Specialist Practitioner | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wolverhampton is seeking a Registered Nurse to join their Virtual Ward team. This role involves delivering high-quality care autonomously and using advanced clinical assessment skills. Candidates must be registered with NMC and hold relevant prescribing qualifications. Responsibilities include remote patient monitoring and supporting transitions of care between different settings. This position offers the opportunity to influence integrated care and enhance patient outcomes in a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
• Proven clinical expertise in managing the acutely unwell patient.

Responsibilities

• Deliver autonomous care to patients within the Virtual Ward.
• Monitor patients remotely using digital platforms.
• Identify and manage patients suitable for step‑up or step‑down care.
• Promote public health and wellbeing.
• Support and mentor junior staff.
• Participate in service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Advanced Health Assessment qualification

Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Clinical expertise in managing patients with complex needs

Excellent communication skills

Leadership skills

Autonomy and collaborative working

Strong IT skills and digital literacy

Job description

The successful candidate will work as part of a dynamic and flexible multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality, responsive care to patients across the Virtual Ward. The role also includes in‑reach responsibilities within the acute hospital and Accident & Emergency departments to identify patients suitable for step‑up or step‑down care within the Virtual Ward.

There is an expectation of flexibility to work across the Virtual Ward, Urgent Community Response, and acute hospital settings, supporting seamless transitions of care and ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Key Requirements

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Level 7 Advanced Health Assessment qualification
• V300 Non‑Medical Prescribing qualification, with a minimum of 12 months prescribing experience
• Proven clinical expertise in managing patients with complex needs/acute experience/managing the acutely unwell patient.
• Excellent communication, clinical decision‑making, and leadership skills
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively across services

Additional Information

• As this is a community‑based role, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
• Join us in shaping the future of integrated care and making a meaningful difference to patients in our community.

About the Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality, autonomous care to patients within the Virtual Ward, using advanced clinical assessment and decision‑making skills.
• Monitor patients remotely using a variety of digital platforms; therefore, strong IT skills and digital literacy are essential.
• Identify and manage patients suitable for step‑up or step‑down care between acute, urgent, and community settings, including in‑reach to Accident & Emergency and acute hospital wards.
• Promote public health and wellbeing through the ‘Making Every Contact Count’ approach, supporting individuals, carers, and families to make positive changes to their physical and mental health.
• Support and mentor junior staff, contributing to their development and the overall capability of the team.
• Developing and delivering teaching sessions to junior members of the team.
• Actively participate in service improvement initiatives, research, and audit activities to enhance clinical practice and patient outcomes.

Accountabilities

• Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice through evidence‑based care and adherence to professional standards.
• Enhancing the patient experience by delivering compassionate, responsive, and personalised care.
• Contributing effectively to the organisation’s objectives, including integrated care delivery and admission avoidance.
• Efficient and effective use of resources, ensuring value for money and sustainability.
• Ability to request and interpret clinical investigations (i.e., bloods, ECG, etc.).
• Flexibility in working across the Virtual Ward, Urgent Community Response, and Accident & Emergency Department, supporting seamless transitions of care under the front‑door model.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025.