Virtual Wards - Onboarding Nurse Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Integrated Virtual Wards Team for an experienced nurse to contribute to the success and expansion of our Virtual Wards Programme.
This role will be instrumental to identifying patients suitable for admission or discharge onto Virtual Ward pathways, reviewing referrals and safely onboarding these patients.
Delivering digitally enabled, virtual care is a national priority embedded within current health and social care policy. Virtual wards are a safe and efficient alternative to NHS inpatient care. They allow patients, who would otherwise be in hospital, to receive the acute care and treatment they need in the comfort of their own home through the use of digital technology.
This helps to prevent avoidable admissions into and supports early discharge out of hospital, meaningfully improving patient outcomes and experience and hospital flow, whilst also releasing pressure on acute care., + Lead case finding of patients suitable for discharge from hospital with virtual ward support by working with acute medical and wards teams and using digital solutions.
+ Receive referrals from teams and review and assess their appropriateness for admission to virtual ward pathways.
+ Provide leadership for digital pathways when working with teams from across the trust.
+ Onboard patients on virtual ward pathways.
+ Ensure that all patients are provided with a safe and high quality standard of care.

Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.