Assistant Practitioner (Virtual Wards)

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Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC, Hyson Green, City of Nottingham

Part time
Permanent
Onsite working

Posted 5 days ago, 16 Oct | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 8b3a4f759a0a43d78529f0e62f48200a

Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC

Full Job Description

An exciting opportunity to work alongside a multi-disciplinary team within the virtual ward. To provide assessment and treatment intervention to people transferred from secondary care with an acute illness. The aim of the service is to facilitate the early discharge from hospital to care for people in their own homes. This post is working part time (30 hours per week). The role entails assessment, monitoring and review of patients with both medical and rehabilitation needs within the 7 day 8am-8pm service with the support of the nursing and therapy staff. The base will be at Mary Potter Health Centre but patients will be seen in a variety of community settings.Main duties of the job

To work alongside Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and Assistant Practitioners within the virtual ward.
To provide assessment, undertaking clinical observations and treatment intervention to people transferred from secondary care with an acute illness to the virtual ward within the Nottingham City. Facilitating the early discharge from hospital and caring for people in their own homes.
To support the work of the clinicians, providing assessments of needs, and working across professional boundaries and within legislation, policies and procedures and core values.
To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner working with supervision

We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.