Frailty Virtual Ward Senior Health Care Support - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
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Senior Health Care Support Worker - Frailty Virtual Ward

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

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This is an exciting opportunity to join the rapidly developing Frailty Virtual Ward which is a new service working with Lincolnshire Community Health Services, United Lincolnshire Health Trust and PCN's to develop an integrated workforce.

As part of our commitment to ensure people with the most complex health and care needs are proactively supported to live well at home or as close to home as possible.


The Frailty Virtual Ward work in partnership with other agencies to provide holistic responsive and individualised support and assessment to patients across the county of Lincolnshire.

Utilising a "What matters to me" approach that enables individuals to achieve their optimum physical, psychological and social wellbeing.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team contributing to improved health outcomes reducing unnecessary admissions to hospital and facilitating supported self-management.


The role of Senior Health Care Support Worker will work across the County and community services to support provision of coordination to truly whole system integrated approaches to proactive care and support.

'Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.


LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives.

Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.

Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

Main duties of the job


This is a pivotal role as part of the Frailty Virtual Ward integrated workforce; working between the core team, primary and secondary care.


In this role you will:

Carry out assigned tasks, including direct nursing care and administrative duties as delegated by the Enhanced Practitioner and as part of a wider care team

Support colleagues in the delivery of high quality care.

Ensure that patients / clients receive safe, individualised and effective care which supports health & wellbeing and promotes self
- care where appropriate and possible
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