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Frailty Virtual Ward Nurse Practitioner

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£56,276 - £63,176 pro rata p.a. incl.
Profession
Nurse practitioner
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
29 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Fixed term: 8 months (until 31/03/2026)
Posted Date
15 Jul 2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a new, innovative and dynamic team within our expanding Frailty Virtual Ward service. We are looking for experienced and motivated senior nurse (Band 7) who is passionate about service development and providing high standard of patient centered care. You will be working closely within a Multi-Disciplinary Team of staff including Doctors, senior nurse practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and HCA’s, all of whom are committed to maintaining independence, promoting self-care and assisting patients in their usual place of residence.  At times this post may require you to work autonomously, when working across the Hackney borough into patients own homes and in an inpatient hospital setting.

Main duties of the job

  • The post holder will practice within a multidisciplinary team and provide care to patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their care needs in the hospital and patients own homes.  • Working within the Frailty Virtual Ward to prevent unnecessary admissions and/or facilitate timely discharge from hospital/ other healthcare settings under direct or indirect supervision of senior medical colleagues. • Responsible for delivering a high standard of holistic nursing care whilst promoting and maintaining health education and independence.  • Participate in service development within Frailty Virtual Ward service set up, audits and outcome measures to embed a culture of continuous improvement and positive outcomes for patients. • Work in a challenging socioeconomic environment involving patients who have highly complex social problems and those from culturally diverse backgrounds. • Deputise for Band 8A Frailty Virtual Ward Lead in their absence taking  responsibility for operationally managing allocated parts of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description and person specification provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. The person specification also outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.