Role Summary
We are looking to recruit a highly skilled and motivated Band 7 Clinical Specialist to be part of our successful and well-regarded Acute Hospital at Home Frailty and Pathfinder Urgent Care Team here in North Devon.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
The role will be integral in supporting the provision and delivery of acute and holistic care of frail older people in our Acute Hospital at Home frailty beds. You will also be working with Pathfinder Urgent Care to support admission avoidance and facilitate early discharge of patients within the first 72 hours of their acute episode.
You will identify suitable patients for the Acute Hospital at Home frailty beds across the Emergency Department, Medical Assessment Unit, Same Day Emergency Care Unit, and on the wards and will support the assessment, evaluation and management of these patients. You will be managing patients in both the acute setting and also in the community.
We encourage applications from Nursing and Allied Health Professionals who are willing to work generically across traditional professional boundaries to provide holistic best practice care for patients.
The Acute Hospital at Home team seeks to manage individuals living with frailty who have an acute medical condition that would usually necessitate an admission to an acute hospital bed. With the support provided by the Acute Hospital at Home team, however, the individual will be supported to remain in their own home receiving a high level of clinical care, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to manage the acute episode.
As we move towards a new era of integrated care and working collaboratively across organisational boundaries, the need for dynamic, focused teamwork is vital and you will be an integral member of the still developing Acute Hospital at Home team. You will be key in continuing to build relationships across the acute and community settings and will be provided with a wealth of learning opportunities.
As you will be working in the community and the acute hospital, you will need to hold a valid driver’s licence and have access to your own transport.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week covering 8am – 8pm and will involve some weekend working. For the right candidate we would consider part time hours.
Interview Date: Friday 21st July 2023
For further information please contact: Hannah Hopkins, Frailty Lead, hannah.hopkins@nhs.net or Amber Hallman, Pathfinder Urgent Care Lead amber.hallman@nhs.net
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.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
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.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
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.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
