for Change 2025/6 rates, inclusive of a 3.6% pay award which will be implemented later this year. If you join before the implementation date, the pay award will be backdated to your start date. Until then, remuneration will be based on the 2024/5 pay bandings (Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers)

For further information please contact:Carlie Hopper, Lead Nurse for Virtual Ward 01392 [e-mail] Hancock Clinical Nurse Manager,[e-mail]

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

TheRoyal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trustwas established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both theRoyal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation TrustandNorthern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.