Ambition 24hours: Home care services and private nurses in the UK

Ambition 24hours Direct is the home care division of Ambition 24hours Group.  It is the leading independent specialist in healthcare staffing, operating 24/7 each day and 365 days a year. It is a £60 million organisation with some 13,500 healthcare professionals on call nationwide in the UK. 

If you want home care or high-quality private nursing - for you, a parent or other family member or friend - Ambition 24hours Direct can help. A care assistant or qualified private nurse will visit and provide the experienced home care you need - at any time of the day or night, for as many or as few hours as you need, with a minimum of 4 hours for each visit.  It's the reassurance of professional private nursing, just when you want it most.

All their care assistants and qualified nurses are specially selected and trained to ensure the highest standards of quality care provision for private nursing. Find out what their clients say.

Why choose Ambition 24hours Direct

• Clients: Their commercial clients include NHS Trusts, private hospitals, registered nursing homes and other healthcare providers

• Service Capacity: They can meet your needs comprehensively, with assured support.  Ambition 24hours is the industry's fastest-growing service provider with a turnover of £50 million from the provision of registered nurses and care assistant workers, through a network of 19 branches, with a database of 13,500 fully assessed personnel.

• Nationwide Network: Enables them to provide trained private nurses or care assistants to you in most parts of the United Kingdom, with all the convenience of one contact telephone number.  In addition to the existing branches, their program team can quickly identify any additional local requirement for you, and then locate premises and recruit qualified nurses for assessment and required training.

• True 24/7 Service Capability: Your needs can be met immediately, at any time of the day or night, 365 days a year. Their experienced booking team is supported by investment in 2002 alone of £500,000 in a national IT network and centralised, computerised booking systems. They have had only 10 minutes off-line in six years of trading.

• Fast and convenient booking system

       There are 3 simple stages:-

• Call the 24 hr booking hotline to book an initial assessment, by credit card

• At the appointed time, a qualified private nurse will visit for an initial assessment of nursing needs

• You will then get a call within 24 hours to agree a schedule of visits by a carer or nurse, with pre-booking by credit card. The nursing schedule can be reviewed and revised, according to your needs. 

• Total Quality Commitment: Full compliance with the NHS National Care Standards, and all relevant clinical governance, policies and procedures - including agency staff interviewing, referencing, training and full criminal records check.

• Nursing, Care Assistant and Management Specialisation's: Recruitment and training support meets the need comprehensively for specialist healthcare and support provision - including Registered General Nurses and Registered Mental Nurses - as well as managerial and other personnel.

• Management Accounting/Reporting: Electronic invoicing in any required format can be provided to meet your needs - according to cost centre allocation, management analysis and your other accounting and reporting requirements. This optimises accountability and transparency in the accounts process to ensure 'best value'.  
• Skills Training: They employ their own specialist registered nursing trainers, for current skills training in manual handling, CPR, aggression awareness, food hygiene, health and safety, first aid and other courses. The "Ambition Academy" is in development as an additional 'on-line' resource for home study, to ensure the most up-to-date training.

• Permanent Staff Provision:  They can review your needs for temporary-to-permanent employment of the staff that is provided.  Ambition 24hours appreciates that needs may change and are confident that a formula can be agreed to meet specific requirements.

• Reputation: Ambition 24hours' reputation for a highly efficient, high quality and friendly service has resulted in a level of success that has won them the accolade as the UK's Fastest Growing UK Company (source: 'Sunday Times'/ Fast Track 2002)

• Insurance of £5 million

• Competitive Pricing: The company can submit a highly competitive proposal to meet your agency nursing needs, based on their experience in working with major hospital and home healthcare providers and employers requiring efficient and comprehensive service provision, around the clock.

Types of care provided

Ambition 24 hours Direct provides care in the following areas:

Cancer Care

Ambition 24hours provides 24-7 home support, including live-in care, for patients of all ages who are undergoing cancer treatment.  Specialist nurses and carers will help patients and their families with their medical and care needs, in liaison with the GP and other health care providers. A national and international service is available.

Mental Health

Specialist nurses and support workers are trained and experienced in dealing with a range of mental health issues for patients of all age groups. Care and medication plans are developed in coordination with social services, PCTs and other relevant organisations, to ensure each patient’s needs are fully met for care and safety. Overnight support is available too.

Rehabilitation

After a stay in hospital, care can be provided for a patient’s return home, with care plans offering support - from 4 hours to 24-hours a day, with live-in attendance, for as many days as required. Help with personal care and simple domestic tasks is available, through to more specialist medical assistance, provided by qualified nurses, including physiotherapy.  Rehabilitation programmes are developed for patients of any age, according to abilities and care needs.

Eating Disorders

Specialist nurses and care workers are available to provide help and support in the home. Many staff have worked in major clinics offering treatment for eating disorders: staff are therefore experienced in implementing hospital plans and working together with other health care organisations and professionals, as well families, in the best interests of the patient and family. Support in the home, out of the hospital setting, is available from 4 hours for as long and often as required, both day and night and at weekends.

Paediatric Care

Specialist nurses and carers are trained in caring for babies and older children who may require medical attention, support or supervision for a few days or for longer periods, including overnight. Ambition 24hours provides the additional care and reassurance that worried parents often want in order to meet the continuing needs of a sick child - whether with viral, post-operative, disability, behavioural or other care needs.

For specific details of the care that is available, please contact them direct.

What does it cost?

Service fees start from under £14.00 per hour, for the provision of an experienced Care Assistant. Qualified Nurses with a range of specialisation can also be provided. The total cost of the Care Plan will relate to such issues as the frequency and duration of care, the type of care required - whether by a qualified nurse or care assistant and whether care is provide during the day, at night or over weekends.

For a fee of £120 you can be provided you with an initial assessment and quotation for the cost of the proposed care plan . The fee for the initial assessment is for the cost of a visit to the home, care assessment and development of a Care Plan by a qualified nurse. There is no further obligation to purchase.

Cancellation: the service can be cancelled at any time by giving at least 24 hours notice by phone.

For more information about Ambition 24hours, you can request an information pack, download the Service User Guide or view a one minute, audio-animation presentation.

Contact details

Ambition 24hours Direct
Ambition House
92 - 96 Lind Road
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 4PL

Tel: 0871 87 333 44

Email: info@a24homecare.co.uk

Website: www.ambition24hours.co.uk

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