Adult Intermediate Care Accommodation - NHS Isle of Wight

Tender description

The vision of NHS Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust (NHS IOW PCT) is that adults requiring physical rehabilitation should receive it in a timely manner and in an appropriate setting to enable them to reach a level of functional independence acceptable to them. Providers will be required to ensure their staff members undertake high quality and proactive nursing assessments and interventions for service users who are admitted to the nursing homes under the care of a General Practitioner. Care will be of the highest standard and will be needs-based and service user centred. Providers will be required to work very closely with the NHS IOW PCT Intermediate Care team, GPs, service users and carers to provide personalised rehabilitation programmes, which maximise independence, and to work jointly with teams in the discharge planning process; ensuring service users return home, where possible, or onward to the most appropriate setting for their needs. Providers will be expected to be able to offer an environment that ensures privacy and dignity for service users and that facilitates the wider rehabilitation process. This would include making available wheelchair- accessible basic kitchen facilities for service user assessment purposes, where possible. NHS IOW PCT intends to develop a wider Rehabilitation Service, in line with the 2011 Rehabilitation Strategy, during 2011/12. The Adult Intermediate Care Accommodation Provider will be expected to liaise very closely with the Rehabilitation Service staff members, from this Service implementation date onwards. The contract will be for 33 Nursing Home beds in the first year (2011-12). Beds will need to be provided in Nursing Homes across the Isle of Wight. In future years additional beds may be spot-purchased.