Main area Adult Community Services Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (7 day rota) Job ref 225-DIV3-7993562
Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Science Park Town Wolverhampton Salary £32,073 – £39,043 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/09/2026 23:59
Staff Nurse – Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home Team
Band 5
Job overview
If you are creative, a dynamic thinker and want to influence people to develop similar proactive ideals, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is the place for you. As a Community Nurse at the Virtual Ward you will be expected to manage daily operations of caseload, triage referrals for admission, support staff with patient escalation. Troubleshoot, safety net and make clinical decisions to keep patients safe at home. In addition, you will further develop junior staff. Proficiency in IT and the ability to quickly learn multiple computer systems are crucial for this position.
Please note this vacancy role requires face to face patient management as well as virtual management and therefore the team members will be expected to conduct face to face assessments in line with patient/ caseload needs. We are particularly interested in nurses with a surgical background as we look to develop our surgical pathways.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group.
To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.
To provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students.
To play an active part in the continuing development of the ward or department and contribute to the maintenance of an environment conducive to the delivery of high standards of patient care, by promoting good communication and relationships between staff, patients, relatives and visitors.
Providing IV medications to patients with a home environment and clinic/outpatient setting to avoid hospital admission.
Please refer to the vacancy job description and person specification and contact the senior sister of the team.
Working for our organisation
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 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 achievednumerous 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the vacancy job description and person specification and contact the senior sister of the team.
Person specification
Acute/community experience
- Acute NHS hospital experience as a registered nurse
- Community experience
Registered Nursing experience of at least 6-12 months
- NMC Qualification
- FULL UK Driving license and access to own vehicle with business insurance (cover for driving for work)
- Registered Nursing experience of at least 6-12 months
- Competent in IV administration
- Competent in use of longlines (PICC, Hickman, smart-mid)
- Cannulation and venepuncture
Experience of long term condition management
- Experience in long term conditions
- Degree module for long term conditions ie respiratory, asthma, diabetes
- Health assessment module
Flexible Working
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Qualifications
Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
Visa/Sponsorship Information
In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit: Health and Care Worker Visa orSkilled Worker Visa .
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.
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