Acute Medicine and Frailty Specialist; AHAH); Internal

Vacancies Acute Medicine and Frailty Specialist (AHAH) (Internal Only)

• The post holder will work as across a range of specialty Acute Medicine functions, primarily this will be Acute Hospital at Home (AHAH) with a focus on frailty.
• Applicants will need to be able to assess patients in a structured manner over different modalities including face to face, telephone assessments and community home visits.
• Within the AHAH role they will lead in the delivery of a seamless transition between the acute trust and the community, ensuring patients are kept safe and the best possible care is delivered. Current patient streams managed by this service are OPAT, AF, COVID, AKI, Heart Failure, NSTEMI, Syncope, Surgery and Frailty. We will continue to introduce new work streams. Learning in all these areas will be expected, but the main focus in this role will be on Frailty.
• They will proactively seek new patients to recruit from AMU, SDEC, wards across the hospital and UCR assessing these patients and driving their safe transfer into AHAH/virtual ward.
• They will work to improve and maintain the AHAH service based on best practice and current national guidelines.
• This post is to work in the Northern site, but you may be expected to spend valuable time in the Eastern site during the induction period for learning purposes.
• After an appropriate time in post, the post holder will have the opportunity to complete ongoing learning and obtain an advanced practice module relevant to their role, including history taking and clinical examination.

More detail about the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Registered Nurse or an Allied Health Professional to bring their experience and knowledge to our integrated Virtual Ward team.

This role has been developed as a response to the growing needs of the local Community to have a responsive diverse Multidisciplinary team. This will include working in a range of areas and modalities across Acute Medicine and Frailty.

Virtual Ward is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care. Virtual Wards support patients who would otherwise be in Hospital to receive the acute care and treatment they need in their own home. This includes either preventing avoidable admissions into Hospital or supporting early discharge out of Hospital.

The work involves providing remote and face to face care to patients. This may be via home visits, reviews in clinic and by using telephone consultations to assess patients. To a lesser extent using devices feeding results into Epic. The role involves visiting the wards across the Royal Devon to recruit new patients and support patient flow by providing early supported discharge.

You will work closely with Community teams, Eastern AHAH and Acute Medicine.

The delivery of digitally enabled care (virtual care) including virtual wards is a national priority embedded within current Health and Social Care policy.

This post, as part of a Multi-disciplinary team, provides an opportunity to drive and transform the system by embedding the use of digital technology to release pressure on acute care and improve patient outcomes.

They will also be expected to play a proactive role in quality and service improvement and working closely with the Team Leader and multidisciplinary team.

Interview Date:To Be Confirmed

For further information please contact:Lizzie Wilmott, AHAH Frailty Team Leader on OR

This is an internal vacancy for Royal Devon employees

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