The closing date is 30 April 2025
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic, innovative and engaging Band 5 NMC Registered Nurses who have a passion for the delivery of high quality patient care within the community to join our Acute Care at Home – Virtual Wards.
Our Virtual Ward is a new and innovative service which offers face to face acute care in the patient’s own home. The Virtual Ward has an agreed admission criteria which works in partnership with supporting care services and the aim of the service is to reduce length of acute hospital stay and/or avoid hospital admission; this leads to quicker recovery and reduces disruption to patients’, and their carers’ lives. This means we can proactively manage people living with frailty at home, and for those that have a sub-acute episode we can improve a patient’s experience and outcomes. In addition, this means we have more space in our hospitals for acutely unwell patients and reduces the pressure on urgent care.
You will be able to prioritise your own workload without supervision, have an excellent patient focused approach and use your initiative as well as work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
This role is delivered in-person and works on a 7 day per week shift basis.
Main duties of the job
By joining the Virtual Ward Team you will be responsible for the clinical assessment of the needs, development of programmes of care, and for the implementation and evaluation of theseprogrammes for patients and their relatives.
As part of this role you will also be expected to:
- Provide a high standard of clinical nursing within the ward / department.
- Take charge of the ward when rostered and assessed as competent to take on the roles and responsibilities of leadership and supervision
- Act as a role model to Nursing Associates, Healthcare Support Workers, students and trainees
- To present a positive, professional image of the organisation and of the nursing team.Participate in MDTs and Board Rounds
- Supervise / assess clinical support workers
- Participate in case review meetings
Person Specification
nmc
Essential
- Registered Nurse on NMC register
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments, providing treatment to patients as outlined in the patients Treatment/Care Pla
- Recognised qualification in teaching and assessing
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
Desirable
- Recognised qualification in teaching and assessing
- Flexible
NMC
Essential
- Registered Nurse on NMC register
- Recognised qualification in teaching and assessing
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments, providing treatment to patients as outlined in the patients Treatment/Care Plan
- Has experience as a student or registered nurse in an Acute hospital setting or community setting.
Desirable
- Ability to work as part of a team and working autonomously
- Able to use own initiative
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).