Senior Triage Nurse Virtual ward Hub

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse to join the Norfolk and Waveney virtual ward triage hub. The successful candidate will be supported by a friendly and welcoming team of Nurses, Nursing Associates, senior business officers and care coordination, with the opportunity to develop leadership skills through supervision and in house training.

Full or part time hours would be considered.

The Virtual ward hub operates 7 days a week to treat acutely unwell patients in their homes, including residential homes, nursing homes and supported living complexes via Advance practitioner support and technological monitoring.

Norwich and Waveney virtual ward hub is working alongside its commissioners and local service providers Network to develop community based services that support patients to remain at home and receive the services they require in an effective and co-ordinated way.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is an organisation assessed as being 'Outstanding' by Care Quality Commission in 2018.

If you would like to be part of an Outstanding organisation that delivers high quality personalised care, supports innovation, that is committed to delivering quality services in our local Communities, and promotes an open and fair culture, then please apply to work with us. You will receive support and development through in service training, regular appraisals, a personal development plan and clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

The workload requires a good range of clinical skills and nursing experience to be applied in advanced clinical triage for patients in an acute crisis where hospital admission is a possibility, however, required to be avoided.

Many of our patients will have complex multi-pathologies and so we aim to provide holistic, patient centered assessments and deliver individualised care with in their own homes to prevent direct hospital admission

As a Senior Triage Nurse you will support the Clinical Lead Managers and triage staff in aspects such as roster creation, Datix management, staff supervision, PDR's, and to develop a good working knowledge of the nursing caseload.

Norwich and Waveney Hub works as cohesive team of Urgent care responses Nurses across 5 localities you may be asked to support across teams and advanced clinical assessment.

NCH&C and ECCH joint venture is committed to the development of future health clinicians and there will be an expectation that the Senior Triage Nurse will be highly motivated team player that provides high standards of care to our patients. You will also live, breathe and promote the NCH&C's Behaviour Framework.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

RECRUITMENT EVENT - Friday 23rd February 2024

If you are reading this, then the recruitment day we are holding on Friday 23rd February may be of interest for you.

The day will focus on recruitment for all of the vacancies that we have open for our new Willow Therapy Unit, which is due to open June 2024.

We will be at The Kings Conference Centre in Norwich from 9.30am. Come along to find out more about the roles we have on offer, and we will even have limited availability for interviews on the day too.

No booking needed; we look forward to seeing you then.