Virtual Care Clinician (Nurse/Paramedic) - Integrated Care

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

27 days' holiday

Personal and professional development

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Occupational health and counselling

Wellbeing hub

NHS discounts

Job summary

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Virtual Care Clinician (Nurse/Paramedic) to join the Integrated Care team. This role uses remote clinical assessment and decision-making to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Based in Crawley or Medway, the post supports NHS 111/999 pathways and develops digital care pathways within SECAmb. The role offers both full-time and part-time hours, NHS pension, generous annual leave and

Qualifications

• Undertake autonomous virtual clinical assessments for patients accessing 999, NHS 111 and other referral pathways.
• Use clinical judgement, evidence-based practice and decision-support systems to assess and manage patients with urgent and emergency healthcare needs.
• Develop person-centred care plans and deliver self-care advice, safety-netting and onward referrals.

Responsibilities

• Support access to community, primary care, mental health and urgent care services.
• Provide clinical leadership and advice to operational and clinical colleagues.
• Identify and manage risk, safeguarding concerns and patient deterioration.
• Contribute to quality improvement, audit and service development projects.
• Support the development of innovative virtual models of care and growth of SECAmb's Virtual Care service.
• Coach, mentor and support colleagues as the service evolves.
• Build expertise in digital healthcare and remote clinical assessment.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Clinical judgement

Evidence-based practice

Decision-support

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

NHS systems

Job description

Virtual Care Clinician (Nurse/Paramedic) - Integrated Care

Company:

Company: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

The frontline haschanged.

Clinical expertise is no longer limited by geography, ambulance availability or hospital walls. Virtual Care is transforming how urgent and emergency care is delivered, helping patients access the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Band 6 NHS Agenda for Change - £39,959 to £48,1117 per annum

Locations: Medway Make Ready Centre (East) or Crawley HQ (West)- The role will require you to work from one of these locations, remote working is not available.

Full time &part-timepositions available.

Join our growing Virtual Care service! This is a chance to help change how urgent and emergency care is delivered. As a Virtual Care Clinician,you’lluse your skills and technology to provide safe care.You’llhelp patients in urgent and emergency situations. Your goal is to ensure they get the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

This is much more than a telephone-based clinical role.

You'lljoin a service witha clear visionfor Virtual Care. It aims to lead in digitally enabled urgent and emergency care. Join us at a key moment in our journey.You'llhelp shape how Virtual Care grows across SECAmb in the years ahead.

If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to an online clinical assessment on Wednesday 25th November 2026. If successful you will then be invited to aface to faceinterview on Wednesday 2nd December 2026 at Medway Make Ready Centre.

As a Virtual Care Clinician, you will:

• Undertake autonomous virtual clinical assessments for patients accessing 999, NHS 111 and other referral pathways.
• Use clinical judgement, evidence-basedpracticeand decision-support systems to assess and manage patients with urgent and emergency healthcare needs.
• Develop person-centred care plans and deliver self-care advice, safety-netting and onward referrals.
• Support access to community, primaryare, mental health and urgent care services.
• Provide clinical leadership and advice to operational and clinical colleagues.
• Identifyand manage risk, safeguardingconcernsand patient deterioration.
• Contribute to quality improvement,auditand service development projects.
• Support the development of innovative virtual models of care and contribute to the ongoing growth of SECAmb's Virtual Care service.
• Coach, mentor and support colleagues as the service continues to evolve.
• Buildexpertisein digital healthcare and remote clinical assessment, one of the fastest-growing areas of NHS practice.

If you are excited by change, passionate about delivering outstanding patient care and motivated by the opportunity to help design the future of healthcare, we would love to hear from you.

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award winning wellbeing hub
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

This advert closes on Sunday 8 Nov 2026

Other than in exceptional circumstances, the starting salary for staff new to the NHS will be the bottom point of the band to which they have been appointed.

This is a fully office-based role at our NHS 111/999 contact centres in Medway, Kent or Crawley, West Sussex. Because of 24/7 shift patterns, including nights, applicants should live within about 45–60 minutes of commuting time. Applications outside this distance will not be progressed.

If you are planning torelocate, please include details and timescales in your supporting statement.

Please make sure you read all supporting documents before applying for this role. These includeimportant informationabout the training and rota requirements.

Virtual Care is changing how patients access urgent and emergency healthcare. This role lets you be part of that transformation. Working within SECAmb's Integrated Care Contact Centres, you will provide autonomous remote clinical assessment, care planning and decision-making for patients accessing urgent and emergency services.

