We are recruiting a Senior Clinical Fellow to join our exciting and rapidly expanding HomeFirst Team delivering integrated holistic care spanning both acute and community settings. The post holder will work in an integrated work across the Mary Seacole Unit and the @home virtual ward.
The post holder will support our goal in improving the quality of care delivered to patients with a focus on maximising peoples’ independence and supporting their return to their usual place of residence wherever possible. You will receive peer support from fellow doctors working across the frailty services in Epsom General Hospital and Surrey Downs Health and Care Partnership and be fully supported consultant geriatricians and an integrated management team helping you to drive forward change.
Surrey Downs Health & Care and Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals Trust have developed an Integrated Virtual Ward model of Care which brings together primary care, secondary care and community services within Surrey Downs Place to support patients by offering acute level care, monitoring and treatment in their own homes. This offering is a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care preventing avoidable admissions into hospital and supporting early discharge out of hospital. This @home virtual ward runs 7 days a week, 8am to 8pm. It is delivered by a multidisciplinary team including consultants, doctors, nurses, therapists, physician associates, paramedics, pharmacists, care assistants and administration. The team offers medical assessment, daily review, MDT discussion, and management of conditions.
The core function of this model is the @Home virtual ward which provides rapid assessment and wrap around care to people in their own home (usual place of residence) who become suddenly unwell and would normally be admitted to hospital or we can support with an earlier discharge from hospital.
