Staff Nurse, Ophthalmology - Watford, United Kingdom - West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the national Virtual Hospital Programme.

This is an exciting transformation in how care is planned and delivered in England, building on the innovative Covid-19 Virtual Hospital work over the first two years of the pandemic.

The Virtual Hospital provides specialist led care for a variety of patients including those with respiratory conditions COPD, Asthma Bronchiectasis, Heart failure, ARI, Frailty, and post operative colorectal patients but with anticipated expansion in acute medical conditions.

Virtual Hospital care is provided to them in the comfort of their own homes using an advanced personal remote monitoring platform, enabling them to safely leave hospital sooner or not come into hospital at all.

The virtual wards will have multi-professional input from consultants, specialist nurses a wealth of other health and social care staff. This is an exciting opportunity to develop new skills and help shape, develop, and expand clinical pathways that directly benefit patient care.

We are currently recruiting into one Band 6 clinical nurse specialist post to provide care to virtual hospital patients.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Virtual ward team, the role of Clinical Nurse Specialist will support patient care to be delivered in the home providing an alternative approach to receiving hospital care or clinical monitoring.

A liaison points of contact for all patients providing signposting advice and guidance where appropriate.

Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner.

Working for our organisation

There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Major redevelopment works are planned as part of the New Hospital Programme. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.

The trust has recently gained 'teaching hospital' status which reflects the dedicated work of many teams and individuals who have set the standard for delivering high quality training, learning and education at all levels of the workforce.

We are a flexible working employer

At West Herts we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly. We are delighted to offer a variety of flexible working options for all staff. Please check out our web page for more information.

We encourage and welcome people with disabilities. If you need help, please ask.

We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information, please contact Kalpana Giri Ghimire,

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