Registered Nurse - Frailty Virtual Ward

We are looking for a dedicated Band 5 registered nurse to join our team, working on our virtual ward otherwise known as Harbour at Home. Our virtual ward provides compassionate care primarily for older adults living with frailty, and you will play a key role as part of our multidisciplinary team. As a Band 5 Nurse, you will provide holistic care from assessment through to discharge, ensuring that each patient receives the highest standard of treatment and support.,

• Plan, implement, and evaluate individualised patient care.
• Support, mentor, and guide junior colleagues and the wider team.
• Maintain a safe and supportive clinical environment for patients, carers, visitors, and staff.
• Uphold Trust values and always demonstrate expected professional behaviours.
Join us and make a difference in the lives of our patients while developing your nursing skills in a dynamic care setting.

A new model of care is being introduced for people identified as living with frailty. This model will be based out of a Healthy Ageing Hub at Newton Abbot Hospital and will see most patients triaged through a dedicated telephone frailty co-ordination function and streamed to the most appropriate part of the service for their needs. This will be maintained at home or in a community setting e.g. intermediate care bed ( IC) supported by Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams and/or the Frailty Virtual Ward (Harbour at Home) team where they will receive acute care in the community and appropriate "wraparound" services to support them and their family/carers. A Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and ambulatory care function will be provided at Newton Abbot that patients can be streamed to as an alternative to attending Torbay Hospital but also for patients being managed within the virtual ward requiring rapid diagnostics and a consultant opinion. For patients that cannot be managed at home or in intermediate care there will be access to beds at Newton Abbot Hospital and the hub team will then work proactively to discharge patients as swiftly as possible to care closer to home. The hub will be a collaboration between existing UCR teams, the Frailty Virtual Ward team, Healthcare of Older People team and the Newton Abbot ward MDT. The staff within these teams include GP's, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and trainee ACP's, therapists, nurses, consultants and a consultant nurse.