Using your clinicalexpertise, professionaljudgementand evidence-based practice, you will ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time while supporting the effective use of healthcare resources.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service and play an active role in shaping the future of Virtual Care at SECAmb. You will provide excellent patient care. Also, you will help improve services, drive innovation, and develop digital healthcare pathways. As the service grows, you can develop specialist skills, support your colleagues, and take on future clinical leadership and development roles.

“Join us at the start of an exciting journey. Help build a Virtual Care service that will shape the future of urgent and emergency care across SECAmb.”

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

Virtual Care Clinician (Nurse/Paramedic) - Integrated Care

Company: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Hours: Part-time Location: Crawley, RH10 9BG Job type: Permanent Posting date: 27 Oct 2026 Closing date: 26 Nov 2026

Summary

A Vacancy at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

The frontline haschanged.

Clinical expertise is no longer limited by geography, ambulance availability or hospital walls. Virtual Care is transforming how urgent and emergency care is delivered, helping patients access the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Virtual Care Clinician

Band 6 NHS Agenda for Change - £39,959 to £48,1117 per annum

Locations: Medway Make Ready Centre (East) or Crawley HQ (West)- The role will require you to work from one of these locations, remote working is not available.

Full time &part-timepositions available.

Join our growing Virtual Care service! This is a chance to help change how urgent and emergency care is delivered. As a Virtual Care Clinician,you’lluse your skills and technology to provide safe care.You’llhelp patients in urgent and emergency situations. Your goal is to ensure they get the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

This is much more than a telephone-based clinical role.

You'lljoin a service witha clear visionfor Virtual Care. It aims to lead in digitally enabled urgent and emergency care. Join us at a key moment in our journey.You'llhelp shape how Virtual Care grows across SECAmb in the years ahead.

If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to an online clinical assessment on Wednesday 25th November 2026. If successful you will then be invited to aface to faceinterview on Wednesday 2nd December 2026 at Medway Make Ready Centre.

As a Virtual Care Clinician, you will:

• Undertake autonomous virtual clinical assessments for patients accessing 999, NHS 111 and other referral pathways.
• Use clinical judgement, evidence-basedpracticeand decision-support systems to assess and manage patients with urgent and emergency healthcare needs.
• Develop person-centred care plans and deliver self-care advice, safety-netting and onward referrals.
• Support access to community, primaryare, mental health and urgent care services.
• Provide clinical leadership and advice to operational and clinical colleagues.
• Identifyand manage risk, safeguardingconcernsand patient deterioration.
• Contribute to quality improvement,auditand service development projects.
• Support the development of innovative virtual models of care and contribute to the ongoing growth of SECAmb's Virtual Care service.
• Coach, mentor and support colleagues as the service continues to evolve.
• Buildexpertisein digital healthcare and remote clinical assessment, one of the fastest-growing areas of NHS practice.

If you are excited by change, passionate about delivering outstanding patient care and motivated by the opportunity to help design the future of healthcare, we would love to hear from you.

• Option to join NHS pension scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award winning wellbeing hub
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Other than in exceptional circumstances, the starting salary for staff new to the NHS will be the bottom point of the band to which they have been appointed.

This is a fully office-based role at our NHS 111/999 contact centres in Medway, Kent or Crawley, West Sussex. Because of 24/7 shift patterns, including nights, applicants should live within about 45–60 minutes of commuting time. Applications outside this distance will not be progressed.

If you are planning torelocate, please include details and timescales in your supporting statement.

Please make sure you read all supporting documents before applying for this role. These includeimportant informationabout the training and rota requirements.

Virtual Care is changing how patients access urgent and emergency healthcare. This role lets you be part of that transformation. Working within SECAmb's Integrated Care Contact Centres, you will provide autonomous remote clinical assessment, care planning and decision-making for patients accessing urgent and emergency services.

Using your clinicalexpertise, professionaljudgementand evidence-based practice, you will ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time while supporting the effective use of healthcare resources.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service and play an active role in shaping the future of Virtual Care at SECAmb. You will provide excellent patient care. Also, you will help improve services, drive innovation, and develop digital healthcare pathways. As the service grows, you can develop specialist skills, support your colleagues, and take on future clinical leadership and development roles.

“Join us at the start of an exciting journey. Help build a Virtual Care service that will shape the future of urgent and emergency care across SECAmb.”

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.