Band 6 Virtual Ward Practitioner

Bhamcommunity; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The post holder will provide clinical expertise and operational management to the Virtual Wards (Hospital @Home) model within Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The role involves working across city-wide settings, collaborating with Secondary and Primary Care, and facilitating early discharge while preventing avoidable admissions.

Shifts are 08:00–18:00, 37.5 hours per week, fixed-term for 12 months; closing date is 16/11/2026.

Qualifications

• Ability to organise team workload and prioritise care.
• Knowledge of legislation including equal opportunities and NHS policies.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise and operational management to the Virtual Wards (Hospital @Home) model.
• Collaborate with MDTs across community, secondary care and urgent care services.
• Assess, diagnose, plan and manage a highly specialist adult caseload in patient homes and community settings.
• Promote safe discharge and early supported decision-making for patients and families.
• Ensure adherence to BCHC policies, guidelines and safeguarding requirements.

Skills

Team workload management

Legislation awareness

Evidence-based practice

Education

Nurse registration Level 1 (Adult) / AHP

Post-registration education

Degree in relevant subject

Mentoring/teaching qualification

Nurse prescriber

Job description

Find out more about applying to join Team BCHC.

Join our team

Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be part ofthat future now.Join us and help achieve better care andhealthier communities.

Main area Adult Community Services Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (working 5days out of 7) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible) (to cover service from 08:00-18:00 Monday to Sunday)) Job ref 820-8322832-COM

Site Virtual ward Town Birmingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

The post holder will be able to provide clinical expertise, operational management, to the Virtual Wards (Hospital @Home) Model within Birmingham Community Healthcare (BCHC) NHS Foundation Trust.

The purpose of the role is to work across the system in a variety of city-wide settings but not exclusive to the community and inpatient units, and to in-reach into secondary care, to identify and assess patients, to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate early supportive discharge.

The work will be undertaken collaboratively with Secondary and Primary Care, and Community Services, including Urgent Care Response, Early Intervention Team (EICT), and Specialists Services.

The post holder will work attend integrated multidisciplinary teams (MDT’s) to provide advice and support and agreed data to support the Virtual Ward (Hospital @Home) Model.

The post holder will under supervision: Provide aspects of direct clinical patient care, provide expert clinical support and advice and is able to manage aspects of the service within teams which are fundamental parts of this role. Assess, diagnose, and manage a highly specialist adult patient caseload in a variety of settings, which will include assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning therapy programmes and discharge of patients.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, premature admission to long-term residential care and facilitating early hospital discharge, plus the added bonus of Birmingham being a fantastic place to work and live.

A real opportunity to work within the self-motivated and aspirational MDT daily The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process, in partnership with the Clinical Practice (CP) Lead. Also the Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) Lead.

Supporting people of Birmingham and ensuring they are treated in the right place at the right time, evidenced by clinical and performance outcomes. Working multi-professionally, completing assessments and interventions, whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality intervention to patients within their own homes and other community settings.

Working for our organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS provider in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Practice

Be conversant with all BCHC NHS FT policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented.

Ensure evidence-based care is practiced and promoted at all times

Manage own time effectively and prioritise workload

Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experienced members of staff.

Promote health by collaborative working with patients and their relatives. Provide support to the multidisciplinary team to enable patients to make better choices for their health and that of their families, undertaking health promotion and contributing to the prevention of adverse effects to health and wellbeing.

Act as a role model to and facilitate others to respect the dignity, wishes and beliefs of patients: involving them in shared decision making and obtaining consent prior to all interventions.

Safeguard individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately.

Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care

Participate in the further development of an integrated, multi-disciplinary EICT and Virtual Ward working alongside colleagues in Integrated MDT;s and the wider health and social care economy to facilitate achievement of patient outcomes.

Triage and co-ordinate other junior members of the team and appropriately delegate specific aspects of nursing and therapy care according to the care plan.

Participate in MDT’s within Secondary Care, In-patient, UCR and Community Services. facilitating the continuity of patient care ensuring patients and relatives are kept informed of treatments, progress, and discharge arrangements.

Have responsibility for the safe use of highly complex patient monitoring and support equipment within the work area Communicate effectively verbally and in writing with colleagues and stakeholders, utilising electronic methods of communication within the remit of the Data Protection, ensuring clinical information is conveyed within a timeframe that ensures patient safety.

Fully utilise digital platforms, patient systems and IT to support patient monitoring and clinical care delivery. Facilitate safe discharge from caseloads to an appropriate community setting.

****You will be expected to work shifts as required between the hours of 08:00 until 18:00***( not 22:00)

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult)/ AHP
• Evidence of up to date post registration education relevant to the role.
• Degree in relevant subject.
• Mentoring or teaching qualification.
• Nurse prescriber

Experience

• Significant experience as a registered health professional including working in the community , frailty, or older adult setting or care
• Experience working as a registered nurse/AHP in the community.
• Significant experience of a multidisciplinary approach to care

Skills/Knowledge

• Skills to organise team workload and prioritise
• Awareness of legislation affecting the role including equal opportunities law.
• Ability to evidence application of utilising evidence-based practice
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