Main area Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term for 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Service delivery between 8am - 8pm 7 days per week) Job ref 186-446-26-GH
Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Mid Notts and Bassetlaw Town Nottingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2026 23:59
Virtual Ward Community Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Community Practitioner (Nurses) to join the Nottinghamshire Virtual Ward! We are recruiting one full time position.
Virtual Wards deliver hospital‑level care at home using remote monitoring, digital tools and multi‑disciplinary community support. Our service is part of a system‑wide collaborative across Nottinghamshire Healthcare, NUH, Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals and CityCare, ensuring seamless care across acute and community settings.
We support pathways including frailty, respiratory and admission avoidance. As a Band 6 Senior Community Practitioner, you will provide timely assessments, person‑centred care and advanced clinical decision‑making in patients’ homes, working both autonomously and within an established MDT.
This role offers opportunities to develop advanced assessment skills, contribute to innovative virtual care models and play a key part in system transformation. We welcome applications from nurses passionate about acute community care, digital innovation and supporting people to recover safely at home.
Main duties of the job
* Deliver timely, person‑centred assessments and provide high‑quality clinical care to patients on the Virtual Ward for up to 14 days.
* Work autonomously and within the MDT (including Matrons, Nurses, AHPs and support staff) to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support safe early discharge.
* Interpret remote monitoring data, undertake face‑to‑face clinical reviews, identify deterioration and initiate appropriate interventions or escalation.
* Lead and coordinate safe, effective discharge planning and contribute to daily MDT discussions on treatment and risk.
* Support junior staff through supervision, role‑modelling and clinical guidance.
* Maintain accurate documentation on SystmOne and uphold professional standards, governance, and patient safety.
* Work flexibly across respiratory, frailty and admission avoidance pathways, following lone‑worker and dynamic risk assessment procedures.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, flexible, and compassionate Senior Community Nurse to join this new and exciting service within the localities of Mid Nottinghamshire and/or Bassetlaw.
You will work within the Virtual Ward Team and in collaboration with system partners such as City Care, as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary clinical team with a dedicated focus of delivering excellent patient centred care and innovation.
You must be able to work flexibly over 7 days including weekend and bank holidays.
Shifts are 8am -8pm.
You will be providing care to patients in a community setting, who require high quality holistic evidence‑based care that is responsive, effective, and efficient in line with the virtual ward model.
We would love to hear from you if:
* You possess community nursing experience or acute care experience with a passion for learning, demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful, and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.
* You have a thirst to use digital and remote technologies within your assessments.
* You demonstrate high levels of care and compassion to promote independence, prevent hospital admission or admission to care, support early discharge from hospital and to help people to receive the care they require within the places they call home.
* You enjoy working collaboratively across organisation boundaries, within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic, and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Awareness of the NHS Modernisation Agenda
* Case management for complex patients
* Ability to seek out current best practice based on research and evidence based enquiry
* Knowledge of the nursing 6 c’s
* Understanding of clinical risk assessments and risk management.
* Ability to deliver joint managed care
* People and Resource Management
Experience
* Experience of working autonomously
* Community or primary care experience
* Caseload Management and experience of triaging of patients with a range of clinical conditions.
* Multi‑disciplinary working
* Experience of supervising and appraising staff
* Project Management
* Conflict Management
* Experience of close working relationships with a variety of statutory agencies and other external organisations
Qualifications
* Level 1 Registered General Nurse.
* Evidence of working at a senior level
* Degree level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience in a health‑related subject e.g Specialist Practice Degree or Leadership Qualification.
* Advanced clinical assessment evidence (practical evidence or courses)Demonstrates continued professional development to maintain professional registration
* Holds a mentorship qualification and has ability to provide mentorship to others
* End of Life Care
* Frailty / LTC modules
* Advanced clinical assessment courses (Dreams/ Top to toe course)
Skills
* Teaching and assessing students
* Clear written and verbal communication skills
* IT skills including Word, Excel and electronic patient record systems
* Effective problem solving and decision making skills
* Analytical and Diplomatic
* Motivated
* Able to lead by example
* Excellent organisational and planning skills
* Negotiation and problem solving skills
* Can demonstrate up to date evidence based clinical skills
* Ability to demonstrate RCA skills in investigating reported incidents
Values & Behaviours
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Values - Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork.
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.
Additional Information
* We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
* The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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* For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered a spent will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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