Lead Nurse Frailty Virtual Ward

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a senior nurse to join a dynamic team in the Frailty Virtual Ward service at a leading healthcare provider. The role involves delivering high-quality patient care, leadership, and working with a multidisciplinary team to enhance service delivery and patient outcomes.

Benefits

Flexible Working Options

Professional Development Opportunities

Supportive Work Environment

Qualifications

• Extensive post registration experience in a band 7 role.
• Experience in Community Nursing Setting.
• Participating in stakeholder meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care to patients in their homes.
• Lead a Multi-Disciplinary Team to improve patient outcomes.
• Ensure operational continuity and financial management.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

NMC Registered Nurse 1st level

Teaching/Mentoring Qualification

Masters Level Education

Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification

Job description

Main area Virtual Wards Grade 8a Contract Fixed term: 10 months (until 31st March 2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to friday) Job ref 293-EMRS2-0451

Site Homerton Hopsital Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 pro rata p.a. incl. Salary period Yearly Closing 27/05/2025 23:59

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a new, innovative and dynamic team within our expanding Frailty Virtual Ward service. We are looking for experienced and motivated senior nurse (Band 7 or current 8a) who is passionate about service development and providing high standard of patient centred care.

You will be working closely within a Multi-Disciplinary Team of staff including Doctors, senior nurse practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and HCA’s, all of whom are committed to maintaining independence, promoting self-care and assisting patients in their usual place of residence. This role will require strong leadership and visible, credible senior nursing presence accessible to staff, patients and their families. At times this post may require you to work autonomously, when working across the Hackney borough into patients own homes and in an inpatient hospital setting.

Main duties of the job

Providing specialised advanced high-quality care and support for patients intheir own home to prevent unnecessary admissions and/or facilitate timely discharge from hospital/ other healthcare settings under direct or indirect supervision of senior medical colleagues.
• This role will be at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high quality care making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills assessment within the community setting.
• The post holder will provide clinical leadership and support within the Frailty Virtual Ward nursing/AHP team in developing the service to improve the patient experience and clinical outcomes while remaining in their own homes.
• Responsible for ensuring the operational continuity, financial management and strategic development of the Frailty Virtual Ward Service.
• To communicate to a high level with all key stakeholders, for example GP’s, social services, acute hospitals, care providers and voluntary services.
• To maintain overview of the current team operations and support the service management team to ensure effective service delivery to meet KPIs, Trust objectives, local and national standards and progress teams in line with emerging initiatives.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that the last CQC - Care Quality Commission rating for Homerton Hospital was the highest possible rating of "Outstanding"

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description and person specification provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. The person specification also outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• • NMC Registered Nurse 1st level
• • Teaching/mentoring qualification
• • Experience in Community Nursing Setting
• • Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification & registration with NMC
• • Advanced Physical Assessment Course
• • Educated to Masters Level or equivalent experience
• Leadership programme
• • Experience of participating in stake holder meetings

Experience

• Extensive post registration experience in a band 7 role
• Quality Improvement Projects
• Experience of working with key stake holders and external Partners

Other

• Understanding of the Trust values

Skills/ Abilities

• • Highly specialist clinical and technical skills in managing a range of clinical conditions and end of life care
• • Strong analytical and judgement skills, with the ability to interpret complex situations and make appropriate decisions

G eneral Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

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.