Virtual Wards Matron

Nottingham City Care is looking for an innovative, enthusiastic, and motivated individual to join our existing VW Matron within the virtual ward team within Nottingham City. Our Virtual Ward Matrons are an integral part of our virtual ward providing Leadership, clinical expertise and knowledge to our patients and fellow clinicians. The aim is to reduce hospital admissions and facilitate discharge. The Virtual ward provides clinical care and support for to patients who have an acute illness, but can be offered additional support, under the care of a medical consultant/GP, to enable them to be treated in their own homes, thereby preventing an unnecessary hospital admission. The Virtual Ward team are also able to provide support to patients who may be medically unwell but stable allowing them to be discharged back to their own homes earlier reducing the number of days required in hospital. The patients will remain on the virtual ward, under the care of a medical consultant/GP for up to 14 days. The core hours of the virtual ward are 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week. You will be part of the wider multi-disciplinary team, working in collaboration with consultants, senior nurses, assistant practitioners, GPs, Physiotherapists, OTs, Pharmacists, secondary care, and social services. The Community Matron will be an Independent prescriber and the successful applicant will already hold the V300.Main duties of the job You will:

• Provide clinical leadership to the VW team.
• Be an Independent prescriber (V300)
• Carry out physical examinations.
• Provide intense clinical input and monitoring to acutely unwell patients.
• Use your expert knowledge and clinical judgment to identify the potential diagnosis and where appropriate make a final diagnosis.
• Use your extensive practice experience to plan and provide skilled and competent care that meets patients' health and social care needs, involving other members of the healthcare team as appropriate.
• Ensure the provision of continuity of care, including follow-up visits.
• Assess and evaluate with patients, the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and make changes as needed.
• Work independently, although often as part of a healthcare team.
• See patients in their own home and ensure that each patient's treatment and care is based on best practice.
• Work as part of multi-professional and multi-agency teams.
• Provide supervision, education and support to patients and colleagues as appropriate.
• Support the Clinical Service Manager in operational management of the team.
  
  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.
CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.