• Job Description

  Req#: C9220-24-0974?language=en&page=21&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An opportunity has arisen to join our UCLH@Home Virtual Ward Team based at University College Hospital.

  The successful applicant will demonstrate a high level quality care and evidence-based interventions as a member of the UCLH@Home Team.

  The role will involve support for the nurse in charge and visiting nurses and to be able to perform a wide range of administrative and clerical duties autonomously and in close liaison with wider team. They will provide a wide range of skills and be able to take appropriate action to achieve the planned aims and objectives of individual clients.

  This will involve being personally accountablefor the standards of such delegated duties. The post holder will continue to develop and undertake a varied range of delegated tasks and will report to a registered professional. The role will continue to develop through gaining further skills, knowledge, and competencies.

  Main duties of the job

  Main Duties:

  • Accurate and timely recording of data
  • Working closely with our UCLH@Home Team and other medical professionals to organise appropriate referrals and ongoing support to patients in their own homes
  • To communicate in a timely and comprehensive way with nursing colleagues and members of the Multidisciplinary team
  • To be competent in essential technical skills such a Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Teams
  • To provide administration support to the team
  • To organise own workload and establish priorities
  • To obtain patient satisfaction data and report on findings
  • To work independently and manage own workload using effective time management
  • To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to service users, relatives and other organisations as required
  • To attend and contribute to team meetings and case discussions using effective communication
  • To work collaboratively with other agencies and organisations to ensure delivery of an equitable and integrated service
  • To initiate referrals to other agencies, including Social Services, where appropriate
  • To keep up to date and accurate patient records (including electronic records where required)
  • To participate in regular team meetings / meetings. This may include minute taking as required

  About us

  Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

  Date posted

  30 September 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £31,944 to £34,937 a year pro-rata per annum inclusive of (Inner London HCAS rate)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  220-WHT-2616

  Job locations

  University College Hospital

  250 Euston Road

  London

  NW1 2PG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Other Duties:

  Effective management of self and work

  To organise own workload and establish priorities with Team Manager

  To portray a positive image of the service at all times

  To be able to work unsupervised

  To be able to use Word documents, email and Internet and have a willingness to further develop computer skills

  To submit statistical information as required

  Education and Development

  To attend organised training sessions

  To regularly participate in one-to-one meetings, objective-setting and clinical appraisal with line manager in line within the KSF framework

  To regularly participate in Clinical Supervision

  To complete all relevant competencies within agreed timeframes

  To keep an up-to-date continuous development portfolio

  To assist in the training and development of others, including the orientation of new staff

  Quality

  To demonstrate a high standard of care within the organisational and national quality assurance frameworks.

  To adhere to Whittington Health and UCLH policies and procedures at all times

  To participate with senior nurses in the re-development of the role as required by the service

  Other duties

  To undertake other duties within reasonable capacity and capability as required by the Team Manager or Lead Matron

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Other Duties:

  Effective management of self and work

  To organise own workload and establish priorities with Team Manager

  To portray a positive image of the service at all times

  To be able to work unsupervised

  To be able to use Word documents, email and Internet and have a willingness to further develop computer skills

  To submit statistical information as required

  Education and Development

  To attend organised training sessions

  To regularly participate in one-to-one meetings, objective-setting and clinical appraisal with line manager in line within the KSF framework

  To regularly participate in Clinical Supervision

  To complete all relevant competencies within agreed timeframes

  To keep an up-to-date continuous development portfolio

  To assist in the training and development of others, including the orientation of new staff

  Quality

  To demonstrate a high standard of care within the organisational and national quality assurance frameworks.

  To adhere to Whittington Health and UCLH policies and procedures at all times

  To participate with senior nurses in the re-development of the role as required by the service

  Other duties

  To undertake other duties within reasonable capacity and capability as required by the Team Manager or Lead Matron

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Higher level of education (e.g. NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or A levels at minimum grade c, or equivalent)

  Desirable

  • Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent vocationally focused healthcare diploma at level 5.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) trained

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Computer and office skills
  • Basic numeracy skills
  • Ability to use own initiative and at times work unsupervised
  • Ability to use own initiative and at times work unsupervised
  • Ability to evaluate and sustain changes for practice
  • Ability to function well in times of pressure by prioritising and planning workload

  Desirable

  • Ability to give appropriate advice to patients and carers
  • Understanding of Primary Health Care

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience and understanding of Teamwork
  • Knowledge of nursing procedures and practices

  Desirable

  • Have met appropriate Band 3 level competencies in the primary health care/hospital setting

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Excellent communication skills-written and verbal
  • Excellent time management skills

  Other

  Essential

  • Willingness to learn about quality assurance and other current NHS developments
  • Understands the concepts of equal opportunities and confidentiality
  • Willingness to undertake regular updates in mandatory training in accordance with Trust policy

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Higher level of education (e.g. NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or A levels at minimum grade c, or equivalent)

  Desirable

  • Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent vocationally focused healthcare diploma at level 5.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) trained

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Computer and office skills
  • Basic numeracy skills
  • Ability to use own initiative and at times work unsupervised
  • Ability to use own initiative and at times work unsupervised
  • Ability to evaluate and sustain changes for practice
  • Ability to function well in times of pressure by prioritising and planning workload

  Desirable

  • Ability to give appropriate advice to patients and carers
  • Understanding of Primary Health Care

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Experience and understanding of Teamwork
  • Knowledge of nursing procedures and practices

  Desirable

  • Have met appropriate Band 3 level competencies in the primary health care/hospital setting

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Excellent communication skills-written and verbal
  • Excellent time management skills

  Other

  Essential

  • Willingness to learn about quality assurance and other current NHS developments
  • Understands the concepts of equal opportunities and confidentiality
  • Willingness to undertake regular updates in mandatory training in accordance with Trust policy

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  University College Hospital

  250 Euston Road

  London

  NW1 2PG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

  Address

  University College Hospital

  250 Euston Road

  London

  NW1 2PG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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