Registered Nurse - Frailty Virtual Ward

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Highweek; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join Harbour at Home, our Frailty Virtual Ward for older adults living with frailty. The role focuses on holistic care from assessment to discharge within the community setting and is offered on a full-time basis.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing compassionate care, uphold professional standards, and support colleagues while developing nursing skills in a dynamic care model based at

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development as a registered nurse.
• Experience communicating complex information to patients, carers and health and social care staff.
• Palliative care training including bladder and bowel care and catheterisation.
• Experience of continuing health care assessments.
• Experience of COPD or Heart Failure.
• Understanding clinical supervision and ability to apply to practice.
• Diabetes course.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care.
• Support, mentor, and guide junior colleagues and the wider team.
• Maintain a safe and supportive clinical environment for patients, carers, visitors, and staff.
• Uphold Trust values and demonstrate expected professional behaviours.

Skills

Communication skills

Mentoring and team support

Holistic patient care

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse - Frailty Virtual Ward

The closing date is 17 November 2026

We are looking for a dedicated Band 5 registered nurse to join our team, working on our virtual ward otherwise known as Harbour at Home.

Our virtual ward provides compassionate care primarily for older adults living with frailty, and you will play a key role as part of our multidisciplinary team.

As a Band 5 Nurse, you will provide holistic care from assessment through to discharge, ensuring that each patient receives the highest standard of treatment and support.

• Full-time hours on the Virtual Ward.

Main duties of the job

• Plan, implement, and evaluate individualised patient care.
• Support, mentor, and guide junior colleagues and the wider team.
• Maintain a safe and supportive clinical environment for patients, carers, visitors, and staff.
• Uphold Trust values and always demonstrate expected professional behaviours.

Join us and make a difference in the lives of our patients while developing your nursing skills in a dynamic care setting.

About us

A new model of care is being introduced for people identified as living with frailty.

This model will be based out of a Healthy Ageing Hub at Newton Abbot Hospital and will see most patients triaged through a dedicated telephone frailty co-ordination function and streamed to the most appropriate part of the service for their needs.

This will be maintained at home or in a community setting e.g. intermediate care bed ( IC) supported by Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams and/or the Frailty Virtual Ward (Harbour at Home) team where they will receive acute care in the community and appropriate "wraparound" services to support them and their family/carers.

A Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and ambulatory care function will be provided at Newton Abbot that patients can be streamed to as an alternative to attending Torbay Hospital but also for patients being managed within the virtual ward requiring rapid diagnostics and a consultant opinion.

For patients that cannot be managed at home or in intermediate care there will be access to beds at Newton Abbot Hospital and the hub team will then work proactively to discharge patients as swiftly as possible to care closer to home.

The hub will be a collaboration between existing UCR teams, the Frailty Virtual Ward team, Healthcare of Older People team and the Newton Abbot ward MDT. The staff within these teams include GP's, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and trainee ACP's, therapists, nurses, consultants and a consultant nurse.

Job responsibilities

The NHS England ambition for Frailty Virtual Wards is to provide care closer to home to patients who would otherwise be admitted into hospital is gaining momentum in Devon.

Key responsibilities

• Value everyone as an individual and actively support their right to have their voice heard in decisions about how their needs are met.
• Value differences and individuality, showing respect to all.
• Respond with humanity and kindness to every person by listening attentively and showing respect in all conversations.
• Respect each persons wishes while providing nursing care within their own home.
• Provide the highest quality of care by listening to and acting on feedback.
• Take personal responsibility for improving services by implementing change positively and contributing constructively and flexibly to multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions.
• Work in partnership to achieve the best possible outcomes for our patients and community.
• Help and support colleagues to work effectively together toward shared goals and objectives.
• Act as a role model, valuing everyones opinions and experiences.
• Recognise, appreciate, and value the contributions of others and the roles they play in a patients life.
• Strive to provide excellent, innovative services that enable people to live their lives to the fullest.
• Encourage and support individuals to improve their own health and wellbeing at every opportunity
• You will be required to have a full UK driving license and have access to your own vehicle with business insurance.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• oQualified Registered Nurse Evidence of continuing professional development
• oProven relevant experience in communicate complex information to patients, carers, and health and social care staff
• oPalliative Care Course Bladder and Bowel training- including catheterisation.
• oExperience of continuing health care assessments.
• oExperience of COPD or Heart Failure
• oUnderstands clinical supervision and able to demonstrate relevance to practice
• oDiabetes course

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum pro rata