Digital health Virtual Ward Assistant Practitioner/RNA

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

About
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.

Contact
Address: Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Fountain Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 9RW
Contact Number: 0161 922 6000

Key Details
Location: Fountain Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL69RW
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: Band 4

Job Overview
Digital Health Virtual Ward Assistant Practitioner/RNA
Band 4
37.5 hours per week
This is an exciting post within Digital Health, designed to support the Virtual Ward Team. The successful candidate will work within the Digital Health Team supporting patients to remain at home using remote monitoring and video assessments. These patients are supported from GP Ward round and a Consultant ward round daily which you will provide support to. The Virtual ward service is a busy and developing service; if you are someone looking for your next challenge and like change, then we would love to hear from you.

Working for our Organisation
Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners. We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

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.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Qualifications
Essential Criteria

• Foundation degree in Health and Social Care, or RNA Qualifications

• Experience of working within a healthcare environment
• Awareness of development needs to meet role

• Can maintain accurate patient / nursing records
• Demonstrate effective verbal and written communication
• Provide care for patients following a designated care plan.
• IT / Computer literacy
• Willingness to undertake the training required to carry out the job.
• Demonstrate an awareness of patient safety including safeguarding procedures
• Willingness to abide by the Trust policies and procedures.

• Clinical Skills, NEWS, Observations, Venepuncture, Pressure area assessment, Catheters, & Drains

• Able to work as part of a team
• Ability to travel to various locations between Tameside and Glossop

Further details regarding the post can be obtained by contacting a Recruiting Manager as per contact details below.

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