Senior Virtual Clinical Care Team Nurse

Main area Community Virtual Assessment Service Grade Band 6 Contract 6 months (6 Month Fixed Term Contract to cover sickness) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Site Lotus House Town Northampton Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/08/2026 08:00

An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Senior Virtual Clinical Care Team Nurse to work within Virtual Clinical Care Team.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate significant experience in the field of Virtual Assessment, together with a genuine desire to develop both the service and yourself.

The successful applicant will work in partnership with the team Lead and Matron to ensure that the highest possible standards of practice and service delivery are maintained. As part of this, the post-holder will have a key role of performing clinical and non-clinical operational systems and processes within the team.

The service aims to provide an excellent standard of person centered assessments to patients as part of an integrated service that supports patients to remain in their home environment. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team in order to support the service and have a high focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the patient experience.

You will be expected to assess patients within a given geographic area and may mean that you will need to liaise with a variety of GP surgeries.

As both an organisation and a service we are actively involved both local and national innovative projects around improving quality of care, integrated working with stakeholders, designing new pathways. We have an extensive program of training and skills development available for staff and actively nominate and encourage our staff to apply for national awards and recognition, such as Queen’s Nursing Institute, RCN and Nursing Times awards.

The service runs from 7.30 am to 11.30 pm 7 days a week including Bank Holidays.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

• NMC or HCPC registration
• NMC or HCPC Registered for 2 years plus

• Previous nursing or paramedic role at band 6 level
• Experience of inputting on Systm One
• Community experience
• Extensive years experience as B5

• Post registration CPD in relavent health related topic.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register…