Digital Hub - Team Leader

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stockport seeks a Digital Hub Team Lead responsible for overseeing clinical assessments and care navigation of Virtual Ward patients. This role entails managing a team, ensuring adherence to operational standards, and integrating health and social care. The successful candidate will possess a nursing degree, leadership training, and experience in digital monitoring. Competitive salary of £47,810 to £54,710 annually, with benefits like flexible working and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a high performing team.
• Evidence of ability to effectively coordinate a team.
• Experience of working with digital monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely assessment and proper care navigation of acutely ill patients.
• Provide clinical leadership and support to the team.
• Ensure a caring environment conducive to wellbeing.

Skills

Organisational abilities

Coaching skills

Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care

Education

1st Level Registered Nurse

Leadership or management course or equivalent experience

Job description

The newly created Digital Health Service will be responsible for the clinical assessment and monitoring of Virtual Ward patients alongside the senior clinical assessment and care navigation of the acutely unwelladult that has been referred via the Urgent Single Point of AccessThe post holder will be responsible for managing the team which support remote monitoring of patients upon the Virtual Ward and offer senior clinical care navigation.The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all digital platforms are operational and be compliantto the service standard operating procedure.The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the timely assessment and appropriate care navigation ofacutely ill patients that are referred via the SPOA Is completed using the appropriate clinical assessmenttool for triage and carer's needs.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with the Pathway Lead - Out of Hospital, Urgent Community Services, provide effectiveleadership, monitoring of professional and care standards, and effective use of resources within theDigital HubTo operationally manage the Digital Hub team and deputize for Pathway lead when required.Support and develop health and social care integration across sharing responsibilities for leadership andmanagement of staff in multi-professional teams.To be a visible and accessible presence in the clinical area where appropriateTo be actively involved within the clinical care navigation and digital monitoring of patients within thecaseload.To act as role model and mentorTo understand the clinical pathways aligned to Virtual ward and ensure the deteriorating patient isappropriately escalatedTo ensure clinical competency frameworks are in operationTo be responsible for ensuring the provision of compassionate, safe and high quality patient careActively contribute to and support agreed developments within the Directorate with focus for supportingclinical effectiveness and innovative practice

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the timely assessment and appropriate care navigation ofacutely ill patients that are referred via the SPOA Is completed using the appropriate clinical assessmenttool for triage and carers needs.The post holder will be responsible for offering clinical leadership within the boundaries of the specificprofession and offer managerial and operational support to the registered and non-registered members ofthe team.The Digital Hub Team Lead has a fundamental role in ensuring the caring environment is conducive towellbeing and the effective delivery of budgetary, workforce and resource management.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Leadership or management course or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge

• An understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times
• Knowledge of Health & Safety issues
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the post

Experience

• Experience of working in a high performing team
• Evidence of ability to effectively coordinate a team
• Ability to work autonomously & as part of a team
• Experience of working with digital monitoring
• Coaching skills

Skills & Abilities

• Organisational abilities
• Demonstrate ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
• wareness of implementing change and willingness to learn new skills.

Work Circumstances

• UK Driving licence

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearpro rata per annum