Team Lead for Urgent Community Response & Virtual Ward - Whitchurch

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service.  The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.

We are looking for a Team Lead who shares our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can help devise & deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own home. The post holder will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Virtual Ward Multidisciplinary Teams to provide clinical responsibility for a defined delegate patient caseload, and managerial support for the locality team. They will ensure the delivery of high quality, responsive, efficient and effective management of patients in their usual place of residence, to enable them to remain in their home at a time of crisis, or as an alternative to admission. The post holder will undertake the line management of all personnel within the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the role, please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification document.