OPAT and Virtual Ward Senior Practitioner

OPAT and Virtual Ward Senior Practitioner

The closing date is 02 July 2026.

We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate registered nurse to join our Acute Care, OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy), Virtual Ward and Medical Day Case services at King's Mill Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver holistic, patient‑centred, evidence‑based care to individuals requiring acute clinical support both within the hospital and in their own homes.

• Deliver acute care – provide high‑quality, evidence‑based care to patients requiring acute clinical intervention.
• Coordinate OPAT / Virtual Ward patients – monitor and manage patients who are medically safe for discharge but still require ongoing clinical input at home.
• Manage Medical Day Case treatments – deliver and coordinate planned treatments within a Medical Day Case environment.
• Assess and recruit suitable patients – identify, prepare and monitor patients transitioning from inpatient care to home‑based treatment.
• Work autonomously across services – operate flexibly across multiple clinical pathways with significant responsibility and independence.

If you are a dedicated clinician who values autonomy, high‑quality care and flexible working across diverse services, we welcome your application to join our team.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

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• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's CARE behavioural standards.

• Current level one NMC registration.
• Relevant post‑basic study e.g., teaching and assessing qualification.
• Completion of the IV Package.
• Possession of a mentoring course.
• Formal leadership and management training.
• Research training/experience.

• Venepuncture and Cannulation.
• ANTT.
• CVAD.
• Line insertion.
• AIMS.
• Lone Working.

• Experience with in working in an acute Trust/community setting.
• Supervision of non‑registered staff, pre‑registration and post basic‑students.
• Evidence of ability to mentor.
• Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relatives/carers and staff.
• An understanding of how IV therapy at home and virtual ward operates.
• Criminal Records Bureau clearance in accordance with Trust policy.
• Awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work.
• Audit or research within the clinical area.
• Providing staff feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework.

• Develop and maintain…