Band 4- Coordinator - Avenue, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

Whittington Health NHS Trust

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Avenue, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Band 4

Contract - Permanent. Full-Time 37.5 hours per week

The Coordinator will deliver high level quality care and evidence-based intervention, as a member of the Virtual Ward/Rapid Response team.

They will support the nurses in charge and triage team and be able to perform a wide range of administrative and clerical duties autonomously in close liaison with community matrons.

They will provide a wide range of practical care duties and be able to take appropriate action to achieve planned aims and objectives of individual clients within their homes, without direct supervision.

They will be personally accountable for the standards of such delegated duties.

The post holder will continue to develop and undertake a varied range of delegated tasks, will report to a registered professional, the role will continue to develop through gaining further skills, knowledge and competencies.

Answering calls and responding to queries from patient's, relatives, carers, clinicians and the wider MDT.
Accurate and timely recording of data
Working closely with Community Matrons and medical professionals to organise appropriate referrals and ongoing support to patient's in their own homes.
To identify changes in patient's conditions and recognise within the post holders capabilities, when to escalate concerns.
To communicate in a timely and comprehensive way with nursing colleagues and members of the Multidisciplinary team.
To be competent in essential technical skills
To give advice and support to patients/carers that reflects the care plan and provide a level of knowledge and experience to reassure the patient/carer and is within the competence of the post holder.

Medical services have been delivered on the Whittington Hospital site for over 500 years.

On 1st April 2011, Whittington Health was launched as a new Integrated Care Organisation (ICO) comprising The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, NHS Islington and NHS Haringey.

The Whittington and the community health services in Islington and Haringey are award winning organisations, delivering acute and community based health services to a population of 443,000 people.

The organisation is the biggest employer in the area, with over 4,500 staff; delivering healthcare not only on the acute hospital site which has 420 beds, but also from a variety of other community based health centres and through visits to patients homes across the boroughs to address the health needs of the local population.

Whittington Health also works with other health, social care and voluntary sector partners to support patients and service users from their initial appointment whether it be with a community health team or at the hospital, all the way through to treatment and tailored after care.

We are one of the three main teaching campuses for the Royal Free and University College Medical School.

Our ICARE (Innovation, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence) Values not only help us shape what we do, but also how we do it and why.

They are fundamental to the way we do business and care for our patients.

To provide some administration support to the team.
To organise own work load and establish priorities.
To be able to work unsupervised in patient's homes.
To assist in the identification and provision of health and social care needs for patients in their own homes and enable them to recover at home rather than in hospital.
To carry out assessments within scope of practice and as required meet the needs of the patient.
To provide direct care and support to patients in their own homes.