Virtual Ward Community Practitioner

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Edingley CP; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EDI networks

Health & Wellbeing team

Net-zero commitment

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Community Practitioner (Nurses) to join the Nottinghamshire Virtual Ward. The role is full time and focuses on delivering hospital-level care at home, including advanced assessment and decision-making in patients' homes within a Band 6 framework.

You will work autonomously and within an MDT, support safe discharge, and develop skills in remote monitoring and digital care, contributing to system transformation and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in community health or acute care settings.
• Ability to interpret remote monitoring data and triage appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely, person-centred assessments for Virtual Ward patients for up to 14 days.
• Work autonomously within the MDT to prevent hospital admissions and support early discharge.
• Interpret data from remote monitoring, undertake reviews and escalate as needed.
• Lead safe discharge planning and contribute to MDT discussions on treatment and risk.
• Supervise and guide junior staff, provide clinical oversight.
• Maintain accurate SystmOne documentation and uphold governance and safety.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Autonomous working

Disp discharge planning

Remote monitoring

MDT collaboration

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Community Practitioner (Nurses) to join the Nottinghamshire Virtual Ward! We are recruiting one full time position.

Virtual Wards deliver hospital-level care at home using remote monitoring, digital tools and multi-disciplinary community support. Our service is part of a system-wide collaborative across Nottinghamshire Healthcare, NUH, Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals and CityCare, ensuring seamless care across acute and community settings.

We support pathways including frailty, respiratory and admission avoidance. As a Band 6 Senior Community Practitioner, you will provide timely assessments, person-centred care and advanced clinical decision-making in patients' homes, working both autonomously and within an established MDT.

This role offers opportunities to develop advanced assessment skills, contribute to innovative virtual care models and play a key part in system transformation. We welcome applications from nurses passionate about acute community care, digital innovation and supporting people to recover safely at home.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver timely, person-centred assessments and provide high-quality clinical care to patients on the Virtual Ward for up to 14 days.
• Work autonomously and within the MDT (including Matrons, Nurses, AHPs and support staff) to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support safe early discharge.
• Interpret remote monitoring data, undertake face-to-face clinical reviews, identify deterioration and initiate appropriate interventions or escalation.
• Lead and coordinate safe, effective discharge planning and contribute to daily MDT discussions on treatment and risk.
• Support junior staff through supervision, role-modelling and clinical guidance.
• Maintain accurate documentation on SystmOne and uphold professional standards, governance, and patient safety.
• Work flexibly across respiratory, frailty and admission avoidance pathways, following lone-worker and dynamic risk assessment procedures.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

Benefits

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network.

• We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
• The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
• The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.