# Rapid Response/Virtual Ward Senior Clinician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rapid-responsevirtual-ward-senior-clinician/18eaef5d-561d-42d9-ba10-c1215b3c6670 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rapid-responsevirtual-ward-senior-clinician/18eaef5d-561d-42d9-ba10-c1215b3c6670.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Location:** Croydon University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** pa incl of HCAS (Outer) London - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Longs days or shifts Monday-Sunday incl bank holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T11:47:53.296Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Community/Community-v8290518 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8290518?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Rapid Response/Urgent Crisis Response Clinician Band 6 Work as part of a team of clinicians, therapist’s rehabilitation assistants and Community Geriatricians, prioritising avoidance of unnecessary hospital admission. Assessment and treatment of patients during a crisis, identifying complex and specialist need and developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care. In addition, facilitating early hospital discharge for patients back to their own home. To Support and promote the on-going development of all care delivery within the patients own home, enhancing the quality of care delivered. As a clinician working with a high level of autonomy, within agreed guidelines, managing undifferentiated and un-diagnosed problems using advanced clinical skills by incorporating physical assessment and diagnosis ### Interview Date : TBC ### Main duties of the job Working as part of the Rapid Response team, the post-holder will provide assessment and treatment of patients, within their own home, during a crisis. The post holder will identify complex and specialist needs and will develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care. Working as a practitioner with a high degree of autonomy, the post-holder will manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems using advanced clinical skills by incorporating physical assessment and diagnosis and be supported to do this by senior members of the MDT. The post holder will also identify patients suitable for virtual ward monitoring and be proficient in fitting the appropriate technology following training and support from the team and will be responsible in assessing unwell patients at home on request of the virtual ward hub. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in job description and person specification ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - 2yrs post qualification experience - 1yrs experience of working within the community setting **Desirable** - Leadership course and evidence changing practice. - Experience of managing staff ### SKILLS/ABILITIES **Essential** - Evidence of advanced clinical skills i.e. Physical assessment, decision making and psychological therapies. - Communication skills - Evidence of innovative in practice - Capable of working and making decisions under own initiative **Desirable** - Awareness of virtual ward monitoring ### KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING **Essential** - Awareness of current professional nursing and NHS issues including health promotion - Evidence of up to date knowledge and skills in long term conditions - Evidence of continuing professional development - Awareness of current healthcare issues, policies and implications for practice - Reflective approach to practice **Desirable** - Knowledge of working with a Telehealth ### EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Registered General Nurse/Paramedic with current NMC/HCPC registration - Completing of clinical reasoning and physical assessment **Desirable** - Willingness to undertake Independent ( V300) prescribing study. ### Other factors / Special circumstances **Essential** - Car driver, current UK licence and access to car for work purposes. - IT skills - Flexible to meet the needs of 7 day, extended hours community service ## Documents - [chs accomodation (pdf, 676.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [jd and person spec (pdf, 516.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10608426) - [croydon nurse brochure (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1649) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.